🔧 BUILD toyota wagon 3800

[Nofear048]

:banana-mario:

 

[02BlueGT]

Why take a newer Subaru and put a SI 3800.... some fail there

 

[Chrisco]

Why take a newer Subaru and put a SI 3800.... some fail there

Well, the same could be said about replacing the 7M from the Cressida with a 3800. I'd bet money there are way more 500+hp 7Ms running around in various vehicles than there are 500+ hp 3800s.

Sometimes it's just fun to do something different.

 

[BillyBru]

:banana-mario:

NO FEARRRRRRR!!!! see you the 29th at saddle up!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Bump for an update!

ratsnestof250wires.jpg

its actually out of a parkavenue

Why take a newer Subaru and put a SI 3800.... some fail there

its not a SI, that my friend is the 97/88 LG3 3.8 the first born son of the LC2

Well, the same could be said about replacing the 7M from the Cressida with a 3800. I'd bet money there are way more 500+hp 7Ms running around in various vehicles than there are 500+ hp 3800s.

Sometimes it's just fun to do something different.

....thats the later year cressida's this piece of shit has the 5mg/5mge...which at least doesnt blow headgaskets by the truckload like the 7m's.
because of the 7m's issues many swap to the other engines that can handle 500+hp far more readily thatn the 7m, at the cost of several thousand dollars if you can find the limited production parts for the correct pattern bellhousings/pans etc,etc
its a pice of shit 84 wagon...but at least its rust free, cheep and rwd...found out the suspension is the same as the ae86's as they are refered to.
its at least worth tossing a good 3800 lt1 killa into

 

[Chrisco]

Ah didn't know yours had the 5M. 7Ms only blow headgaskets cause people crank up the boost with the head bolts at factory torque spec. Crank those puppies down to 75-80 ft lbs and they'll do damn near anything you ask of them. The 2JZ head just flows alot better.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

there's alot of ozzies and zealanders on this cressida forum that would disagree with ya a bit.
i cant believe there's a cressida centered forum out there, i offered my 84 trans for free + shipping and no one's interested...not even the bellhousing is worth anything

i swear im the only 81-84 cressida wagon in the state of IL

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I was browsing around the Legacy GT forums and came across this... looks like someone beat you to bastardizing a Japanese car with a 3.8 .

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/my-subaru-beat-buick-heart-140053.html

I saw that. Seeing how a built 2.5 is going to cost upwards of $4-5k just for the shortblock; this swap makes sense to me! 3800 pah! ftw!

 

[Chrisco]

there's alot of ozzies and zealanders on this cressida forum that would disagree with ya a bit.
i cant believe there's a cressida centered forum out there, i offered my 84 trans for free + shipping and no one's interested...not even the bellhousing is worth anything

i swear im the only 81-84 cressida wagon in the state of IL

There are thousands of people on Supraforums that would disagree with me, too; but that doesn't make them right. The worst problem 7M powered vehicles ever had were their owners. You may as well bundle them right in with the DSM crowd as being some of the cheapest people in the world. They wanna go fast so they throw boost at the thing without doing simple preventative maintenance, and then cry that the engines aren't reliable when a 20+ year old head gasket on factory torque specs fails, or when oil seals go on the turbo and starve the engine, etc. etc.

This has nothing to do with my opinion about your particular build because I do like seeing things done differently.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

the same can be said for alot of quasi-gearheads

a few new pics
fuuuunnnnnn

my solution for the 27 yo strut mounts

figured out the turbo downpipe/dump...goes to show ya when you build it yourself you can fit a 4" DP in anything

edit: almost forgot i scored these vintage machinist dial indicator/scribe stands at the junkyard the other day...found em in the bed toolbox of a beatup s10...paid 20$ for them and a pair of 3800 pcm pigtails....

today after freezing my ass off for a few hours working on the semi i finally got the old truck computer monitor and actually set it up today....soooo much nicer than wasting time flipping back and forth between wiring diagrams and the book lol

 

[10sec]

Dude, that shit is coming along. Fuck yea man. Fucking fuck yea.

 

[Yaj Yak]

so fucking awesome. wonder where the diesel honda is at?

 

[Handsome Jesus]

that is a 5" downpipe of a caterpillar bulldozer

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I feel like that pipe should come out of the fender....but don't haha

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Oh and please explain those adjustable strut mounts. What are those from?

 

[Handsome Jesus]

why not? I'm not sure where he is going to put a downpipe anyway.

Those are the old strut plates from Jbigelow's mustang

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

why not? I'm not sure where he is going to put a downpipe anyway.

Those are the old strut plates from Jbigelow's mustang

Oh don't get me wrong; it would be badass....it's just where would you ever find a replacement? That's some virgin sheet metal

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i was thinking up through the hood with a flapper

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

that would be great.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

*tink*tink*tink*tink*tink*

 

[Handsome Jesus]

dumb redneck hillbilly tool.

I think it looks good where it is.

 

[Nofear048]

 

[Dasfinc]

Status Updates?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

im selling it

 

[Handsome Jesus]

why? haha

Highly doubt that.