Amazing 1UZ powered car!
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Amazing 1UZ powered car!
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That car belongs to Mitch Allread. He actually won best modified Toyota Toyotafest 2005 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. I ran into him a few years ago at JGTC when it came to the US. He had his car on display for the car show competition at that time. The car is a well built vehicle..and was purposely built that way. It's a 1967 modified Toyota Corona with a 1UZ-FE V8 swap from a SC400 including the transmission. Mitch is a fabricator by trade so everything in that car was put together by him. He used to work for the former Area 51 Fabrications and did alot of the custom work for their vehicles. Hate to see the car being sold but the quality is top notch. 
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This car is a textbook example of craftsmanship and the ability to fabricate. It's made to emulate an early 30's American roadster but done with a late 60's Toyota Corona. I'd be more than happy to post the Hot Rod article from 2006.
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Here's the thread from almost 2 years ago already! 
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=pace+car
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=pace+car
its a lot of work when swapping into a late-model car.
when ur doing all that custom fab its not that bad. all u need is clutch/flywheel, bellhousing (or adapter plate), and the various clutch pedal/cylinder stuff.
not much actual fabrication required aside from mounting it all.
when ur doing all that custom fab its not that bad. all u need is clutch/flywheel, bellhousing (or adapter plate), and the various clutch pedal/cylinder stuff.
not much actual fabrication required aside from mounting it all.
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its a lot of work when swapping into a late-model car.
when ur doing all that custom fab its not that bad. all u need is clutch/flywheel, bellhousing (or adapter plate), and the various clutch pedal/cylinder stuff.
not much actual fabrication required aside from mounting it all.
when ur doing all that custom fab its not that bad. all u need is clutch/flywheel, bellhousing (or adapter plate), and the various clutch pedal/cylinder stuff.
not much actual fabrication required aside from mounting it all.
On another note, the Rod Millen custom hot rod was also an auto transmission. It was a project that was well over $100k. But there was a budget and a team to build it. On the other hand, the vehicle in question was solely built by one person only and with a history of working with Area 51 Fabrications...a well known company in the Lexus community for several years until they went under.
Here are some pics of the Rod Millen Hot Rod during our NorCal EosV4 2 years ago at Lexus of Stevens Creek.
have any of ya'll driven an automatic car?? especially one with a higher stall converter...
I think they are damn fun to drive... takes a little getting used to, but all the really fast cars are automatic
I think they are damn fun to drive... takes a little getting used to, but all the really fast cars are automatic
It's a lot easier said than done. It's more than just naming parts and "stuff". Custom fabrication of these parts are pretty hard when there are zero to no parts that you can readily buy. Most of the parts in that vehicle is one off. Have you ever matched a tranny to a 1UZ and wire the ecu function properly?
On another note, the Rod Millen custom hot rod was also an auto transmission. It was a project that was well over $100k. But there was a budget and a team to build it. On the other hand, the vehicle in question was solely built by one person only and with a history of working with Area 51 Fabrications...a well known company in the Lexus community for several years until they went under
On another note, the Rod Millen custom hot rod was also an auto transmission. It was a project that was well over $100k. But there was a budget and a team to build it. On the other hand, the vehicle in question was solely built by one person only and with a history of working with Area 51 Fabrications...a well known company in the Lexus community for several years until they went under
and RMM also made the infamous IS430, which used a V160 Getrag 6spd outta a Supra.
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For those in the know...they will also tell you it's not as simple as it sounds.
We have loved and gotten close to the RMM IS430 literally! Here's a pic of us (EOS v.4 staff) between both vehicles.
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