Toyota Carina 1uzfe swap

[karos]

Hi all. I want to present my project.I live in Lithuania and we have done 1uzfe conversion to Carina ta60, but everything from the start. I have bought bone stock Carina





And decided to put Lexus v8 in it, so I have bought JDM Toyota Soarer as donor car, took everything what was needed and sold the body to the scrap yard. Donor car:

[karos]

Engine out


Ordered w58 gearbox conversion kit from USA, kit included adaptor plate, flywheel, cluch kit, hydraulic bearing, hardware





As mentioned above I am using w58 gearbox from Supra, but had problem with adaptor plate, wich coused gearbox failure. Firs off all I tought it was gearbox it self, but when second gearbox blew up I have found that adaptor plate is not in centered..To make story short, seller send new adaptor plate, I bought third gearbox, putted everything together and for know it looks like it is working fine.
Front sump from lexus ls400


Engine in


Used original gearbox mount with a bit of modification

[karos]

For the record, know engine is in the car, every thing works. At the moment we are doing rear axel conversion.
One mornning it looked like this


Same day later:


This is how it looks know. It is funny how it's stockish


I reused Lexus exhaust, but it is temporery


After conversion rooled it outside. As you can see I added fender mirrors

[karos]

Here is illustrated how correct and bad adaptor plate holes misaligned, wich coused gearbox failure..



I drove the car on the road, but it felt sluggish, then I've counted diff ration, wich turned out is around 2.20 So decided to do BMW e30 rear suspention conversion. Bought e30 rear suspention, made adjustable toe and camber, put polyurethane bushes. Next step old sucker out





Today finally aligned new beam and tack welded it to the body. Next is to weld everything back together, make diff mount, put springs, redone brake pipes, put fuel tank and lines back.
For know thats it, wait for update.

[[Walaki]D`Lair]

That diff was 4.3, or 4.1...MAX 3.9...so you made a huge mistake...

[karos]

Well, I counted ratio like 5 times..

[banpei]

So you decided not to sell it after all?
AFAIK the Carina diff is either 4.1 for the manual or 3.9 for the autoboxes.

[karos]

banpei Wrote:So you decided not to sell it after all?
AFAIK the Carina diff is either 4.1 for the manual or 3.9 for the autoboxes.

Well I don't know why, but ratio is this low, I've counted it not once.

[karos]

Today I started to put my s13 suspension in front. I used: s13 LCA, hub, brakes, stock tension rod, Toyota Avensis coilovers, Toyota Yaris rack end.




Re-drilled top mounts for avensis coilovers:






Wheels have ET18 plus adaptor 2,5 cm, so it is ET-7, need to roll arches or need to get wheels with higher ET, or go with lot of camber

[karos]

Today made to fit s13 sway bar. Stock 21mm, s13 - 25mm. And started put back other side: