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    Definitely remove the interior, i tried to short cut and used a few spatter blankets to cover everything....a spatter ball still managed to roll thru a gap and the whole car nearly went up, luckily just cost me the carpet and the drivers side door trim...phew.

    Toyo are good with their chassis' eh.....on the GT8 i had 5 separate floor pan pressings to get thru....it was like one of those bloody Russian dolls
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    Quote Originally Posted by JustenGT8
    Toyo are good with their chassis' eh.....on the GT8 i had 5 separate floor pan pressings to get thru....it was like one of those bloody Russian dolls
    LOL

    For the most part I'd say it's great Toyota engineer their cars so well, but right at the moment it's pissing me off.

    I know what you mean about the multiple layers - I remember looking at my Aristo front cut where it had been cut through the A pillar. I thought it would just be a hollow tube but no, there's layers and layers of steel in there! Crazy shit.

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    two words - plasma cutter
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    can i also suggest some degreasing of the underside of the car - dirt mixed with engine oil is surprising flamable (and smokey) in the presence of oxy-torches and mig wilders.
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    suggestion for widening the tunnel? sit hydraulic jack sideways in the tunnel then 'lift' the jack... like a ghetto jaws-of-life device?
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    Underside of the car has already been thoroughly degreased, it was unbelievably messy under there thanks to a busted rear main seal I didn't know about.

    Good thinking with the jack idea but I already thought of that - and it did SFA surprisingly.

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    Make wit teh pics already!
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    Yup keen to see pics too.

    They are great boxes to use, well worth the pain once you get it in

    Big Rob, there are a few(V160s) for sale over at Supraforums.com.au at the moment.

    Weigh about 54Kgs if I remember rightly...

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    OK here are the pics. I'm in the process of changing web hosts (again ) so if the pics don't show up they will in a day or so.

    Bash this good:


    Until you're left with a nice big hole:


    And this somewhat munted shifter hole:


    I shoulda been a wrecker I tells ya!

    More pics here:
    http://www.norbie.net/Project2JZ/SixSpeed/

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    I like your selection of persuaders... I might need to make a new purchase
    http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=7465
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norbie
    OK here are the pics. I'm in the process of changing web hosts (again ) so if the pics don't show up they will in a day or so.

    Bash this good:


    Until you're left with a nice big hole:


    And this somewhat munted shifter hole:


    I shoulda been a wrecker I tells ya!

    More pics here:
    http://www.norbie.net/Project2JZ/SixSpeed/

    i plan to do the same thing like u have done here... my 6sp tranny shifter is gone too far toward the handbrake too... how many inche toward handbrake u have cut?! did u hurt the handbrake side crossmember in the passenger compartment?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norbie
    With the help of a few handy Toymodders I jammed a V160 into the transmission tunnel today. It's looking like it might not be a big deal making it fit - it fouled the side of the tunnel but only at the back of the box, there appears to be plenty of room everywhere else! Wilbo also came up with a crazy plan to use a W58 shifter housing on the V160 which might allow the shifter to be in about the same place as a stock MA61 transmission, which would be very convenient indeed.

    Anyway if I can find the motivation I'm going to get under the car again tomorrow, grab a big hammer and bash it good. Stay tuned for updates!
    found this on another site, V160 into a MX73, the MX73 and MA61 are very similar yeah? so this might work?
    http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...img08062ln.jpg
    http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...img08071mt.jpg
    http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ture0246dn.jpg
    http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ture0135bc.jpg
    R154 v's V160
    http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ized3pi8rv.jpg
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    With the car being that close to the ground, Im guessing its pretty hard to swing a hammer properly......let alone a big one!

    Maybe some form of big farken steel bar (see: crowbar) held up to where bashing is needed, and hit with a sledge hammer from next to the car???

    (Will provide video camera so if damage occurs funniest-home-videos to reimburse costs)
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    MX73 and MA61 are similar yes, but the 73 has the shifter further back. You'd have to go further forward still to get it to line up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kanazai2001
    how many inche toward handbrake u have cut?! did u hurt the handbrake side crossmember in the passenger compartment?
    I haven't actually cut anything yet, I've just removed a separate section of pressed steel which was spot-welded to the top of the tunnel.
    Quote Originally Posted by mark_vdh
    found this on another site, V160 into a MX73, the MX73 and MA61 are very similar yeah? so this might work?
    Yeah I've already seen that. It would probably work but I want the shifter further forward, if I can manage it.

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