TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED 1968 CHARGER ROAD TESTED!

In Episode 167 of Mike Finnegan's Garage, we replace the antique rear axle and shocks in my 1968 Dodge Charger stock car and then do rev-limiter burnous! If you haven't seen this car before, it's got a unique history. This is a legit barn find, a car built in 1969 to go ARCA stock car racing, but it never turned a lap; it sat for 50 years in a barn before landing on eBay. I bought the dilapidated Charger and then Tony Angelo and I got it running and road tripped it from Georgia to Indiana to visit the original builder.
He wasn't too happy to see the car again, which killed the vibe of the project for me to the point where I was ready to sell it in 2020. Then I got the the ridiculous idea to rip out the weak 383ci big block Mopar from under the hood. My plan was to finally experience a proper Toyota 2JZ inline 6 cylinder engine by swapping it into The Death Metal Charger. The hate from the Mopar crowd was excellent but despite all of that, I fell in love with the car again. It was lighter, faster and almost twice as powerful as before and it made 2J noises, which is rad!
The old Timken rear axle wasn't happy about all the burnouts I'd been doing and the old Monroe shocks were trashed so this video is all about curing those problems. Newbern and I installed a 9-inch axle from Quick Performance, which you can get more info about by clicking here:
www.quickperfo...
The axle features disc brakes and an extra pair of four piston calipers from Wilwood. We also installed a Wilwood master cylinder for our drift brake handle, which you can find here:
www.wilwood.co...
Here's the link to the Sikky hand brake we paired with the Wilwood master cylinder:
www.sikky.com/...
and here is the place to get more information about QA1 Stocker series shocks:
www.qa1.net/mo...
Lastly, if you'd like to support the channel, please buy some of our merchandise. We've got new shits, hats and stickers here:
www.fsmgarage.com
Thanks for watching!
-Finnegan

[@ItsProbablyFine]

Imagine looking at James Earl Jones, but when he speaks he has Gilbert Gottfried's voice. That's what this car sounds like. I love everything about it.

[@sykwookiee]

Fuqin SICK, ain't it? It's wrong, but in all the right ways...I love it too!

[@sreichard1982]

Amazing analogy🤣🤣🤣

[@derek6ferrari]

This needs to be top comment

[@jeremiahhurnblad7916]

The best analogy I’ve heard

[@ajskustom]

Me too its like wow must be nice to be Finnegan mad siancetist with a big budget and 0 fucks what people say gotta love that

[@SSB2121]

The fact that people think they get to dictate what anyone does with their own stuff is infuriating. Keep doing what you're doing and continue to ignore all the haters.

[@justbuggin67]

Also add to that all the keyboard mechanics that tell everyone they are doing stuff wrong constantly

[@WastedWhiteBoii]

Key words to live by. Do what makes you happy.

[@DaleGribbleMD]

How do you feel about people who demand that nobody criticize a public figure who displays their entire life on the internet, the home of all criticism?

[@DeliveryMcGee]

Re: Blasphemi, I remember an ancient '90s issue of Hot Rod Mag, covering one of the first runs of Power Tour, with a photo of a ''55 or '56 Chevy with a Mopar 383, and beer cans riveted over the rust holes like a WWII airplane. Inspiration or coincidence? Edit: That issue is somewhere in this room, and I will find it. Eventually.)

[@THESLlCK]

God forbid someone not like what you’re doing and express that

[@KLUTCHdot58]

To balance the universe. Somewhere in Japan. Someone is dropping a hemi in a MK4 Supra.

[@dontyouworryaboutit_]

Hellcat Supra

[@KLUTCHdot58]

@@dontyouworryaboutit_ Hellcat yeah!

[@SupraStar29]

There is an mk4 supra drift car with an hemi, I think it was in Sweden if I remember right.

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

There is a single turbo drag racing Hemi motor in a golden Supra that is putting 2700 to the wheels out there...

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

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[@lolnopenotgonnahappen4370]

As someone who started on roadkill and then went to import cars, it's fantastic to see two of my favorite things put together! Bring it to a drift event and bribe the tech inspectors!

[@808fishslayer]

I can tell you’re used to instant torque by the way you do your burnouts, every guy with a 2j will rev a few times to build boost and you just lay right into it. I love it

[@KingKatRider]

Heck with that, cubic inches bro, there no substitute.

[@shadowopsairman1583]

4.8 from standstill in a truck lights the tires. No priming required. My 4.3V6 was the same way.

[@thomgt4]

That revving before burnouts is more style than function, you don't build boost by revving it without load

[@davelowets]

@@thomgt4 Exactly.

[@1972RB26Datsun]

@@thomgt4 no, but you spin the turbine faster and when you do let the clutch out and set a load on the engine it allows the turbo to compress the air quicker.

[@draggonhedd]

Hey dont forget, its a 2jz, feel free to bang it off the limiter all you want. Give it ALL THE RPMS! I'd have tony teach you how to drift this thing, its awesome and it would be dope to see it at a drift event

[@FreddyH11]

Yees I mean it! Haha when he shifted it to soon it buggd me! The power is on topp, let me hear the limiter and scream pipe😂 haha but awesome anyway and love the build and they will have so fun with it!

[@davidvaughn7778]

2jz should only have 2 throttle positions on the sensor. Idle and 101%

[@wallyw3409]

Needs it to go to PFI speed for a day

[@cumbob]

Yeah he was super short shifting it sounded like

[@tracy2928]

Totally. He shifted when it was STARTING to come alive.

[@AmfP_89]

The shifter boots around the rear shocks is awesome. And I frickin love it when the waist gate flapper starts flapping its perfect

[@davelowets]

"Waist gate flapper".. What's that, your pants crotch zipper?

[@dizzytheokapi8114]

THIS is what a true rat rod looks like. Random pieces put together to build a totally badass machine. The battered, patina body just adds to the effect ❤️

[@avgjoegeek71]

Personally I think that thing sounds just as amazing as a hemi :) 2JZ's have their own distinct sound. Hemi's growl, 2J's scream. Both get the job done.

[@jakeroberts3070]

JDM is as legendary if not more legendary than American muscle. Combining them is amazing and I salute you.

[@joekizonu9503]

I love how the production value of the editing is going through the roof on this show, but every time it comes to Finnegan,I feel like I'm watching an episode of red and green.

[@danielvrana9444]

Yes where Red shoots the member!!! No amount of duct tape will fix it!!! That cars soul has been damaged!!! If it could the car would drive itself off a cliff snd end it’s life!!! I’m so sorry for it!! Who ever stole the yellow mazdaratti Please come back and steal this car and give it a proper home!!’

[@NEEDbacon]

You mean the Red Green show? If they don't find you handsome, they should at least find ya handy.

[@jasonpetrich4141]

No way. Derek @ Vise grip garage is the red green show. Not finn!!!!!!

[@joekizonu9503]

@@jasonpetrich4141 maybe you're right, this is more like Click and Clack meets Red dwarf.

[@jasonpetrich4141]

@@joekizonu9503 don't get me wrong I love both channels, Derek is hilarious love his pro positive outlook on everything. And Finn is a. Can we make it work with what's here, let's see!!

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

I just want to say thank you for giving us international fans at least a taste of what roadkill is up to.

[@JBNL1972]

Finn on Quick Performance: "They usually don't say no" - something tells me you've told them a whack idea they may have said 'no' to :D

[@andyworks5428]

I thought the same thing, and I now want to know what that idea was/is.

[@danielvrana9444]

Whatever the idea was it was a BAD ONE!!!

[@mikescorral2998]

The real an$wer is: "Oh, ye$. we'll make any $isze you de$ire...."

[@fallenhobbit6554]

my bet is on stubby bob.

[@CIARUNSITE]

@@mikescorral2998 Lol ya. Probably got "yes we can make that happen, now I'm assuming you have as much money as Jay Leno, right sir? Sir....are you still there?"

[@UrbanHillbillyVideos]

Nicest Ford 9" with 8 lugs ever made.

[@kodywattus4648]

😅

[@ickyiceful]

Right

[@drewdoestrucks]

Pretty standard in the off road world actually. The 9 is still a very popular option for those looking to maximize ground clearance and minimize weight.

[@ChopsMahone]

@@drewdoestrucks we still rock the fuxk of of them drag racing too

[@drewdoestrucks]

@@ChopsMahone is 8 lug common in the drag world? Haven’t seen it much but not as familiar with that side of things. It’s more or less standard off road.

[@flyinfinn2007]

"Don't ruin the purity of the car" - every guy with a chevy small block, dodge power glide transmission, and ford rear end haha

[@miamidangia5122]

Dodge small block is better

[@freedom_7341]

powerglide is chevy

[@flyinfinn2007]

@@freedom_7341 my bad

[@thedistractedcanadian4355]

@@miamidangia5122 the 318 are gutless unless you build them up I’ve noticed in my trucks the 360 is a,right but still kind of sluggish but the 6.0 vortec I has in my 02 2500HD that thing was a monster

[@drippinglass]

My 440 Six Pack 4-speed ‘70 Charger has a Dana rear.

[@gaydes1012]

V8's are neat and all but 6 cylinders or less is my jam! Matching or even exceeding the power of a V8 in a fun size package is always something I love to see!

[@fastballfilms4214]

Have a giant turbo off the side of your engine isn’t a fun size package 😂 turbo miatas are as wide as a coyote.....

[@gaydes1012]

@@fastballfilms4214 if you know how to weld weird ass bends in pipe you can kinda put the turbo wherever, a big ass shot of nitrous, or a supercharger will also work.

[@fastballfilms4214]

@@gaydes1012 😂😂😂☠️🤦🏿 you can only go so close to the engine😂🤦🏿 still didn’t deny that it’s not a fun size package

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

the fun is in the 6000-7000 rpm launches it takes to get moving !! needs a compound turbo setup but its sure cool

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

uhh, its longer than a v8, weighs about the same as an all iron 383/400 big block mopar (2jzgte is 590, all iron 383 is 620), and is more expensive to deal with....yea, sure, fun....that thing probably makes 450ft lbs at 6k rpm...

[@billhacks]

As a Mopar lover, I think this is awesome! Its a racecar and has been for a very long time. Its not like its a factory original show car that's been chopped up. Bringing new life to old junk is awesome!

[@milanskipala7593]

Exactly! It has been butchered very hard ages ago so why bother making it just another restored Charger. This is cool and fun as it is.

[@craigmaverick]

Hold it! That 9" rear end costs more than that entire car!! Love it!

[@stephenlove8067]

I'll bet the silver sport transmission was almost double the cost of the rear end. Quick Performance is the most affordable new customizable 9 inch rear ends I've found. Silver sport's stuff is super nice too just expensive.

[@StanleyKubick1]

Early hot rodders weren't scared of throwing import rear ends on US cars. You figure out how you can get your hands on whatever you think will make you go faster. That's the soul of hot rodding.

[@ugly_.steez_5720]

Work with whatever you can get.

[@davidvaughn7778]

The old Jaguar IRS made it into many hotrods.

[@TheMrDarius]

I cannot disagree with this statement

[@b.c4066]

Nice theory except.. Except there were no foreign cars available when early hotrodders started our beloved way of life.

[@Impactjunky]

@@b.c4066 None with anything worth swapping to anyway LoL

[@DaOneAndOnlyKDubb]

I loved the fact that y’all used stick shift boots as dust shields on the rear shocks! So RoadKill!!!

[@jermynpedretti4761]

Been a Mopar guy my whole life, im not mad at all, actually the inline 6 is right at home, and who doesnt love boost!

[@wadebrewer7212]

Thinking the same thing....cant hate. Anymore...car culture is the only place to go where most everyone is on the same page and just love the hobby. Too bad the EPA is wrecking it.

[@knobchocolate6491]

It’s so cool, it’s in the spirit of hot rodding and making it work!

[@ooklamoc4411]

Tilt the engine to the right and get some 225 badges!

[@AMC25923]

Screw the haters. I love being original, but I also love doing what you love to do, and your stuff is entertaining to watch. If you did the same as everybody, you be everybody else. Long live your show the the motor trend shows. Thank you!

[@yucannthahvitt251]

It’s an awesome project but there is absolutely nothing original about 2JZ swaps, they’re probably about as original as LS swaps at this point

[@2K-Tan]

@@yucannthahvitt251 Dropping a 2JZ in an old '68 B Body is probably about as "Original" as you're going to get for an 2J swap at this point though, you at least gotta admit that. Personally I think it works. Very fitting successor to the legendary Mopar slant 6. Mopar doesn't make Inline 6's anymore so why not a 2J?

[@JOHNJ0HN9111]

Kevin from KSR was awesome on letting roadkill to film in his shop and helping you guys out.. Kevin is awesome and puts out great youtube videos

[@snxc1627]

Kevin is the man. Very talented and passionate about all things cars

[@Chillituber]

The damage was already done. You've made it better!

[@blackfox4677]

I am definitely no hater to that build! A 2JZ in a classic Charger!? That's a match made in heaven!!! I love it! Probably one of the best things you could have done to that car!!!!

[@revell7156]

Was great meeting you and David at the RMDW last month in KS. I really appreciate the minute or two I was able to spend with you guys. I've learned a ton over the years with RK and your channel as well. It may be a job to you, but its different for the lot of us consuming, imaging what we could do, but problems neve will.

[@zitrogarage2636]

That 2jz sound is amazing. Especially when you get to higher RPMS

[@drippinglass]

Wow. I can’t stand it. 😀

[@alterexistence483]

I love the shifter boot on the shocks that was FN genius. I love this car and the 2JZ is awesome great job guys

[@Dontfearthereaper001]

It really was wasnt it? Ingenious indeed. Have to remember that one

[@nicksothep8472]

That's insane. I don't usually like these big, 60s\70s Mopar platforms, but I love this one, both for the motor choice and overall looks 👍🏻🖤🏴‍☠️

[@kingn8dogg]

Love the 2j. I've long dreamed of putting 2j in my '63 Chevy II SS and calling it a Supra Sport.

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

There needs to be group of car enthusiast's whose main purpose is to take cool cars with beloved powertrains and swap them up. Toyota Supras with 454 carbed BBC's and RB26 swapped 1955 Chevy Bel Air's, to do it all eventually. All powertrain deserve all platforms, except for the electric motor powertrain, especially Tesla based ones. They don't deserve any home at all...

[@addicted2fuel245]

Death metal Charger is sick with the War whistle 2jz combo and the new rear end. It's the best it's ever been since you built the car I can't see anyone hating on it

[@repapeti98]

Mike: What if we had fun and tried something new while learning at the same time? 50-something guys with severe alcoholism and hatred for their wives: *angry imcomprehensible hate noises*

[@vr6swp]

The really funny part is this car was in a really bad accident (totaled), then severely, no-fucks-given hacked up FIFTY years ago for dirt track racing, by a guy who kinda didn't really even know what he was doing, then never raced because it wouldn't pass tech inspection. Dipshits trying to hate because Finnegan "ruined" it with a 2JZ swap are a little late to the party

[@Rebar77_real]

REEEEEstorers

[@magking1971]

Wait, I am 50 and have alcoholism. This was an awesome project!

[@SixPackDan]

@@vr6swp "ONLY" 50 years late! lol

[@repapeti98]

@@vr6swp Yeah there are other engines in this world outside of 6-7 liter pushrod V8's that make 200+ hp when they feel like it.

[@sirstabbybeard337]

i for sure am NOT a 2jz swap hater. I think it is the coolest thing that has been done to that car yet! i love the general mayhem i lot but, i hope death metal kicked it's butt at dirt fish. can't wait for that episode!

[@radkesrods1184]

its going to get dominated like a femboy.

[@perryprupp4356]

@@radkesrods1184 you didnt have to say it like that

[@tripwire3992]

@@radkesrods1184 like you get dommed aswell

[@Moeparpower7847]

That thing is sick! As a die hard Mopar guy, I’m not mad at all! Wonder what Dulcich had to say though?

[@xmo552]

I love this but it feels so wrong to not hear a v8.

[@FGX318]

Ghana toi Finnegan for providing us with those great and unique cars and your contagious smiles when you floor them !! This car, just like the nascar car you ran a few years earlier, is so raw and just the essence of racing ! 👍👍👍✌️

[@jeorgelowpez2069]

Thank you for getting this content out to us cheap bastards that won’t pay for a motortrend subscription 🙏

[@leftyeh6495]

You can watch for free with adds

[@13Dixiefried]

@@leftyeh6495 not on the mobile app though lol.

[@aDaWaN]

Or anyone outside US / Canada after motortrend geo blocked everything

[@javierestrada8410]

@@aDaWaN why can’t we watch it outside of the US?

[@YeshuaDisciple916]

@@leftyeh6495 how do you watch for free?

[@BCaldwell]

Tach broke and the bolt goes all the way through the car.. It's out there in the driveway 🤣 God help us all.....🤘

[@patsgarage8593]

I still prefer the V8s but this is different and pretty sweet at the end of the day. I like seeing stuff that's different and unique compared to what u usually see

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Pat!

[@ilovetoyotatrucks]

Toyota makes awesome v8's too ie: the 1uzfe 4.0L they should have taken turbo 'd for the new tundra instead of a v6 but the 2uzfe 4.7L square himi iforce & factory forged internals and the newer 5.7L 3ur-fe ,all can be supercharged too.

[@ghostpunkkilla]

I am a Mopar guy from back in the day. Moved over to imports a few years ago. I love this combination.

[@madtlrmat]

Love it. The flappers are awesome. That diff is a work of art. The nicest she metal on the car!! Lol. Great work

[@amytaylor3252]

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?❤️!

[@Jens5680]

I’ve been looking forward for this, beacuse i’m Living in Denmark, and MotorTrend have Done so i can’t see it anymore. Thanks! Best regards. Btw i,ve been following you and roadkill since the begining ! 😬👍🏻

[@charleshankbukowski4426]

Do you know Bjørn?

[@jamesgodwin4437]

Get a VPN

[@rikardstenberg174]

@@jamesgodwin4437 Does not help, you still need a US issued credit card to sign up :(

[@tomstech4390]

@@jamesgodwin4437 Like Rikard said PLUS allot of streaming services are now finding ways to detect VPN's. They just don't want out money. [UK]

[@phuzz00]

I was happy to give motortrend money so I could watch Roadkill (etc.), but they've decided they won't take my money.

[@edwardndriskoll]

"Helps us make bad financial decisions" with pleasure. A1. Love the new FSM logo. How did you ruin the Caddi? Id do a plate that says : hybrid, progress, mut, 4th down, revolution, etc. To imply its "Life moves forward, not backward." So accept it. Haha.

[@LunarOutlawsGarage]

Absolutely awesome!! Currently swapping 1uz into a supra on my channel but I’d love to see what you would do with one

[@motomax13]

Mike, you remind me of a friend I never had. One of those people who you feel like you've known forever, but have never even seen in the life you're living. Keep on doing what you're doing sir.

[@im28702]

LOVE the shift boot rear shock seals....

[@amytaylor1368]

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a wonderful day!💕

[@ivanlipik]

Definitely needs a pistol grip handle on the drift brake.

[@Mahalo_83]

Or a knuckle-duster 🤜

[@motov8-garage832]

The one on there's kinda cool, looks like a kitchen knife handle 🔪

[@Chris-ey6rn]

Hurst T-Handle on the shifter , Pistol grip on the hand brake and a replacement Sun Tach on the dash 😎👍

[@jonathangehman4005]

Plus 1 on the Pistol Grip

[@cactuspete2727]

This car is SOOOO wrong it’s perfect!! Can’t wait for the Roadkill with this and General Mayhem. Epic.

[@johnstandfordly6795]

I liked the car before the swap. Now i love it! Keep up the sacrilege!

[@darrellcurr8977]

I love all of your video's, I would love to see more of this in Canada! But these video's reminds me of when I was younger. We use to street race, always were changing out engines, transmissions, diff's you name it!

[@unknown476Z]

And oh my, that downshift when the beast wakes up - chills down my spine..

[@jimkeyer3300]

I’m so glad you get that rear replaced it sounds like a beast now

[@Dave_Boyer]

Pretty sweet Quick Performance rear end, I bought one from them, it’s flawless!

[@WyoCutlass71]

I have one for my cutlass! Love it

[@Brad355]

I've bought a bunch of rears from them. Just shoved one under my nova gasser and it takes the shock of dumping the clutch in third gear like a champ

[@lonnyself3920]

you know 2jz is not a bad option with lots of bolt-on parts and way easier than a big block to keep in the revs or an over the top small-block, and the C body suspension parts or truck body stuff will take that abuse, on a dirt track, I am big Mopar guy but love what your doing man car guy first, and it is funny they made so many chargers we been smashing them up for how many yrs now. very few worth going back to full resto and most of the cars worth it are setting in nice homes,

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

youve never driven a built stock stroke 400 mopar then. revs like a 340, makes 440 power. open hell wide open if you make it a 451.

[@jonbeargenx]

Always great to see someone being a bit different! I mostly had Mopar A bodies with /6 in them, because everyone else had B bodies with big blocks. That you placed a 2j in there is just awesome! :) And it is a lot more fun and interesting than yet another LS build.

[@amytaylor3252]

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?❤️!

[@jonbeargenx]

@@amytaylor3252 I am doing excellent, thank you for asking. :) And yourself?

[@amytaylor3252]

@@jonbeargenx nice to hear that. I’m doing good thanks. Where are you from?

[@XBullitt16X]

I never thought Finnegan of all people would be a fan of the 2JZ, let alone swap it into a charger, coming from someone that loves both tuner and muscle that's cool, just a shame I won't see it as I don't have motortrend, still miss roadkill. Atleast I have this channel to enjoy.

[@mk3249]

There’s actually people out there that would rather see a car sit and rot , than running down the road with a “different” engine

[@dahlmasen3084]

I just love how sketchy this car is😂 Promise ti make more videos of this! I think this is my new favourite FSM car😍 Love the stance, and love the 2jz👌🏻

[@boostleakboys4387]

Like the build quality is sketchy? I don't think 400hp in a car is anything but sketchy nowadays.

[@minnionator]

You're short shifting it Finn! You gotta wind those things out, let it sing to like 6500-7k rpm lol.

[@rsharney1111]

9500 or bust

[@bregmg045]

Mopar lover here, love this build!!💯💯🔥 This car looks so much fun to drive!!

[@t1ratlooker]

The car is finally looking like it should and it’s now greatness!

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

Thank you for putting this rig together, brother. I always dig your work. I don't care what the "purists" think. She looks fun and this is where swaps are headed. You're just a pioneer. 👌🏾👍🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@theeturnone]

heck yeah, i love this swap! i don't know if you know who, "Cooper Bogetti" is. ?? Before Cooper branched out on his own, He was always filming with Garrett Mitchell aka Cleetus Mcfarland, and his group of people, Anyway, he did a 2JZ swap into a 4th gen Camaro. and of course, he was catching hell from , "the PURISTS" while he was building it. . but he caught his redemption when the tcar easily ran 10s, then shortly after started to run 8s pretty quick . and i believe he has already cracked into the 7s now !!!! Personally, I don't know about the Camaro. (just my personal preference. .lol) i know a lot of people love them. And i know Cooper loves his (and that is all that really matters. when YOU, build YOUR car, that YOU like it!!!! ) *************----------------------sorry for the rant below, i guess the nostalgia got to me-.. lmao-------------------************ i just love the JZ family of engines. and i know a couple of my favorites would probably get laughed at by people who love and live the Camaro. . lol starting out with the Toyota Chaser and the Toyota Verossa, and might as well throw the Toyota Aristo in there. NOW; how to describe these cars. well, they are all 4 door cars. . lol. . the first two have 1JZ, and the Aristo WAY back in 1991 came with the 2JZ ( I think a full year or two before the Supra even got one) I don't know what it is. i just love these big, rear wheel drive JDM cars. to me they offer everything. the JZ family of engines, the 4 doors, cause my friends and i are all big guys and do like some comfort. and we like to ride together on trips and don't like climbing over top of each other. lol i may be a bit biased, because my first, "cool car" . (well in my eyes) was a Toyota mark 2. and i happened to just stumble upon it. I wasn't so much into JDM stuff back then. i was sort of looking for something like a Volkswagen Scirocco (was the top of my list) I dont know why.. i wanted to be different, and my friends were into the VW GOLF , so i wanted something similiar but different. it wasnt just that, i wanted some type of European import. like an old bmw even And that was when i discovered a pretty local junk yard that ONLY took in Import cars for junk, sale, trade, etc.... and this guy's yard was there over the last 40 years or so. so back them (around 1998 ) they literally had one of everything. . lol. . mostly for parts though. but he did have some decent cars for sale I found this , Beautiful: MARK II, (or maybe a mark II , Cressida

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

@@theeturnone Cooper rocks. The Cressida is a killer sleeper and no worries. You're passionate about this too and that's what matters. You stay safe and keep doing what you're doing. We only got one life. Enjoy it. 🤙🏾

[@inkscars6380]

Purely awesome! Great work brother! I have a Frankenstein 75 nova I wanna do something like this to lol

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

we can all dream,until then theres youtube

[@LunarOutlawsGarage]

That rear axle is a monster

[@2jzupra92]

As a Supra owner my opinion is obviously biased, but just wanted to say it’s so refreshing to see a muscle car step out of his comfort zone and try something new and different. Been a Roadkill fan for years and always get a kick out of when you play with something JDM - Rotsun, Mazdarati, the Civic/RX7 episode etc. This car deserves to break the internet!

[@JacksonEngineering]

Fantastic! It is good to see a wacky car project again. Nice shift boot shock cover too. Mint!

[@dukenukem7183]

The new cans of pb blaster come with a integrated straw like wd now... genius!!!

[@johnobrien9718]

With a flow-control lever, PROVING its superiority over that "other stuff"...

[@jackgtx440]

Break-Away FTW

[@Jesse_Drinkmilk]

I swear as a Mopar lover, and a JDM lover, this is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, and always dreamed about it

[@jerryhoogeveen]

Hell yes to everything about this build! I friggen love it. Weird engine swaps are great. Let em hate

[@turbowankel1264]

Nice to finally be able to see something of this car. 👍

[@coinhunter3758]

Mike I Wasn't Digging The Engine Swap But Now After Watching A Few Episodes With This Car....Gotta Say I'm Beginning To Like It.

[@jrh2009]

I'd really like to see you add quick ratio steering and power steering next.

[@FinnegansGarage]

me too!

[@79huddy]

Will a quick ratio box off a Monaco or Newport police cruiser fit ?

[@NewbombedTurk]

It’s amazing how butt hurt that old curmudgeon was over the disaster he “built” when Finn made changes to it originally.

[@michaelbenoit248]

People like original stuff, but I’ll take a swap with a known hood motor just not just an LS or a 5.9 Cummins. Now this is bad ass! It sounds like a 5.9 at idle, cuz it’s an I6 & turbo.

[@NewbombedTurk]

@@michaelbenoit248 He was pissed off before they put the 2JZ in. They’d just pretty much got it running close to original condition from what I remember, and took it to him to see it. He’s a miserable old coot.

[@drumboarder1]

@@NewbombedTurk was that on roadkill or is it something I can see?

[@NewbombedTurk]

@@drumboarder1 Episodes 81 of Roadkill should be the episode

[@swholliday1]

I'd stop short of calling him "pissed off", "butthurt" or "miserable". The car was clearly an unwelcome reminder of a failed dream and marital trouble (which I seem to remember Finnegan mentioning at some point) - not sure I'd be happy too see something like that either. Despite that he still met the guys for the show and had some cool memories and artifacts to share with them.

[@travisbeard6838]

Been waiting for this video ever since i seen on Kevin’s channel

[@AutoYoung]

I'm a Mopar lover and I LOVE this! I've been wanting to do the same thing since I saw the Mustang in Tokyo Drift with the RB26...

[@andrewcheff4035]

That is a cool future for old steel! Put something formidable and modern and change the whole thing!! Awesome

[@davefroman4700]

There comes a time when the sum of the parts is worth more than the car. I think you passed that point on the charger when you hung an air freshener in it.... Burn the Haters! I wanna see this thing drifting at the Freedom Factory! Get that power steering sorted out.

[@sirdavidr6064]

No.

[@every-istand-ophobe6320]

The little flapper for the blow off valve made me cry I laughed so hard.. needed that!

[@dcskate1022]

That’s the wastegate dump.

[@RelleK41]

I don’t care what anyone says, I’m digging the 2JZ Death Metal Charger combo!!!!!!!

[@andrewholt9942]

This car is not ruined, It is more badass than its ever been!

[@michaelayliffe7238]

Love the 2jz, lean management, great engineering has created same wow.

[@amytaylor3252]

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?❤️!

[@Barrexd]

2JZ NO SHIT!!?? What an absolute brilliant swap! Can never go wrong with a 2J

[@1970HondaCL100]

Looks like he owes Dom a 10-second car.

[@572hemi2]

The essence of " Hot Rodding", replace the engine you have with one that makes more power. 2JZ's are cool, but not my first choice in a 68 Charger. But, it's YOUR car, so haters can go take a hike!! Keep doing your stuff the way you want, it's all pretty cool. Go with the Caddy!!!!

[@nordic5490]

True, a Barra would have been better

[@Arcticun]

@@nordic5490 Good luck getting one outside of AU though. You can find 2JZ's domestically in the US in junkyards usually, Barra engines are non-existant and would have to be imported from Australia, which adds a pretty hefty pricetag.

[@tylerseabook9423]

This build is badass. I love the rat rod look of anything

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Oh yea, super Bad Ass Tyler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesvzfighter]

Its like a NASCAR on the outside but drift car on inside. This is automotive gold.

[@Bulletstop75]

The instant I saw that Roadkill I was so stoked! This is hotrodding at its finest - mopar body, ford rear, toyota power...what's not to love?

[@boostedlss6450]

I laughed hard when Newbern backed the car in.

[@daviddavis1322]

Such a charismatic shitbox

[@lucasrustt]

this is the best car for a 2JZ swap ever. I always wanted to do a japanese engine in a american car LOL Also, how many HP the 2JZ NA can take? about 600?

[@foureye7058]

In the build episode of Roadkill, the guys said with just head work the na block can make a few passes at 1000+ before blowing up. As in they actually did that once.

[@NBSV1]

Depending on what’s inside it they’re pretty reliable to about 600hp. Like they said above they’ll take about 1,000 for a little bit. They can be built to reliably take 1,000 but at that point it’s all aftermarket stuff.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

it was done in fast and furious tokyo drift a decade ago...lol

[@silverfin198]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 that was an RB, not a 2j

[@dahlmasen3084]

Nice with some JDM power😎 Also fun to see something else than V8s👌🏻

[@Welcometofacsistube]

Jdm "power" is an oxymoron

[@theangrymarmot8336]

@@WelcometofacsistubeI knew scrolling through the comments there would be at least one dingleberry trying to perpetuate ignorant automotive cliche. You are the first I have seen yet! HP is HP no matter where it comes from. But hey, I guess there has to be one dildo left clinging to the ol' "import vs domestic" bullshit - probably driving a modern mopar that is under fiat ownership and with a platform based off of decades old outdated Mercedes designs - but why be fast when your two door car can weigh 4800lbs right? LOL.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@theangrymarmot8336 you know the mk4 supra weighed like 3500lbs, right? my big block dart weighs less than that. also, hp is derived from tq. if you aint making tq for crap, then you have to gear the almighty hell out of the engine, or slap a turbo on it, to even keep up with a n/a bigger tq engine. 2js dont make crap for tq. i saw finn launch it on instagram....slow. a turbo 383/400 mopar would run circles around a turbo 2jz, and weigh about the same(2j 590lb, 383/400 620lbs ALL IRON)

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@Welcometofacsistube most jdm "power" is a 100mm turbo on a stockish engine and wondering why its so unreliable xD

[@theangrymarmot8336]

​@@frigglebiscuit7484 Lol - oh, the excuses. Of course your 50+ year old A-Body could weigh less than a full weight 25 year old Supra. There is only a couple decades and change of safety/crash structure, chassis rigidity, and improvement in geometry there. Not a very enlightening argument considering a typical stock '70 Dart with a small block is only a couple hundred pounds lighter........ Fin swapped a 3.73 into the charger - I don't consider that "gearing the living hell out of it." I lost count of how many 3.73 and 4.10s I have swapped into big block muscle cars over the years. You can play "what ifs" and make excuses all you want - but it doesn't change the fact that full weight Supras are in the 6.90s in the quarter these days and there are hordes of them in the 8/9/10s with fairly simple setups - and the 2JZ is a fantastic engine. I don't care about where an engine comes from - I only care about what it can do. And given what the 2JZ can do - it is a pretty amazing engine.

[@mcchicken9878]

Thank god you stayed on youtube we cant get motortrend in Australia anymore sucks to be us !

[@spock59]

Rev-limiter burnouts? Is that a new term we all should know? Well that was the best RLB I have ever seen!!

[@joel6693]

2JZ fanboy here, and I have to admit... this is wrong on so many levels! Them Duke boys are gonna fuck you up man.

[@XxWolfman5584xX]

Im a Charger owner and fanboy and I have to agree keep the Japanese engine out of the American and the American out of the Japanese

[@DeliveryMcGee]

Between this and Blasphemi, you're just pissing off everybody dedicated to a brand. Well, you still need to put an LS in a Mustang, I guess.

[@fastballfilms4214]

Other way around....LS in mustangs dont piss off mustang guys anymore.....put a coyote motor in a camaro corvette or CTSV and watch how much hate they get

[@charlestorruella8591]

@@fastballfilms4214 it will go slower that's the only thing that stops poeple form doing this lol

[@DeliveryMcGee]

@@fastballfilms4214 Fair play. You're right, Coyote in a late 70's/early '80s Camaro/Vette (when the 350 was strangled and most Camaros had a 305) would be badass and all the Chevy guys would hate it.

[@fastballfilms4214]

@@charlestorruella8591 you are terribly mistaken.......go do some research before talking shit about coyote motors.....also lmk when a stock unopened engine in a camaro goes 7’s.....than you can say coyotes ain’t shit subliminally

[@DeliveryMcGee]

Or really, put that thousand-horsepower modern Mopar crate motor in all the old Fords and Chevies, and a Coyote in a Charger. Though the 2JZ in a Charger is double offensive, because Dodge badge-engineered Mitsubishi cars as Challenger and Daytona in the '80s and '90s.

[@jeffebinger1218]

junkerup would rebuild just about any charger, look at general mayhem, give chris a call.

[@zerohourdrift]

Not a lot of charger left lol

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

with amd ,you can fix anything..long as you got the 50 grand to replace every single panel including all structural bracing other than the roof skin in the car.....

[@irav4u]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 people keep mentioning Birdsong, and I'm like you- if you took him the car, when you picked it up in 2 yrs and gave him the check for $150k, all that's left of what you brought him is engine, drivetrain, and roof.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

nah, i think junkerup is also pissed at the 2j swap.

[@MrMenace3884]

I'm a chevy guy, always have been and this car is just all wrong in soooo many ways and I absolutely love it!

[@kentremendous5112]

Literally perfect car, I want to make one just like it now

[@fiberplz]

This build is the best! But PLEASE put an upper timing cover on - you don't want to suck a rock into the timing belt and bend the valves

[@EmeraldEnchantments]

Your editing is improving very well. Intro is great. Retain the mistakes and uncertainties they make the show real.

[@MrMoparWagon]

I dont hate the engine swap as the car is a wreck but hood exhaust is lazy and i hate it on pretty much everything.

[@renoflames]

I LIKE WHAT YOU BUILT. MY BUUDDY HAS AN OLD 55 CHEVY HE DRIVES DAILY WITH A 427 435 HP 68 VETTE MOTOR WHICH NOW HAS 650HP AND 4SP TRANS WITH A/C IT IS TRICKED OUT UNDER THE HOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE A JUNKER FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT THE INSIDE IS PERFECT. THE BODY AND FRAME ARE EXCELLENT JUST PETINA ON THE OUTSIDE. HE HAS A 70 GALLON GAS TANK IN THE REAR. A VERY SMOOTH RIDE. INSANE RIDE... IT DOES HAVE CRUSE CONTROL. WE WENT FROM SHREVEPORT TO PECOS TEXAS AND BACK FOR THE BREAK IN RUN GOT PULLED OVER 9 TIMES. THE TROOPERS THOUGHT WE WERE RUNNING DRUGS. HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR TINTED WINDOWS LOL.

[@johannilsson1889]

So awesome! US vintage style and japanese engineering! Love it!

[@amytaylor3252]

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day