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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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well after a clip/throw out bearing debacle THANK YOU JOE-BFLATSHARP!!
i was having and finally got figured out.

got my r-154 tranny at a good deal shipped from a clublexus member..MARK!!! 1992 SC400

it's from a mk3 turbo supra so the bellhousing is useless and the shifter housing needs to be extended..









so to get this sucker running in my car will cost an additional $1,100.00+ (yes that much) heres what i need to make it happen

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130622466879...WAX:IT&vxp=mtr


http://www.ebay.com/itm/280856152730...WAX:IT&vxp=mtr


http://www.ebay.com/itm/130679096617...WAX:IT&vxp=mtr


^^both cheaper than driftmotion


http://www.ebay.com/itm/400276044704...WAX:IT&vxp=mtr

and some misc parts from drift motion. i do plan on saving some coin by getting my pressure plate bolts from ace hardware like i did for my w58.

but getting this "almost" bulletproof tranny is not cheap. and will wait till i grenade this w58(hoping that dosen't happen). is there a way to just exchange the guts into the different housings??
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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so, to my dismay i was about to fork over $50+ for a tranny mount. then mark told me advance sells them for.......


$8.00 bucks. so i was like holy ****!!!





looks just like the oem one also.





so more shocking was the price of a knock sensor $102 at autozone. and i need 2 of these. broke one off so used the ones from my spare ge engine(hope that works).


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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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so went to the kc junkyard today. and suprise suprise out of nowhere there was a mk3 supra. okay no big deal. opened the hood and spied a clutch master cylinder!!!

tranny and driveshaft was all there. so scored the front part for $25.00 beans(go me).





perfect fit. the way it ought to be.





comparing the w58 and the shorter sc300





and heres my bastardizied driveshaft finally.





so i was hoping by some pure luck the yoke on the w58 would also fit on the r154??





didn't happen. but by chance before i put the sc300 front half in the garbage pile i gave it a shot!!





perfect. so i might just change yokes when/if i slip in the 154 to save lot's of coin.

stay tuned, now all i wait on is my harness and a radiator and it will be getting inserted!!
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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It does not cost $1,100 bucks to get an MKIII in your car.

Besides, that bellhousing is from Thailand, and will take forever to get it, if you ever do!

BAM!

http://shop.cruiserparts.net/index.p...oducts_id=1589
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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I am glad you got the R154 for cheap.. Shipping wasnt bad either. I am glad I could hook you up. I would say go ahead and get the parts you need for the R154 and not install the W58, if you can. I know about the waiting process and the money game. Spend the money where and when you need it the most. The tranny is one of the most important things you need not to go cheap on. JMO. Sometimes I wish I would have kept the R154 for myself, but I want to help others out. It was clean wasnt it? lol...

Thanks for the link spoolxexo.
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by spoolxexo
It does not cost $1,100 bucks to get an MKIII in your car.

Besides, that bellhousing is from Thailand, and will take forever to get it, if you ever do!

BAM!

http://shop.cruiserparts.net/index.p...oducts_id=1589


wow. and not from driftmotion!! link is added to favorites.

and for your next trick, find me an extended shifter lever for cheapo.
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 1992Lexus
I am glad you got the R154 for cheap.. Shipping wasnt bad either. I am glad I could hook you up. I would say go ahead and get the parts you need for the R154 and not install the W58, if you can. I know about the waiting process and the money game. Spend the money where and when you need it the most. The tranny is one of the most important things you need not to go cheap on. JMO. Sometimes I wish I would have kept the R154 for myself, but I want to help others out. It was clean wasnt it? lol...

Thanks for the link spoolxexo.
yes it was clean as hell. WAIT!!! don't you already have a r-154 in your car anyway?? and iam going to put the 58 in first because i already have all the items to make it work. if i get over a certian hp then it will break and i know i have something fast..

i could just have a weak low comp 1jz?? if thats the case won't matter abt the tranny. but trial and error right? i might luck out and be one of those w58 guys running 400whp and not blowing up..
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 07:29 AM
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Jimmy, great write up on your build. Happy to see you found a driveshaft.
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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Next week I will embark on switching the water pump and start putting the clutch on. And test mounting the engine.
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Originally Posted by megamax
Next week I will embark on switching the water pump and start putting the clutch on. And mounting the engine.
*Fixed


I just made an extension with my TIG welder, to get the shifter to fit and cut the hole further up for the MKIII shifter.

Get a chop saw and a welder for the R154 extension? Ow 'ohno.

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Originally Posted by spoolxexo
*Fixed


I just made an extension with my TIG welder, to get the shifter to fit and cut the hole further up for the MKIII shifter.

Get a chop saw and a welder for the R154 extension? Ow 'ohno.


Actually it is "test" mount. It's comming back out as I don't have the harness. And iam not too sure my wastegate will clear that black bracket behind the alum engine mount one.

If iam correct you had to cut it for your wastegate to clear right?
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Minor, I'm not too sure you wanna drop that thing in more then once.

I didn't have to cut it to clear, I only cut it to route the wastegate back into the downpipe.
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Old May 22, 2012 | 09:49 AM
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^^^ now i totally understand you. this is nothing like getting my rb in the engine bay. this really sucked. and i couldnt do it alone(hate asking for labor help).
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so, ive gotten alot of stuff done. need to get a lot more done. and iam getting tired of this damn car.. still no new harddrive and my netbook is slower than aids sometimes. so heres whats been going on..

got my flywheel resurfaced..





and called up west covina and got a t3 turbo gasket and a ss clutch line.





apparently the bolts i got from fastenal didn't work. they appeared to be the right thread. but when tq-ing down the f-wheel they didn't want to cooperate.





so then i went to the "stealership" hoping that by some crazy luck i could get some oem bolts on the cheap.. well i found a set for $28. or did i??

specifically told this **** i need them for a w58 out of a mk4 supra.





well guess what mom, they weren't the right ones.




so what makes this parts manager a ****, is he won't return them and i don't know what the eff these bolts go to. so yea i got raped for 30 beans..
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Old May 26, 2012 | 11:37 AM
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so fed up i did whaT I Should had done in the first place..





i got these. $30 bucks and they actually work.




before


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ta-da





bam!!! now were cooking(meth)
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