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Cut/paste from another forum, so please excuse me if the grammar/structure looks weird. 
This is my slow build of my 1985 Cressida wagon (MX72)
After I got it and swapped out the ugliest set of steelies I could find to give the owner his wheels that came with the car:
Bought some new studs 7mm longer:
Back to approximate stock height with a slight drop (cut 1.5 coils up front and 2 in the rear:
After I cut 1.5 coils (left) what the previous owner was riding on lol (right). It looked good, but damn was the ride horrible.
Took off my rear end for a mk1 supra rear (3.73 ratio, disc, & lsd), much better option for the w58 in it.
Old rear:
Cut and had a solid rod welded into a portion of the panhard bar to meet the .5" extension required. (Bar was cut, then a 2" slice was done on each side of the cut, rod was welded on those lines, then fluxed on that actual space... looks like shit, sturdy as can be).
What I cut in the rear:
Never take rear discs for granted again! BTW I got all new rotors/pads/hardware, just didn't take a picture after mounting.
Bought a ceramic coated turbo manifold (7mgte, but fits the exhaust ports of the stock 5mge) planning to turbo the stock motor:
Painted some cheap wheels (these are actually steel lol)
Got the rear end up and running, what a joy it is over the old one: (only crappy pictures since it was already late). Still need to figure out the routing/attachment of the e-brake cables.
Figured I want my car to be reliable so I bought a 7mgte instead of boosting the stock 5mge.
Bought this for the motor:
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Bunch of random pictures while being taken down to just the long block. Nothing interesting, more so just for reference when I put it all back together over the next month or so. Gaskets came in this morning & the block is now bare... planning to clean everything, and put it all back on with new gaskets/grommets/etc. The 5mge oil pan/pickup will be the last thing on since that motor won't come off the car till I swap it.
No big updates, just cleaned some parts... God this thing has so much carbon build up its disgusting.
What is this?
Ohhh:
Got a bunch of parts clean from the years of neglect...
God this is going to take forever lol.
Everything looks like this:
Now looks like:
No big updates, just painted the block, the pulleys, and installed the new water pump.
Still continuing to prep everything...
(UPDATE) not using this HKS piece since I will now be running stock ECU/wiring and no megasquirt to save money for now.
Got a little more work done, not sure if I can use it as a replacement... we will see, maybe I can play around to mount it.
Thanks
Went fastner shopping yesterday; God it is so satisfying lol.
Spherical rod end mounted to the coil pack stud/grommet to have the HKS pipe as a TB/intake piece (and cut off the other mounting location so it can sit flush).
Studs replaced with bolts/locking washers on the water pump since I will be running MSII (electric fan).
New parts:
Got a cluster this will be installed before the engine. It will be a pain to wire up since my cluster doesn't use these clips.
This is my slow build of my 1985 Cressida wagon (MX72)
After I got it and swapped out the ugliest set of steelies I could find to give the owner his wheels that came with the car:
Bought some new studs 7mm longer:
Back to approximate stock height with a slight drop (cut 1.5 coils up front and 2 in the rear:
After I cut 1.5 coils (left) what the previous owner was riding on lol (right). It looked good, but damn was the ride horrible.
Took off my rear end for a mk1 supra rear (3.73 ratio, disc, & lsd), much better option for the w58 in it.
Old rear:
Cut and had a solid rod welded into a portion of the panhard bar to meet the .5" extension required. (Bar was cut, then a 2" slice was done on each side of the cut, rod was welded on those lines, then fluxed on that actual space... looks like shit, sturdy as can be).
What I cut in the rear:
Never take rear discs for granted again! BTW I got all new rotors/pads/hardware, just didn't take a picture after mounting.
Bought a ceramic coated turbo manifold (7mgte, but fits the exhaust ports of the stock 5mge) planning to turbo the stock motor:
Painted some cheap wheels (these are actually steel lol)
Got the rear end up and running, what a joy it is over the old one: (only crappy pictures since it was already late). Still need to figure out the routing/attachment of the e-brake cables.
Figured I want my car to be reliable so I bought a 7mgte instead of boosting the stock 5mge.
Bought this for the motor:
Bunch of random pictures while being taken down to just the long block. Nothing interesting, more so just for reference when I put it all back together over the next month or so. Gaskets came in this morning & the block is now bare... planning to clean everything, and put it all back on with new gaskets/grommets/etc. The 5mge oil pan/pickup will be the last thing on since that motor won't come off the car till I swap it.
No big updates, just cleaned some parts... God this thing has so much carbon build up its disgusting.
What is this?
Ohhh:
Got a bunch of parts clean from the years of neglect...
God this is going to take forever lol.
Everything looks like this:
Now looks like:
No big updates, just painted the block, the pulleys, and installed the new water pump.
Still continuing to prep everything...
(UPDATE) not using this HKS piece since I will now be running stock ECU/wiring and no megasquirt to save money for now.
Got a little more work done, not sure if I can use it as a replacement... we will see, maybe I can play around to mount it.
Thanks
Went fastner shopping yesterday; God it is so satisfying lol.
Spherical rod end mounted to the coil pack stud/grommet to have the HKS pipe as a TB/intake piece (and cut off the other mounting location so it can sit flush).
Studs replaced with bolts/locking washers on the water pump since I will be running MSII (electric fan).
New parts:
Got a cluster this will be installed before the engine. It will be a pain to wire up since my cluster doesn't use these clips.
but on a serious note; what are those wheels and what size are they??
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