clean x8 man plan on staying auto???
Hi all,
After lurking for some time and finally deciding to register (after many subtle hints from Matt to do so), I thought I'd show you my pride and joy.
This is my 1992 JZX83 Cressida Grande. I bought it in Feb 2011 with the intention of it being a project from the get go. It was rescued from the local wrecker after someone had sent it there to die as a result of the 7M doing a head gasket (among other things). My step-dad knew at the time I was on the look out for one to make a project out of, so being good mates with the local wrecker, he heard that there was one on it's way in from the Northern Beaches. Once it arrived I headed over there after work to check it out. After having a quick look over it in the state it was in, I paid my money and drove it the 500m home with no rego and a missing cylinder.
Upon getting it home I went right over it to see what it needed;
Here it is once I got it home:
For the next month or so it sat in the garage as it had arrived while I had my AE93 4AGZE GTI for sale.
In the mean time, a mate came over and gave me a hand to rip the interior out and give it a clean.
This is the mess we discovered once the seats were out:
Crumbs, glitter, gummy bears, tissues, dirt, sticky substances. You name it, it was there.
We managed to get it looking like this. Not perfect, but good enough:
Anyway, the Corolla sold in April, so I went for a drive down to Ichiban and returned home with this:
And so, that afternoon, the project began..
All in a day's work.
The JZ in it's new home.
From this point, the project dragged on for another 6 months as I slowly ticked off items on the to-do list.
It was a learning curve for me, as prior to this the most I had done to a motor was change a head gasket on a 4AGE. Along the way I hit hurdles, but with help from some mates (including Matt for the wiring - cheers mate), it all started coming together.
This was easily the biggest head-fuck for me though:
In the end I got there and this was how the car ended up looking:
The maiden voyage (with no exhaust) to the exhaust shop to complete the whole puzzle:
Though, the absolute highlight of the entire experience was the moment I took this photo:
Since then, I've done the following:
And here's how she sits today:
As with any project though, it's never really finished, so the current list of things to do goes in this order:
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Ben
clean x8 man plan on staying auto???
Thats right, wiring an engine off the car is 1000x easier than on unless you've done loads of them.
Good write up tho and hurry up and put a r154 behind it.
Thanks bud. Definitely not staying auto though. This is the first auto I've owned and I can't wait to get rid of the fucking thing. Won't be going manual until I've at least fixed the auto and run it down the 1/4.
Currently between jobs at the moment, but once I find work again and scratch together the cash I'll be on the hunt for preferrably an R154, but will settle for a W58.
PEER PRESSUE! Stop it!
awesome looking cressida.. GOOD WORK
i've got a 1J cressy myself, fun cars.
enjoy it!
Rid of the beef flaps and I'm sold, x8 chassis is ace!