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"The Great White"

Owner:   Texas_Cressida
Year: 1989
Make: Toyota
Model: Cressida
Est.Horsepower: 400
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Comments: 13 Comments
Ratings: 11 votes  
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Exterior:
Interior:
Performance:
1989 Toyota Cressida, chassis code MX83

Engine:
(updated Feb, 2012)
Fully built 7MGE
8500 RPM red line.
TRD cams, 264 x 10.5 intake x 264 x 10.5 Exhaust.
TODA Shim-under-bucket set.
1mm oversize SS valves.
Custom JE 12:1 pistons on Crower rods,
and Precision Products titanium wrist pins.
Pistons are fully coated, ceramic domes, moly/teflon skirts.
Head and block both cut .020" to bring the compression up to 12:1.
Combustion chambers, valves & exhaust ports all ceramic coated.
HKS old school adjustable cam gears.
GReddy timing belt.
Ported head with Group-A spec. combustion chambers.
FET 1mm metal head gasket.
Doweled 7M crank
(had to dowel pin this beast, kept ripping the flex plate off the crank with my 8500 rpm shift points).
Clevite-77 bearings.
Balanced.
Custom 7 qt pan with swing door & crank scraper.
Custom 15% oil pump speed-up drive.
Remote oil filter.
Derale oil cooler.
Modified JDM NA Supra manifold.
Modified BBK 70mm throttle body.
SARD fuel pressure regulator.
Highly modified flapper-style AFM
K&N 9" cone filter inside custom filter housing.
Pacesetter modified headers, coated by HPC,
with full 80mm SS exhaust.
Exhaust crankcase evacuation system.
Flex-a-lite twin electric fans.
Kazama Fail-proof engine mounts.
ATI crank dampener.
CSR electric water pump on custom 7M adaptor plate

Drive train (for now):
A340E automatic.
PERFORMANCE TORQUE Converters of Texas Hi stall converter.
Low ratio Overdrive assembly from IS300.
Accumulator springs shimmed.
Hayden trans cooler.
Driveshaft Shop custom 1-piece drive shaft.
But 5-speed is in the works, stay tuned!
Diff:
Street & Road Course - JDM helical LSD (Torsen) & 4.56 gear set.
(I originally had this gear set for the strip,
but it feels so good on the street that they are straying in.)
Strip - OEM clutch-pack LSD , shimmed, & 5.3 gear set.

Electronics:
Modified ECU - No Rev Limiter !
Apex-i S-AFC.
Apex-i Super ITC.
Crane Hi-6 ignition box.
ACCEL 140010 CD coil.
ACCEL 300+ 8.8mm plug wires.
ACCEL Tach Adaptor
HKS Rev-Ad.

Gauges:
VDO EGT, water temp, oil pressure.
Innivate XD-16 A/F meter.
HKS injector pulse monitor.
Integral knock meter.

Suspension:
Front - JIC coil-overs with 10k x 200mm springs.
Rear - JIC coil-overs with HKS 6k x 250mm progressive springs.
Custom 22mm rear sway bar.
Largus 27mm front sway bar.
Rare Yamaha Concept edition front strut bar.

Wheels/Tires:
Wheels - Volk Group-C 3-piece, 16x7 front, 16x8 rear.
(same wheels as Volk provided for the Group-C Toyota 88cv)
Tires - TOYO Proxes R1R, 215x55-16 front, 225x50-16 rear.

Brakes:
R32 GT-R Skyline calipers & Wilwood 11.75" rotors.
SS braided brake lines.
Line Lock, with activation switch mounted in steering wheel.

Other:
Custom 160mm power steering underdrive pulley.
Koyo all aluminum radiator.
Odyssey 925 battery.
Recaro Speed seats (real ones)
Momo steering wheel.
JDM dual bulb head lamp assemblies.
B&M Pro-Ratchet shifter.
(will be changed out to a C's shifter when 5-speed goes in)

To be installed as time permits:
(already purchased, waiting to be installed)
MAP-ECU soon! So I can dump flapper style AFM.
BMW E46 50mm ITB induction (manifold just about done)
Front air dam, and side skirts.
Rear whale tail.
Defi Heads Up display.
Brake proportioning valve.

Additional items on 'Want List':
Drive shaft safety loop.

Not on this car:
Anything made by:
OBX,
Godspeed,
Mishimoto,
Megan,
XTD,
F1,
SSautochrome,
BC cams (BrianChina, Built-in-China, BratCrier?),
ACT,
Or any other part out of china or other third world countries.
Never, None, Nada, Zilch !

I sell only what I would use myself.
You to can have trick JDM parts,
just visit my web site:
www.duaxmachine.com or my eBay auctions (100% positive feedback, 10 years of taking care of business.

or e-mail me at duaxmachine@sbcglobal.net

Special thanks to:
My son, who bears with me on this never ending quest to make HP with a non-turbo 7M.

Watch the car here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZj_CpuUKos

LexusRacer
LexusRacer | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 05/26/10
Posted: 05/26/10 08:23 PM

Cool 4-door Dude !
supra553
supra553 | User
Posts: 201 | Joined 06/16/09
Posted: 06/17/09 01:31 AM

looking good keep it up   forgot my password  
our06t
our06t | New User
Posts: 4 | Joined 12/03/08
Posted: 12/03/08 04:09 PM

nice work ,you should check out the guys over here in Australia they work on my cars and run a very Nice cressida of their own
look for
blacktrackperformance.com.au
RockPaperSwoRD
RockPaperSwoRD | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 11/26/08
Posted: 11/27/08 12:02 AM

SICK CRESSIDA MAN!! are you in SA? I drive a red mk3, and live around the northeast part of town
supra751
supra751 | User
Posts: 154 | Joined 10/05/08
Posted: 10/12/08 11:23 PM

Looking really good keep it up  
Texas_Cressida
Texas_Cressida | New User
Posts: 9 | Joined 01/27/08
Posted: 10/10/08 07:31 PM

Because this is my daily driver.
I have another that will be forced induction.
cressida
cressida | New User
Posts: 3 | Joined 09/23/08
Posted: 09/23/08 05:11 PM

beautiful ride,why you make it n/a?
Texas_Cressida
Texas_Cressida | New User
Posts: 9 | Joined 01/27/08
Posted: 05/31/08 08:43 PM

I hear you!
So many Supras have went down the cheap chinese junk route.
Thanks for recognizing my effort to keep this a 'junk free' ride.
7Ms_ForLife
7Ms_ForLife | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 05/17/08
Posted: 05/17/08 11:52 PM

Wow!
Great to see a 7M owner thinking outside the 'chinese/eBay' box!
And it isn't even a dog-eared Supra.
--mastermind--
--mastermind-- | New User
Posts: 2 | Joined 10/18/06
Posted: 04/20/08 06:01 PM

i have personally been taken around town in this car and with 4 people in it it feels like a freight train is running into your chest...solid torque..smooth ride..AMAZING exhaust note...(IMSA flashbacks when you hear it in the distance!)
SPANOZ
SPANOZ | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 01/29/08
Posted: 01/29/08 12:38 PM

I see in the strip and I was impress for an auto and a nice looking car ,It was fast .  
Drifter_Twins
Drifter_Twins | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 01/28/08
Posted: 01/28/08 03:08 AM

Awesome and rare Car !!!
Build with finest real quality parts !!!
Hope to see more from it !!!
*****PERFECT*****
davegt27
davegt27 | New User
Posts: 0 | Joined 01/28/08
Posted: 01/28/08 01:39 AM

I took a ride in this car--very fast
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