• XAT Racing's JZX83!! S13 Coilovers, 400+ WHP!! OMGZORS!

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:45 am**

Ohkay, so...

I work for XAT Racing (http://www.xatracing.com) in Tampa, FL. The shop owner/our friend Casey needed a car that he could drift as well as haul the kinds around in. He was between a RB25 powered S13 or a hunk of junk MX83 Cressida with a blown head gasket, blown shocks and sluchbox trans. The chioce was what any self-respecting family man would do.

Here is the result so far:

S14 Megan Track (12kg front, 10kg rear) coilovers with lower control arms, uprights, hubs, brakes and tie rod ends. MX83 TC rods, subframe and rotated top hats were retained along with some other secrets

(my contribution with some fine tuning from Mattback and Hachi Bill)

Precission body remodelling via jack handle

100% custom seat mounting and B-pillar/harness bar (also my contribution)

400+ whp 1JZ on MSEFI installed and tuned by Ryan Coberly

Mr. Anlet Aero/Black & Decker Jigsaw bumper

Not much room for that R154 in there...

External wastegate dump, right where the steering damper used to be

Designed a new logo for the shop as well. Suits the car well, no?

Special thanks goes out to Mike Palmer, we heart you Mikey!

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:03 am**

Very cool build. Now go get some aero on that thing.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:45 am**

cressy is hot

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:06 am**

damn, thats hot. and yea, it needs to be kitted out with a kit.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:08 am**

struka wrote:damn, thats hot. and yea, it needs to be kitted out with a kit.

as apposed to being kitted out with.................

cool car btw.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:00 am**

nice!!

I have a mx73.... do you guys have any suspension lines for it or possibily any suggestions on a good stiff setup?

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:35 pm**

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:25 pm**

Rhoad Racing wrote:nice!!

I have a mx73.... do you guys have any suspension lines for it or possibily any suggestions on a good stiff setup?

We're working on a 73 on the back burner. There is a possibility that we might come out with a S13 coilover conversion kit (as in, a kit to allow the MX73 to use S13 coilovers to be procured seperately). The problem on the MX73 is the spring-off-shock rear suspension, much like the AE86 Corolla.

If you can't wait, you could try using AE86 Corolla parts, but the damping and spring rates are probably less than awesome since that car has almost 1000lbs less weight to it...

I'll keep you posted as progress insues though.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:51 pm**

mranlet wrote:
Rhoad Racing wrote:nice!!

I have a mx73.... do you guys have any suspension lines for it or possibily any suggestions on a good stiff setup?
We're working on a 73 on the back burner. There is a possibility that we might come out with a S13 coilover conversion kit (as in, a kit to allow the MX73 to use S13 coilovers to be procured seperately). The problem on the MX73 is the spring-off-shock rear suspension, much like the AE86 Corolla.

If you can't wait, you could try using AE86 Corolla parts, but the damping and spring rates are probably less than awesome since that car has almost 1000lbs less weight to it...

I'll keep you posted as progress insues though.

excellent!! def. keep me posted on that.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:55 pm**

That thing is the complete hawtness!!! It needs aero now, like everyone else said

.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:41 pm**

so Zach, what you are saying is, it needs to be kitted with a kit?

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:02 am**

Eunos Roadster wrote:so Zach, what you are saying is, it needs to be kitted with a kit style kit replica?

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:23 am**

indeed

i love nothing more than crazy cars built for no reason at all. that thing is awesome.

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:19 am**

GC8VI wrote:
Eunos Roadster wrote:so Zach, what you are saying is, it needs to be kitted with a kit style kit replica?

only if it involves using a kit to do the kitting of a kit replica style kit.

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:26 pm**

Zachscar wrote:
GC8VI wrote:
Eunos Roadster wrote:so Zach, what you are saying is, it needs to be kitted with a kit style kit replica?
only if it involves using a kit to do the kitting of a kit replica style kit.

made for a different car, and molded to fit the cressy.