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MACKAY
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Location: Japan Occupation: Ranter Age: 25 V$: ∞ |
#127054 2017-08-21 08:17 |
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X30 REVEAL
 -✘ Well.. Today is the day my project car is getting revealed to you guys, some of you maybe have already seen it wandering around Osaka or in my garage, but I know that majority of you never even heard of such car being built in Osaka. But that is about to change. ✘-
-✘ Here she is, a custom built and one of a kind - 1980 TOYOTA CRESSIDA X30. Basically the only thing that is left of her is the body and few bits of interior, as in the process of this restoration everything was taken from TOYOTA ALTEZZA RS200 or replaced with new or performance parts. Completely fixed body, all rust was removed, replaced by new fabricated bits of metal, also in the process the whole chassis was strengthened by new weld seams. The rear independent suspension was adopted from Altezza, everything including subframe, drive shaft, differential and other similar things. Front suspension was modified of existing Altezza parts and fabricated by us. The whole car was painted in dark purple color by me, by no means I am professional painter and its not excellent, but it definitely does it job, looks good. ✘-
  -✘ The car sits on Altezza's TEIN FLEX coilovers which was adapted to X30. Heavily modified and custom made front arms for bigger steering lock which in result now we have 60 degree lock, also to get such camber the CUSCO CAMBER ARMS was installed. The brakes were also borrowed from Altezza. Welded differential, reinforced rear subframe mounts, also every single bushing was replaced with polyurethane bushings for more stiffer ride. Because of Altezza suspension, the wheelbase of Cressida got wider, and with the help of spacers it was widened even more. So in the end I am running -4.5 negative camber in the front and -2.0 negative in the back. Considering the purpose of this car the caster, damping and height was set to achieve stiffer ride and better handling, even on full lock we have no clearance issues. Also the car was fitted with new shoes - 15x7 Enkei 92 Classic wheels with Toyo Proxes R888 in the front for better grip and used Advans in the rear. ✘-
   -✘ Well, the fun part I guess ? As you may already know, the new heart of Cressida is fully built, race engine spec 3S-GE accompanied with rebuilt J160 6-speed manual transmission. Completely new internals, only the crankshaft was kept stock because it is strong enough to hold big power and even more, ported cylinder head, injection system was replaced by 4A-GE 20V BLACK TOP 45mm individual throttle bodies, custom fabricated 4:2:1 exhaust header for more torque, straight pipe from the headers, stock ECU was replaced by Apexi Power FC ECU accompanied with FC commander, everything mapped correctly, HKS oil and water sensors, Motul 300V oil and filters and probably even more things which I can't remember. After the final tune, we were making making around 260 horsepower at the crank, which roughly measured would be around 220 horsepower at the wheels, considering the little weight of our car which is around 1040'ish kg it is more than enough to get her sideways. ✘-
  -✘ The interior was fully stripped out for weight reduction, sound deadening and other things is gone, only bare shell, everything was painted in black. We did decent job in fabricating our own rollcage, we used seamless steel tube, and did it by FIA standards, so I will be well protected in case of crash. The seats are Bride Zeta III accompanied with 4 Point TAKATA harness, Nardi Classic Leather steering wheel, Apexi 10K RPM Gauge, HKS oil and water gauges and FC Commander on the glovebox, all those things were sourced from UpGarage, only the custom made handbrake was made by Shao. The gearknob was a gift from Russian guys. ✘-
  -✘ So yeah guys.. Thats kinda it, the Cressida project is finally "finished", it took us nearly four months of sleepless nights and days, I can't thank enough to the ones who helped me, most importantly to the Shao and his crew for letting me use his workshop, and also the custom work he did, and also Oscar ( Terroras ) which helped me a ton, it wouldn't be possible without you guys. The whole project turned out very successfuly, and I don't even think of selling her now, considering how much time I spent working on her.. Unless someone pays more than 30' grand, any volunteers ? It is not my last project car for sure, as you know the saying, there is no such thing as "finished" for project cars. Also I can guarantee that another car might be coming soon, I can only tell that it will be two seater which will turn into another beast in the long run. But that is for future, only time will show. Here is one more picture from photoshoot. ✘-
 -✘ To end the post I will post a "rolling" shot of Cressida and me behind the wheel, the face are blurred for safety reasons, oh and by the way those number plates are fake as I didn't registered her, rolling around still in Russian documents unregistered, hashiriya life you know, zero fucks given. ✘-
 -✘ So yeah guys, keep an eye open for further updates, a lot of action coming in near future, peace! ✘-
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