Not much to tell, bought a USDM Spec 94 STock 80 Series FJZ AutoI would love to hear about that. I might have a line on a 80 series with a blown engine that I could pick up for a reasonable price but it's going to come down too my insurance company and the residual value they put on it. It's not triple locked and maybe the diesel will be discounted enough to pick up for a bargain. Did you post anywhere about the project?
Then I bought a EU Spec HDJ80 5 Speed 1HDT
Then I made a USDm Spec 5 Speed Manual 1HDT
The USDM 80 has the same engine mounts as the 1HDT already just use the other holes, manual bolts in just move the cross member a bit and then cut a hole in teh floor for the shifter and the wall for the clutch and then pull the FJZ Crap out and put the 1HDT in .
If you can get your wreck at a good price buy it .. even if you don't use is the 1HDT Setup with trans will get north of $10k USD