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[JimmyHoffa]

I bought my MX73 cressida in August, drove it until winter and have been keeping it safe and warm in the garage while I amass piles of parts and save for the upcoming madness.





This past Friday my buddy Tom and I pulled the 5M out
(anyone want a 5MGE?)







Kind of a shame to pull a nice clean running motor, but it's making way for much better things.




On saturday I drove down to Montreal and picked up a soarer 1JZ



When I picked it up I looked at a lot of busted ass motors before I found this one. Not the cleanest ever, but the price was good, compression tested 170 across the board and had a 3" downpipe so I figured I might find a couple more goodies.

When I split the engine and trans today I found something weird. The clutch slave setup didn't look normal.


and then I got a closer look and got excited.



ORC twin plate clutch and lightweight flywheel good for 600 horsepower. 220,500 Yen (~$2800) MSRP



$*%@ing score.

I'll probably check for cams tomorrow.

[7MX63]

No middle finger picture to the 5M?

Nice score!

[Ninjabread]

Tom told me that you would give me that clutch as a bday present.

So I'm gonna drop by in a couple of weeks to pick it up.

[Jason]

FUCKING BALLS!

you ----REALLY---- dont need that clutch.

trade?

[ChriSOL]

clutch worth more than twice the car? baller.

[Mats]

trade you a brand new still in box bully stage 4 clutch?

[Gseventythree]

Fuckin hella score man. . . Mine was only a single plate. .

G.

[Bill]

i was shocked at how mint that x73 is too. that's one super solid car. nice score on the clutch!

[rayray]

jackpot!!!

[brian]

fuck you

[jzxseven]

fuck you

x2!

[JimmyHoffa]

Finally got it running today. I haven't been very good about updating this thread, but I'll upload some more pics and get an update together this weekend.

Here's a shitty little video of the first startup. Ignore my babbling and listen to the sweet sounds of my JZ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UENAugCaTj0

[zokustyle]

wanna trade cars?

[Guy Smiley]

you're a jerk, (i know)

[JimmyHoffa]

Finally, a long overdue update.


setting up to weld a T3 flange onto the T4 flange so my holset will fit. I made a center rib and welded it in to keep it divided and smoothed the transition between the t3 and t4 flanges.



turbo oil feed hard-line I bent up (there's a 1.5mm restrictor inside the end of the line)



I used the stock front turbo feed banjo, cut it and used a compression fitting to hook up the hard line I made



the downpipe taking shape



fitting up the IC piping before welding



Exhaust finished. 3 inch mild steel, summit racing glasspack into 3 inch in 2x2.25 out magnaflow muffler, looks fairly stock from the back.






wastegate dump




Shifter location is about a bit far back in the hole, but I only had to trim 1/4 inch or so around the back.




side shot of the engine before it went in the car



More updates soon.

[aphxero]

uuuuhhhhhnnnnnN!!!!!

[lonelywanderer]

what trans are you running thats making the shifter position sit back like that, or is it the mounts your using?

[Ninjabread]

This car is SWEET.

Fucking mint.

Get that shit on the road Brian!

[JimmyHoffa]

what trans are you running thats making the shifter position sit back like that, or is it the mounts your using?

It's a JZZ30 soarer transmission and custom mounts. When I made the mounts I had no idea where the shifter was going to end up, just made sure the oil pan wasn't going to hit either the crossmember or sway bar and things turned out pretty well.