Sparkle Garage 1979 jzx32 shakotan zombie

schassisowner · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:55 pm

are they supposed to be self adjusting or what?

yea the more i keep thinking about it i just want to sell my s13 and go all out with the cress

toji004 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:29 pm

official support vehicle (lol) for Robert Turnbow@formula D

jzcelica · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:22 pm

How does Robert like the X8 compared to the old X7?

pagong · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:48 pm

Wicked, I gotta get a better cooling system so I can make the drive down there and you will see the zombie and the beast together :lol:

toji004 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:31 pm

did this

because purples

aaaaaaaaaaaand its in

just need to wire it up, then install radiator,intake , and headers...

SO CLOSE...so close...so anxious

oh and here are the motor mounts
Xcessive manufacturing jzx7 motor mounts
http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com/ON ... =4&pid=248

onlyCressida4me · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:46 pm

nice............!! but you are missing some sparkles on the purple

jzcelica · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:19 am

Nice work. So these cars are front sump I see?

What electronics are you using?

BeanBone · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:56 am

Holy hell, this is epic!

toji004 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:36 pm

Stock ecu so far

schassisowner · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:50 pm

omg.... this makes my cress look like pooooo if only i could sell my s13

yyz78 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:12 pm

How low is your oil pan with those mounts? Engine sitting nice and low in bay, amazing!

pagong · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:21 pm

Glad you found a company that makes the mounts, I know you've been bugging OSG to make copies of mine for a long time.

Stick with this man and do ITB's and forget about the 1UZ. :tu:

crustywhip · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:47 pm

Thats awesome :tu:

Im not a huge poster here but do browse alot. I have a X31 coupe and fitted a vvt n/a 1jz but I had to stop to sort other cars (datsuns) Will keep watching your build. These motors fit so well with mine being RHD I only had to worry about the exhaust and steering box.

toji004 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:17 pm

Yeah oil pan is 2inches BELOW the xmember. Nothing a couple of hockey pucks wont solve

yyz78 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:19 pm

Great stuff.....I love hockey pucks....made a custom mount for my new gas pedal out of hockey pucks! Needed them to get proper mounting angle and distance.

yyz78 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:21 pm

wish I would have known about those excessive mounts a couple months ago when I made my mounts.....would have saved me a lot of time and trouble

Great find!

yyz78 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:18 pm

I had real problems with the header clearing the idler arm, there's not alot of space there.....had to custom weld and modify the bottom of my header because of this.....
Another way around this is to just change to rack and pinion....that would delete the idler arms and brackets on the frame and free up space...I am thinking of rack and pinion in the future anyway....probably should have put the work into converting rather than the time and money into modifying the header....live and learn :wink:

yyz78 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:51 pm

the width of the later gen cressidas are only one half inch wider or so, ...I imagine x7 or x8 steering racks will work in our cars. Pretty sure they could just bolt up to the front crossmember withsome brackets like in this pick (which is an mr2...but also looks like an mr2 rack could work as well)

toji004 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:47 pm

I really should just takenthe time too and convert to r&p its something i REALLY want to do. I mean why not ? Ive already gone IRS lol cant be very hard to do

toji004 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:06 pm

heres where im at so far... :/

everything is bolted up and connected...
just needs wiring...
update ASAP

cheap-o intake
NOT the way im leaving it, probably painting the intake piping black, along with black couplings, and a silver filter(just looks horribly CHEAP to me as it is)
just for reference

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