Hello,
I'm just about ready to start my build so I'll document it here. I'm a hardcore toyota fan and I have owned only Toyota/Lexus products since 1994 when I bought my first Supra. It was a red 1988 NA automatic with the a sportroof. It remained stock as long as I owned it I finally grew bored and sold it in 2009 to make room for this 1990 cressida.
I picked it up for $500 with the usual blown headgasket. I picked it up just as a big snow storm was approaching so I had it towed to a repair shop for repair. A week and $1000 later she was home and I just added wheels, lowering springs and just kept it clean.
Enjoyed her for 9-10 months and the headgasket blew a few days before Xmas. I wasnt surprised. I really expected the growing rod knock to kill it first. I shopped around for JDM 7m's. They were priced at around $1000. Why do go there when I could get a 1UZ for $300 and have 60 more hp and be more reliable. So I did my first every swap. 1UZ auto with auto.
I also bought a toyota pickup with a ratchet turbo 22r swap.
Cleaned it up.
I grew bored of the turbo 4. Again I wanted more power and reliability. The 1uz fit that bill again. This time I opted for the 5 speed conversion too.
I helped a good friend with his 1991 supra 1uz/w58 swap.
I saved another cressida from the crusher to use as a daily.
She spun a bearing 4 months later. Perfect candidate for a 1uz swap with a w58 from a sc300.
http://s221.photobucket.com/user/yo...62C9A3E137D5_zpsw9ksjkqm.jpg.html?sort=3&o=23
I decided that I didn't "need" two cressidas so I sold Goldilocks to my friend with the white 1uz supra and bought this 1990 na.
BHG but that's expected. Ofcourse this is getting a 1uz but with a twist.
The motor on the left is a 4.0 VVTi and the grimy motor on the right is a 4.3 VVTi. My original plans were to put the 4.0 in my blue cress, but I just aquired the 4.3. The cress is my baby so she gets the 4.3. This build thread will document the 4.0 swap into the supra.
I'm just about ready to start my build so I'll document it here. I'm a hardcore toyota fan and I have owned only Toyota/Lexus products since 1994 when I bought my first Supra. It was a red 1988 NA automatic with the a sportroof. It remained stock as long as I owned it I finally grew bored and sold it in 2009 to make room for this 1990 cressida.
I picked it up for $500 with the usual blown headgasket. I picked it up just as a big snow storm was approaching so I had it towed to a repair shop for repair. A week and $1000 later she was home and I just added wheels, lowering springs and just kept it clean.
Enjoyed her for 9-10 months and the headgasket blew a few days before Xmas. I wasnt surprised. I really expected the growing rod knock to kill it first. I shopped around for JDM 7m's. They were priced at around $1000. Why do go there when I could get a 1UZ for $300 and have 60 more hp and be more reliable. So I did my first every swap. 1UZ auto with auto.
I also bought a toyota pickup with a ratchet turbo 22r swap.
Cleaned it up.
I grew bored of the turbo 4. Again I wanted more power and reliability. The 1uz fit that bill again. This time I opted for the 5 speed conversion too.
I helped a good friend with his 1991 supra 1uz/w58 swap.
I saved another cressida from the crusher to use as a daily.
She spun a bearing 4 months later. Perfect candidate for a 1uz swap with a w58 from a sc300.
http://s221.photobucket.com/user/yo...62C9A3E137D5_zpsw9ksjkqm.jpg.html?sort=3&o=23
I decided that I didn't "need" two cressidas so I sold Goldilocks to my friend with the white 1uz supra and bought this 1990 na.
BHG but that's expected. Ofcourse this is getting a 1uz but with a twist.
The motor on the left is a 4.0 VVTi and the grimy motor on the right is a 4.3 VVTi. My original plans were to put the 4.0 in my blue cress, but I just aquired the 4.3. The cress is my baby so she gets the 4.3. This build thread will document the 4.0 swap into the supra.
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