Has any one ever done up a 1ggte or

[lifesnotfair]

I actually do think that 2 liters is not enough for such a heavy car. Sure, with several mods. it could be "fast"... but it'd be better to work on the bigger engines.

You wonder why people use the other engines... easy question:

212HP stock vs.:

232 for 7M-GTE, and MUCH more torque for being a 3 liter instead of a 2 liter.
280 for the 1JZ, and obviously more torque and more everything, even if it's only .5 liters larger as you mention (huge power difference).

I think the 1G is not the best option :-(

And btw, I run an N/A 7M-GE so your car, even in stock form, was probably faster =P