I have a cef with the conversion in Thailand. It's an auto and can really move. It's is also tail happy. Slides at the light, out of parking lots, doing u-turns... fun to drive. I've been told it's one of the cleanest conversion my friends have seen there. They have this engine in everything, Benzs, BMWs, Volvlos, 180sx, Everything.
But it is front heavy, which might be why it's so tail happy. I never floored it before too. The crossmember is drilled to hold the engine mounts. To my understanding the tranny is Toyota, and the drive shaft is weilded to the cut ceffy drive shaft. I can't confirm this becuse I'm currently in the States and have never had the car on a lift yet. Northern Thailand doesn't have to many large autoshop. Roads aren't that good either. The cat converter hits everything out there. Atleast I hope it the cat and not the oil pan. I even took out the cut springs it came with and put stock height springs, and it still hits once and a while. In additon there is a lump on the passenger side floor next to the gear shift. Don't if that is mod from the installer to have the exhuast still exit out the left. Dunno.
With all the possiblities of the 1JZ, it sit too low for me, and the idea of the weilded drive shaft doesn't sound like a good idea if I wanted to build up the motor. But if you are looking to drag with it, it might be alright. Most of the drag ceffys in Thailand are running the 1JZ or 2JZs.
As for me I was thinking of getting the an SR20, RB25, or RB26 swap instead. Been waiting to post about it. So what engine do you guys perfer for a drift setup? SR for lighter car, but was leaning toward the RB25 for more power. What do you think?
PS keep the good info coming on the forum. It's so hard to find info on the Cefiro, and my Thai is crap. This the only place I can read. Thanks.
