Hello from Springfield, OR. Here is my 1984 Toyota Cressida purchased as a rolling shell. This car would have come factory with the 5mge and automatic transmission but was swapped to manual at some point in its life.
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I have imported a 1ggeu 2.0 I6 from Japan. Its used and I have no confirmation of the condition until it arrives to me later next month. I'm swapping this engine in with the primary goal of achieving a sound similar to the Mizuno Works GX81 in the video below. Secondary to that is the aesthetics of the engine itself are unmatched by anything else in the Toyota family. There is no performance gain by completing this swap.
水野ワークス GX81 １G-FE オリジナル ステンレス タコ足 - YouTube
Prior to this I had a 1988 Cressida with complete Izanami suspension, that car was reverted to stock and sold so I will put the suspension components on this chassis.
before I secured this shell I scored a set of SSR Winmesh wheels size 14x6.5 B Type. Of course they will not be refinished as is but rebuilt to 14x9.5 -19 & 14x10.5 -32 with the help of some Pine Engineering lips, hardware, and reproduced center caps. SSR only made this wheel in 1981, factory sizes went up to 14x10 but today it is extremely difficult to find a set. I visit Yahoo Auctions Japan in search regularly and they are few and far between. The centers will be gold.
Thats all for now, these pictures are dated. I'm in the middle disassembling the subframes and crossmembers in preparation for fabrication. They will all be moved up to allow me to minimize scraping while being low.
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I have imported a 1ggeu 2.0 I6 from Japan. Its used and I have no confirmation of the condition until it arrives to me later next month. I'm swapping this engine in with the primary goal of achieving a sound similar to the Mizuno Works GX81 in the video below. Secondary to that is the aesthetics of the engine itself are unmatched by anything else in the Toyota family. There is no performance gain by completing this swap.
水野ワークス GX81 １G-FE オリジナル ステンレス タコ足 - YouTube
Prior to this I had a 1988 Cressida with complete Izanami suspension, that car was reverted to stock and sold so I will put the suspension components on this chassis.
before I secured this shell I scored a set of SSR Winmesh wheels size 14x6.5 B Type. Of course they will not be refinished as is but rebuilt to 14x9.5 -19 & 14x10.5 -32 with the help of some Pine Engineering lips, hardware, and reproduced center caps. SSR only made this wheel in 1981, factory sizes went up to 14x10 but today it is extremely difficult to find a set. I visit Yahoo Auctions Japan in search regularly and they are few and far between. The centers will be gold.
Thats all for now, these pictures are dated. I'm in the middle disassembling the subframes and crossmembers in preparation for fabrication. They will all be moved up to allow me to minimize scraping while being low.
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