1983 Toyota Carina 1UZ conversion

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Here is my son 1983 Carina 1uz conversion we did last week.After drifting BMW e30 for a while,he sold it and bought this Carina as a project.Some pic when bought it...

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Than I we bought 1994 SC400 as a donor...

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Did order adapter clutch/flywheel kit from the USA for W58 gear box.Box I bought from the member on this forum and it will be story about it later

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We had to swap SC400 1uz oil sump to front bowl sump which I had from my previous conversion

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So we put flywheel/clutch on,1uz bell housing on W58 and got it ready for trial fit...

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After masage on firewall and tunnel we seated engine where we wanted.We cut original engine mount bracets,rewelded them in different position and we used Rover V8 engine mounts and engine is like it belongs here

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Here it is at home...

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we modified original Carina gear box crossmember and it bolts on in original place
and shifted is almoust in the original position

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We had to reweld one exhaust manifold to clear steering colum shaft,and I welded prop shaft just to be able to test how everything works.
Plan is to put Ford Explorer rear LSD axel,so propshaft will be done properly again.
So next fun part,wiring.But I was familiar with 1uz wiring as it was my second 1uz conversion....
Here is in the morning

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And later on