found me a supra for the surf.. got questions??

[J_Dub]

now im going against what ive said in the past that i will fit a comy v6 to my surf...
but today driving past a trade-in yard a saw a toyota cressida for sale, had a look... a relitivly straight cressida, leather interior, 2.8l dohc ( this is a 5M right?) w.o.f, reg, for the next month and a half, took it for a quick hoon, goes sweet, starts first pop.. for the price of...............................$600..............................
cheeeeeeap or what, complete running legal everything there car that i can drive around for 6 months then do a transplant into me surf.
now i want your guys opinion, if i brought it, the fact that ive got the whole complete running car, what else do i need for the conversion? and although i was dead set on doing the comy v6, will the 5M at this price be a much cheaper option, i read in another thread that the 5M will bolt up to my current 5 speed 3y gearbox? true?
other details of the car are model xx7-3R-xe and trans/axle 11/6
its a 1987 cressida, done 300,000 ks, but i would get it stripped and checked b4 the transplant.
opinions pleeeese, may buy it tomorrow
or why should i still do the comy conversion

[gimmemud]

Stick with the commy!! it's just so much cooler
Here you go: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 063232.htm

[J_Dub]

yea i know, ive owned plenty a comy v6s, swear by them, and they are 1 ltr biga than the 5M and probably beta on gas, and they dime a dozen to replace and for parts, but this car is so cheap, than commodore ide say would reach the 1k mark b4 auction end

[Chopper01]

the 5m will not bolt up to your gearbox unless you use the right bell houseing or adaptior plates , also you will want to use the 3y fly wheel as the are heaver but this will need to be machined , now I have done alot of supra conversions and have done my old 3.8 commy as well ,and you will be wasting your timedoing the supra just stick with the commy , there is fark all price between the two adaptiors

[J_Dub]

the 5m will not bolt up to your gearbox unless you use the right bell houseing or adaptior plates , also you will want to use the 3y fly wheel as the are heaver but this will need to be machined , now I have done alot of supra conversions and have done my old 3.8 commy as well ,and you will be wasting your timedoing the supra just stick with the commy , there is fark all price between the two adaptiors

good to hear from someone whos done both, so you rekon comy beats the 5m in every way?

[haynzy]

the 5m will not bolt up to your gearbox unless you use the right bell houseing or adaptior plates , also you will want to use the 3y fly wheel as the are heaver but this will need to be machined , now I have done alot of supra conversions and have done my old 3.8 commy as well ,and you will be wasting your timedoing the supra just stick with the commy , there is fark all price between the two adaptiors

good to hear from someone whos done both, so you rekon comy beats the 5m in every way?

havin done a similar swap,7mge into ln61 flat deck and if I was to do it again I would go for a lexus or nissan v8 because the toyota 6 motors are not really suited to 4wding and can cause problems with oil pressure to the big ends as I found out twice and having to ground up rebuild the motor which was money I could have spent on other cool shit
I would do a commy but the shame of a gm motor would be to embarrassing

[Engineer]

stick with commy, i got a whole car for $600

[rokhound]

Go the V6.
The power band and torque curve blow the old m series engines away. I had the 4th (known anyway) conversion to 5m in NZ and ran it for 5yrs or so, and yes they are great fun after driving an old oiler or 4 pot, but at about the same time a mate who used to go out with us a lot, grabbed a v6 commy powered unit, and blew us all to the weeds. It was (and still is) one of the most reliable petrol powered rigs I have been on trips with.

[J_Dub]

yea righto think im convinced, wasnt hard, to be honest, think i asked the question so i could be talked some sense to stick with the com v6, i do know how hardy they are