CACressida
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- Modesto, CA
I've been in love with the UZ's for a very very long time. My old LS400 proved to me that the 1UZ is just bad ass. So anyway, I got tired of watching peoples UZ Cressidas and decided to feed my need for UZX passion.
Unfortunately, since I spend a lot of time on the road, this build will be slowish. I'll be putting a lot of work into this swap spending a lot of time and luckily, 4U2QUIK lives nearby, against his own will, he'll be supervising and fabricating a UZ Cressida kit.
Anyway, I was really lucky to stumble over this poor UFC20. My favorite model and color combo. Funny thing is, i spent years trying to find this color combo, and here it is. Not the way that I wanted though lol.
The goal is to have a California smog legal 1UZ OBDII Cressida Auto before TORC even May 2011. If this swap turns out as easy as I thought and I finish way early, I might as well throw out the autotragic and swap in a W58.
Luckily for me, both the LS400 and Cressida have the same amount of mileage, so swapping in the LS gauge cluster in the Cressida shouldn't give me mileage difference headache.
Enough of my blabbering and now for some details and pics of the Cressida
1989 MX83 powered by the legendary pos 7M headgasket popper
Riding on IS300 17" rims and lowered with Megan Racing coil over suspension
Torsen limited slip rear differential and held into place with SerialNine solid aluminum differential bushings and soon S9 subframe aluminum bushings
Some JDM Chaser/MarkII strut tower brace
Flowmaster 50 series delta single in dual out muffler
The donor, 97 Lexus LS400. The 4 piston brake calipers off this car will be used to bring the 3600lb Cressida to a dead stop. Most of the wiring that controls the cluster, Lexus Keyless entry, engine immobilizer will be tied into the Cressida's body harness. I think i'll also have the first Cressida fitted with Lexus keys as i'm using all the tumblers and ignition out of the LS400. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard since the LS400 borrowed some of the Cressida's stuff anyway.
![DSC03515.jpg DSC03515.jpg](https://www.lextreme.com/forums/data/attachments/18/18583-c517cd830e13ebfe4f8be948b48a9e3d.jpg)
![DSC03527.jpg DSC03527.jpg](https://www.lextreme.com/forums/data/attachments/18/18584-c06013d9f388ad4ffaa599f92b77e9fe.jpg)
Unfortunately, since I spend a lot of time on the road, this build will be slowish. I'll be putting a lot of work into this swap spending a lot of time and luckily, 4U2QUIK lives nearby, against his own will, he'll be supervising and fabricating a UZ Cressida kit.
Anyway, I was really lucky to stumble over this poor UFC20. My favorite model and color combo. Funny thing is, i spent years trying to find this color combo, and here it is. Not the way that I wanted though lol.
The goal is to have a California smog legal 1UZ OBDII Cressida Auto before TORC even May 2011. If this swap turns out as easy as I thought and I finish way early, I might as well throw out the autotragic and swap in a W58.
Luckily for me, both the LS400 and Cressida have the same amount of mileage, so swapping in the LS gauge cluster in the Cressida shouldn't give me mileage difference headache.
Enough of my blabbering and now for some details and pics of the Cressida
1989 MX83 powered by the legendary pos 7M headgasket popper
Riding on IS300 17" rims and lowered with Megan Racing coil over suspension
Torsen limited slip rear differential and held into place with SerialNine solid aluminum differential bushings and soon S9 subframe aluminum bushings
Some JDM Chaser/MarkII strut tower brace
Flowmaster 50 series delta single in dual out muffler
![3c258f79.jpg](http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/CACressida/3c258f79.jpg)
![2cdd5cb7.jpg](http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/CACressida/2cdd5cb7.jpg)
The donor, 97 Lexus LS400. The 4 piston brake calipers off this car will be used to bring the 3600lb Cressida to a dead stop. Most of the wiring that controls the cluster, Lexus Keyless entry, engine immobilizer will be tied into the Cressida's body harness. I think i'll also have the first Cressida fitted with Lexus keys as i'm using all the tumblers and ignition out of the LS400. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard since the LS400 borrowed some of the Cressida's stuff anyway.
![DSC03515.jpg DSC03515.jpg](https://www.lextreme.com/forums/data/attachments/18/18583-c517cd830e13ebfe4f8be948b48a9e3d.jpg)
![DSC03527.jpg DSC03527.jpg](https://www.lextreme.com/forums/data/attachments/18/18584-c06013d9f388ad4ffaa599f92b77e9fe.jpg)