CACressida's Twin-Cressida Turbo

[CACressida]

So I lowered the bitch 1½" in the front and 2¾" in the rear by cutting the springs shorter. I know you guys are probably saying.. EWWW!! but right now i'm concentrating more on spending my money in finishing 2 Cressidas and 1 Supra then start investing in suspension stuff

Certainly looks way friggin better than this:

See?!

 

[wiseco7mgt]

good to see another cressida sleeper, i built a 7mgte for my 91 grande and its nasty as hell, i found the cressidas had a beautiful l.s.d diff and handle quite well when pushed.The auto wiring is a pita but is doable, i should do a write up on how its done but i guess being a supraforum its probably a pointless exercise.I like where the w58 sits, almost looks factory....:biglaugh:

 

[CACressida]

good to see another cressida sleeper, i built a 7mgte for my 91 grande and its nasty as hell, i found the cressidas had a beautiful l.s.d diff and handle quite well when pushed.The auto wiring is a pita but is doable, i should do a write up on how its done but i guess being a supraforum its probably a pointless exercise.I like where the w58 sits, almost looks factory....:biglaugh:

Thank you thank you. I'm not a fan of autos. I hatem. This world needs way more MK3 Supras and Cressidas out there. They faded away, and its our job to makem stand out ::bhg::

I must say, the W58 gear box was a factory item in the middle Eastern Cressidas with the 22R motor It sits factory

 

[CACressida]

Well something came up. I started my Cressida and I heared a foreign sound. Sounded like a clatter from the bottom end. Rod or main bearing possibly, but it only happens on cold starts, so I'm guessing the only thing holding the bottom end is the nice 15W50 full synthetic I'm using.

Since my clutch is shot, I was thinking of pulling my whole motor out, replace the all rod and main bearings before they pop out and cause alot more damage, replace the oil pump (possibly, the source of the clatter) and replace clutch. While im in there, was thinking repaint engine, repair necessary wiring, replace all intake manifold, EGR and all that other good stuffs gaskets and install 550 injectors while im at it.

 

[suprastanger507mgte]

Well something came up. I started my Cressida and I heared a foreign sound. Sounded like a clatter from the bottom end. Rod or main bearing possibly, but it only happens on cold starts, so I'm guessing the only thing holding the bottom end is the nice 15W50 full synthetic I'm using.

Since my clutch is shot, I was thinking of pulling my whole motor out, replace the all rod and main bearings before they pop out and cause alot more damage, replace the oil pump (possibly, the source of the clatter) and replace clutch. While im in there, was thinking repaint engine, repair necessary wiring, replace all intake manifold, EGR and all that other good stuffs gaskets and install 550 injectors while im at it.

I think you went past your regular maintenance of "Changing the engine for a known good one" maintenance that you mention you always do after a few thousand miles. :biglaugh: and I also think my "Gay Ass" Cressida sent you some voodoo vibes.. lol

Ehh..I'm sure you'll fix it. Are you going fuill rebuild on this?

 

[Supraholics]

Sucks to hear that. I hope is as easy as just replacing the bearings. Make sure you clean everything out REAL good! Try to find out what happened. You don't want to refresh the motor and have this happen again.

 

[CACressida]

Thank you, both of you, including your gay ass vibe sending Cressida :thefinger

lol, oh I know what happened! My friggen right foot. No knocking as I drive only cold start sometimes. I'm guessing according to that red light that flashes on the gauge cluster that looks like a tea pot or something that it has to do with my oil pressure :sarcasm: dropping. I know the cause of all this came from a terrible oil pump, or spring for the pressure relief. But you know what this means, time to fix the Supra to make it a daily driver for a few days while I repair the bearings :icon_evil

 

[CACressida]

Aiite well lastnite I fried my clutch boosting 18psi So I've decided that I exceeded my normal maintenance procedures on my Cressida (those of you who know me know the joke), so I'll be pulling my motor out to replace the rod bearings, oil pump, clutch, fix some vacuum leaks, paint my block and do some other things to make my engine unique. I'll be working on the Supra too. 2 Cars, one guy, both cars at work. Wooooooweeeeeeeeee.

Anyway, pix:

So the idiots I bought the car from don't know WTF there doing. They tried to do a NA-T in this Supra and for some friggin reason, they decided to tamper with the wire harnes, and when I say temper, in there case, DESTROY!! I was talkin to a buddy of mine who's familiar with the history of the car and he cracked me up about how they tried to do the NA-T. 440 injectors, not hook afm to the turbo, route the ic piping from the turbo and back to the turbo LOL. Jeez, let the pix speak for them selves.

I could swear this harness was a GTE harness mated to a GE or somethingn. Where'd the CPS plug come from?

Hint to old owner: Injectors don't work if there not plugged in!

I attempted to fix it, wich I did.

But it turns out the CPS wires, even tho crossed, werent the biggest probs. The whole injectors needed to be rewired! Well, knowing me, no big deal...

Lets remove the wires and trace them back to the plug and install new ones....

The deeper I get into, the more I get spooked.

The friggin ECU was just hangin in there and the wire harness has been tampered with under the dash...

And then finally, I took one look at this pos and finally figured that this thing isn't worth rewiring.

So now we go to the Cressida

Supras parts sitting in there

Last look of the dirty old 7M-GTE in the Cressida before its makeover

Removed all the intake and other shit to clear the mounting bolts.

More to come.

 

[CACressida]

Well guess what?!

Got the engine out, harness needs to be cleaned out after the 5spd swap cuz the A/T wiring is worthless at this point. Peaked at the rod bearings and was very dissatisfied. Every one of them was scarred. My friends which are used to opening Mitsubishi and Honda motors were impressed that the flakes didn't scar the crank. I didn't know that honestly.

Anyway, my friends are trying to push me to blueprint my block. Pix to come.

 

[CACressida]

Shredded Clutch. 7M Powa FTW

Before this gearbox was in, it wasn't this dirty......

7Ms are soo sexy

Rod bearing isn't that bad.

Thats not nice. Gonna use the Cressidas front sump pump.

 

[suprastanger507mgte]

Dang Mo, who did that jb weld job on the pump pickup? And looks the primer on the car really loves the greae

 

[CACressida]

Dang Mo, who did that jb weld job on the pump pickup? And looks the primer on the car really loves the greae

Lets just say, I wish it were JB Weld. That stuff is silicone. When I poped my pan, just taking one look at it I knew why I had rod bearing problems. Silicone blocking atleast 85% of the pickup screen. My friends cleaned it up by the time I got back with the camera. I welded the pickup but my buddy thought it was nice to suprise me by dabbing silicone all over the welds and then not using the oil pan gasket and instead use silicone. The best favor ever.. Few months later..

Don't worry, after the engine goes in, the Cressida is gonna get sprayed the same color as the Supra.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

I've been craving for a cressida thats what I'm getting after I rebuild my motor.nice cars

 

[CACressida]

I've been craving for a cressida thats what I'm getting after I rebuild my motor.nice cars

You can't go wrong with one Especially since there alot lighter than a MK3.