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NEdrift.com BBQ This Sunday!! (04/05/09)

Posted By:  mckooter @ Apr 2 2009, 03:01 AM


Note: bring either $10 in cash or some casserole or something to snack on, proceeds to Nedrift Fund

Just a friendly reminder for anyone who hasn\'t already seen the post. This Sunday April 5, 2009 is the date for the official NEdrift.com BBQ,

the details are as follows:

WHO: Us and anyone else who can appreciate such a fine sport!

What: The NE Drift Spring Roll Out

When: April 5th 2009 , As close to Noon time as you can be! (This means people can leave their homes at a decent time, Enjoy some hours eating, having a good time an still make it home before sunrise provided your not camping out somewhere in Maine.

Where: 414 Roosevelt Trail, Casco ME. 04015 Strait ahead into the Presidents base of operation!

Why: To get aquainted with your fellow forum mates, chit chat about the season and your cars, and to eat till you puke!. (maybe not that far)

Remember to bring $10.00 for grub, that will keep us all from bringing food with us.


for details on this event and the current discussion please see this thread
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Monster Article: History of The Cressida Family

Posted By:  Nomuken9 @ Mar 21 2009, 04:48 PM
The Toyota X Chassis: Part 1
You already know where this is going wink.gif


Toyota has produced a number of great sports cars. For example, the Supra, Celica, Corolla and Soarer. Toyota also produced a set of similar rear-wheel-drive mid-size sedans known as the X Chassis cars, the Cressida Family, or the JZX Family (only called JZX if it has a JZ engine). Nowadays these cars are used by motorsports enthusiasts the same way they'd use other Toyota sports cars. This fleet of sedans was first sold in America in the late '70s. There were a lot of trim levels available for each car, but most of them were "senior citizens' cars" with automatic transmissions, 15" wheels and non-turbo engines. Not all of them, of course, were boring and some even share performance parts with their 2-door sporty cousins. The Cressida Family consists of 4 similar body styles: the Chaser (sport model), the Mark II (luxury model), the Cresta (base model) and the Cressida (the other version of the Mark II). All of them were only officially sold in Japan, excluding the Cressida which was sold worldwide. Some of the earlier generation Cressidas were also available as 5-door wagons (some later models still do) and 2-door coupes. There's a ton of information about all of these cars; I'll try to be brief.

Japan-Only Cressidas? huh.gif (1960's-1977)
--X10's & X20's--

Before these cars were sold as derivatives of each other, they were only sold in Japan as the Toyota Cressida (Corona MarkII) during the late 1960's up until the late 1970's. Their different trims and options were distinguished by their chassis codes: X10, X11, X12, X13, X16, X17, X20, X22, X23, X28 and X29. The engines equipped in different models were the 1M, 16R, 18R, 6R, 4M and 2M along with a ton of other similar engines. If all of these numbers are confusing, just read this page.


First Official Generation in America (1977-1980)
--X30's & X40's--

In July, 1977, Toyota produced the first batch of the Cressida family which consisted of 4 different models (MarkII, Chaser, Cresta, Cressida). Their chassis codes were X30, X31, X32, X33, X35, X37, X40, X41, X43, X45 and X47 (depending on what model they were). They were powered by economic SOHC engines: 2.0L 6cyl. M-U/M-EU, 1.8L 4cyl. 3T-U and 2.0L 4cyl. 18R-U among many others. Here is an incredible table of the first-gen X's including their trim, engine code, engine displacement, and countries where they were sold. I'd copy it but there is too much information.


Second Generation (1980-1984)
--X50's & X60's--


Toyota's 2nd-generation Cressida Family was made up by the new chassis codes: X50, X51, X60, X61, X62, X63, X65 and X67. Second-gen engines were a bit more powerful than 1st-gen engines, and some were even DOHC. The trait of producing quadruplets seemed to stay in the minds of the Toyota engineers. The special turbo models (Cresta Turbo, Mark II Turbo, etc.) had turbocharged DOHC 145hp M-TEU engines. All trim levels, engine codes, chassis codes and sales information is explained here.

Third Generation (1984-1988)
--X70's--


In 1984, the 3rd generation of Cressidas was born. Apart from styling upgrades, the Japanese X70's had a sporty trim model, since 1985, known as the GT Twin Turbo. These had twin turbo 185hp 1G-GTEU engines and eliminated the M-TEU engines' production.

Fourth Generation (1989-1992)
--X80's--

In March, 1989, Toyota unleashed the X80's chassis complete with X80's, X81's, X83's and a few others. The quadruplets were very similar in design, with their only differences being headlights and taillights. For each body style, other than Cressida, new trim levels were available: XG, XL, Raffine, SXL, GT Twin Turbo, Avante, Avante Twin Cam 24, and Avante G (with a 2.0L supercharged 1G-GZE). The 4th-gen GT Twin Turbo's 1G-GTE produced about 207hp. In August, 1989, two more trims were available: Avante G-L and a new Avante G (with a 3.0L 200hp NA 7M-GE).

Birth of The JZX
In August, 1990, most of the X-Chassis models received new engines. The Avante G and GT Twin Turbo were the fortunate ones to get the new 1JZ engine (the same engine equipped in the flagship model JZA70 Supra). While the 3.0L Avante G was not changed, the new Avante G 2.5 was powered by a 178hp NA 1JZ-GE (4-speed automatic), and the new GT Twin Turbo received the 276hp twin turbo 1JZ-GTE (4-speed automatic). The 4-speed automatic transmission of the Cressidas could be swapped for a 5-speed manual transmission from a Supra. Only the sedans containing JZ engines were given the JZX Chassis.
More on this in Part 2 of this article.


-Isidro
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