'Backyard' 600hp 2JZ | AE101 to GT86 Endurance Conversion

How does one turn a FWD AE101 to a RWD 2JZ GT86?

When competing against factory workshop teams as a privateer team & driver, It's hard to keep up with the new and improved cars a factory team puts out every year to race. Craig & Scott McDermid and the Enduro 86 have found themselves in this situation for years. So what’s the resolution to this? Having run the same AE101 chassis for the last 14yrs Team Heagney Racing have been consistently upgrading and fine tuning their car to finally have it converted to RWD with a 2JZ power supply and a GT86 skin ‘stitched’ onto the AE101 chassis.

The AE101 turned GT86 features an interesting setup with the engine being positioned as far back in the engine bay as possible to help with weight distribution. But what other issues crop up with having the engine so far back? Andre talks to Ryan Heagney about how they have dealt with heat management of the engine and Garrett GT2871R turbos and what sort of long term effect having the engine so far back causes.

Also covered is how the team converted the car from FWD to RWD, the Link ECU package, the Holinger RD6S drivetrain and setting up a 2JZ for endurance racing.

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Car history
01:58 - Engine position
02:51 - Weight distribution
03:33 - Converting an AE101 to a GT86
05:00 - 2JZ & Turbo setup
06:39 - Heat management
07:10 - Single vs Twin Turbo?
08:00 - FWD to RWD Conversion
09:20 - Drivetrain setup
10:36 - ECU Package
11:00 - Endurance Tuning
12:23 - Outro

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