My mx73 warrior

[joshz18]

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I bought this not too long ago off a mechanic mate, He'd converted it to 5spd using a w55, excedy clutch and lightend flywheel, the engineer who did the flywheel took it from 16. something kgs to 7kgs, certainly helps with the responsive of it. On arrival to my house i decided to mod it a bit, Mate and i coverted the front struts to coilovers and used a st185 shock insert, rear is chopped #### springs and vs commodore wagon shocks, also shoved some new bushes and ball joints in it, I found the lock was fair shit so we also shortend some mx62 control arms down to 335mm and boxed them and wacked an ajps screw in lock spacer with all that Its not too bad now. Not sure what else im going to do with it yet but its certainly a fun and comfortable daily. Tried some 15x8-9 challengers on it and they looked a shit load better than the konigs so they are for sale if anyone wants them

[Pidgey]

15x8 -9 challengers are a perfect fit for these.
Nice as ice man, these are cool. My plans would be to get some good rear suspension and clean up a 7M-GE to put in it.
And slide it :)

[bigm]

mx73 love!

looks tidy mate. and yes doo skids

[Konakid]

Nice!

[slidekid]

what sought of clutch pedal is used ? cool car btw

[klusio]

mz11 soarer stuff was used was in this car, works a treat

[dr1ft-pig]

tis thug, i likes it :)

[86TRD]

ah i wish mine was manual , what did you do for a tailshaft? custom one or front half off another car?

[bigdaddykane]

awsome would love one of these in manual, how much for the konis

[joshz18]

just used all the stuff out of an mz11 including tailshaft, looking for around $750 for the konigs with tyres they are brand new, only been driven on a hand full of times

[JoshKE]

Niiiiice! Can't wait to see it in action up here mate!

[joshz18]

well its been raining down here and ive had a chance to "test" the setup, works well im pretty happy with it

[DOG the rolla hunter]

its a shame these cars werent all manual from factory but then again if they were there would be none left by now.such a good platform to start with.nice car brother

[ae71]

15x8 -9 challengers are a perfect fit for these.
Nice as ice man, these are cool. My plans would be to get some good rear suspension and clean up a 7M-GE to put in it.
And slide it :)

so he can blow the head gasket and spin the bearings...?

hells to the no

[86TRD]

haha 5M's shred over 7M's, wouldnt even bother staying with a M motor though.

[worked]

pretty sure priso could make it happen with a 15hp briggs and stratton
ain't no whinging about engines from that bloke, just smashing big entries

[joshz18]

well i managed to rip a hole in the sump friday night what a cunt, all fixed now, Slides resonable in the dry but is probably a bit to soft of a setup for doing anything too serious when the heavens havent opened up, Yeah the 5me isnt much of a donk, but hasnt missed a beat yet, doesnt blow smoke, use oil or water so until it gives up the ghost i'll leave it be, It'll be coping a 2jzge when that does happen. Hope it rains tonight haha

[joshz18]

forget it haha, love it to much

[Delazy]

well as silly as this is and not set on the idea but this car may be for sale, around the $3500 mark would want for it, its pretty awesome as is but would want to spend a heap more on it if i kept it, so just in 2 minds what to do at the minute.

not again :hehe:

[joshz18]

as above post,

[joshz18]

sold the konigs and have been running around on 16x8.5 ssr's and 15x9 challengers looks pretty tough, pics to follow, But unfortunatley my bottom end bearings said fuck you to 5500rpm for 30mins on the way up to launny last weekend, Am going to slip a a new set through it to keep it on the rd until i can afford to get everything i need to finish the car properly

[Jdm-Mcc]

Looks rather fat !

[joshz18]

new pics first page

[Konakid]

Fuck yeah!

[keto]

what suspension setup are you running in this

[skizzamods]

that looks rad dude!

[joshz18]

what suspension setup are you running in this

as per first page man, But am rebushing the rear of it now its off the road, whiteline adj sway bars front and rear and going to run bilstein shocks allround, should be much better specially 2jzge powered as well, can not actually wait to drive it all finished 100% properly

[worked]

ahh my favourite NA car in tas

[joeschmo_57]

are you going to sell your manual shizz for the 5m stuff?

[joshz18]

are you going to sell your manual shizz for the 5m stuff?

yeah sure am, got excedy puck clutch in it (bites real hard with the flywheel being lightend), Lightened flywheel by an engineer down here about 7kgs now makes the world of difference and a w55 with "m" bellhousing chasing $600 for the lot
Clutch and flywheel have only been in for about 3000ks the box i have no idea how many ks that would have on it, but still in good nick

[Zach]

Win!!

[ae71]

has this car been sold yet?

[joshz18]

wasnt actually for sale, was piss take, love the car way to much to sell it at this stage. Update pick up my 2jzge on sunday, then let the fun begin, Going to be running a haltech e11v2 with custom made extractors and hopefully, really hoping some decent sized camshafts, im in no ruxh to get it in the car so am getting the stuff i want on it so shes mint when it runs

[Delazy]

wasnt actually for sale, was piss take, love the car way to much to sell it at this stage. Update pick up my 2jzge on sunday, then let the fun begin, Going to be running a haltech e11v2 with custom made extractors and hopefully, really hoping some decent sized camshafts, im in no ruxh to get it in the car so am getting the stuff i want on it so shes mint when it runs

tooo good to be true...

josh priseman building a decent car...i wont belive it til i see it finished and skidding...

go kelford for the cams...im sure kieran has already told you tho...both him and myself are running kelfords and they are most ideal...

[bigm]

2jz noshit and 15s,

really digging it man!

[joshz18]

lol delazy, both your engines havent even seen oil through the galleries yet, Ive driven on kelford cams in jakes rolla, hence why im getting an ecu as well haha,

[joshz18]

some new pics on first page, still looks the same though
, I havent done anything at all to the car of late, cant be arsed, it still has a spun bearing, evenutally i'll do something with it

[bigm]

pics dont work?

[joshz18]

chucked em on the first page as im retarded and it imageshack pics wouldnt work on ere

[joshz18]

Progress, The engine and box are ready to come out, just waiting on my mate to bring the engine crane around and shes out, Want to do a fair bit of tidying up in the engine bay and all that then i'll start getting it ready for the new donk, Alcohol free weekends are the bomb loving the motivation. 2 new pics on the first page, One of the exhaust (low cars arent always good haha)and just a snap shot before the engine comes out

[joshz18]

engine now totally stripped, just got to whip the harmonic balancer off with a rattle gun as its too tight, and off to the machinest, Number 5 rod bearing is missing in action, and has caused some damage to some of the mains, crank is looking ok but will just have to see how it goes. pics page one, poor 5m

[joshz18]

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[joshz18]

well the 5me is now in the bin and i bought a 5mge today, pulling it down for a freshen up and should be mint

[ae71]

looks like gold in a river ^^

[joshz18]

the 5mge is now stripped totally, I was told it was smoky by the previous owner, the bearings look new the cranks mint, bores have hone marks in them so i'd assume its had a rebuild at somestage, I reckon the rings either have shat the bed or the valve stem seals are fucked, will send it off for machining as soon as possible then slip it back together, Got some bmw 50mm 6 throttle bodies at my disposal but dont really have the coin to make a manifold and run an aftermarket ecu for them, maybe down the track, Drift practice day at baskerville on the 7th of august so im hoping i can update with some skid pics from then

[joshz18]

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some ones a mate found on his computer

[Pidgey]

Pics look niceee, apart from quality.
BMW throttlebodies sound interesting, do it!

[joshz18]

Now turbo, Put a 7mgte into it with a haltech e6x, put it on the dyno Made 163rwks on 8psi with a few minor probs, will get it back on soon and wind a bit more boost into it, pretty happy with it so far though, torque monster, Ive also put some camaro Kyb agx 8 ways in the rear, So much better
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[bigm]

Like very much!

Looks the goods and makes reasonable power :)

[joshz18]

cheers checked out the drift pics and footage of yours, Looks mad, very chuckable. I havent had time to test mine out with the extra grunt as it had a miss on the dyno and now i think i know why, headgasket is cactus, Ordered a mls cometic one and a set of arp headstuds to hopefully fix this problem for good, Theres an event on september 11th down here so will chuck some pics and vids up after that, Cant wait to slide it again, without a thousand clutch kicks 5me styling

[bigm]

Yea, my stock sr was fun, 170kw would be even better :)

Long wheel base is alot of fun!

[Pidgey]

How do you guys actually rate MX73's for sliding?
I'm actually thinking of getting one.

[biggo]

Lets say theyre a secret best kept quiet

[Pidgey]

Hmm. That can be taken two ways I guess.

[joshz18]

ive slid loads of cars, Not meaning to sounds like a cock but i have haha, This is fairly fun, not sure how competitive it would be in a comp event but soon find out, For fun factor well good, just with a basic setup that mine has. as stated the long wheel base is mint for squeky clean transitions but they are still relitively quick at them

[worked]

ahhh its soo tough!!!

[worked]

this headless, wheel-less creation now sits in my driveway and i bought the keys to drive it off our lanky state drift champion so i guess i now own it
will wop a build thread up soon