Well I thought it was about time I started a thread bout the history and mods to my 1uz-fe powered hilux.
As of Tuesday 14th july it will be here finally after saving like mad and trying to sort transport.
She started off as a stock as a rock 93 white Dualcab running a 2.8 diesel and g52 5 speed manual.
The only mods done to it was a set of 15x 7.5 white sunnys, under bonnet compressor and a steel winch bar.
Within the first week of owning it in went a cd player, 2 6’’ split in the front doors, 2 6’’ splits in the rear doors, a set of tweeters, amps and a single 12 inch sub on the back seat. Then went in the gme tx4400 uhf scanner.
In this time my 2’’ body lift also turned up so that was fitted and the steering shaft extension as well.
About 2 weeks after I got it, my v6 commo powered single cab lux **** its auto gearbox for the 5th time and the night before I was going away for a week long new yrs camping trip.
So in a mammoth effort and just 3 hrs after my old boy had just finished a 12hr shift at work we lobbed in a swapped all the suspension outa the single cab into the dualcab which consisted of 2’’ lifted parabolic springs, 3’’ homemade extended shackles, tough dog adjustable shocks, extended brake lines, rtc steering dampener, dropped drag link, adjustable torque rod and a few other little things then loaded me up for camping and all done by midnight. Thanks pa haha.
After new yrs trip
So after that trip is when the serious stuff started to happen I had already ordered all the gear for the conversion and lift so it was a matter of waiting for it to turn up.
The mods planned are as follows.
Toyota 1uz-fe v8 conversion
Swap out the w58 5 speed for a later model r154f Toyota 5 speed
New box on the left old on the right
Fit the snake racing pro rock stage 3 suspension kit which consists of crossover steering mod, 3’’ extended shackles, 3 ‘’ lifted springs, 2” dropped front crossmember ,inverted rear shock kit, rancho rs9000 shocks, front shock hoops, and a massive traction bar for the rear end.
Then drive it like I stole it.
First on the list was rippin out the old 2.8 slug and 5 speed it was a pity in the end because it was in perfect running order and not a thing wrong with it and only had 150,000 on the dial, sold it for a good price though.
Before the new engine went in I tore in and removed everything not needed in the engine bay like power steering resovoir and lines etc and just a heap of wiring not needed for the petrol engine, I also tore in and ripped the 1UZ apart and checked out the bottom end and what do ya know 6 bolt mains (didn’t know they were fitted with these standard woohoo) and nice and clean too. The inlet manifold came off so I could rebuild the starter motor (yes they are under the inlet manifold and yes it took an hr out of the car to get it out lol) at the same time I rebuilt the alternator, power steering pump and a few other little things got tidied up.
At the same time I also ripped of the traction control butterfly etc of the inlet manifold, removed the idle step up motor out of the inlet manifold and welded these areas shut.
Then there was the wiring as u can imagine there was heaps and mainly because it had an electronically controlled auto box originally so I had to separate the gearbox harness from the engine harness plus also remove the unwanted wiring that was used for the cruise control, traction control and idle step up motor.
Once done the engine was dropped in for trial fitting and engine mount and gearbox mount fabrication begun.
Originally placing the engine about 35mm from the firewall and not much higher than the 2.8 with the bodylift which also meant I had to extend gearbox mount forward 35mm which was on the money for what other people had down in there conversions.
After this was done I wired in the starter to the factory hilux starting system with plans to join into this with the aftermarket ecu to cut down on the extra need for wiring. So now my engine was cranking from the key I was getting excited. At the same time I also swapped the battery to the passenger side and rerouted all other wiring to suit new engine ancillaries.
I was finally getting close at this point I had it booked in for the exhaust system which I had planned to run a 2 ¾ ‘’ from the headers to the y piece and then 3’’ from then on flowing thru a 3’’ sports cat and 3’’ sports muffler exiting were the standard pipe originally exited.
While that was being done I had measured up the driveshafts and had them sent off to be lengthened/ shortened.
Got the car all back exhaust done, driveshaft’s fitted etc etc and had to wait acouple of days for the radiator to turn up which left me 2 weeks to get it fitted, car running and tuned before I had to move north for work and as usual working to a deadline never goes to plan.
Radiator rocked up and guess what it was 25mm to thick with thermos attached to fit in, I was fummin and swearing once or twice. Instead of sending it back east again I managed to find a local guy to mod it for me so after a few measurement I decided to go back to square one and move the engine back another 25mm to give me 10mm clearance from the firewall and also lifted it as high as the tranny would let me in the tunnel end result is much better giving me about 25mm clearance now between the engine and electric fan at the same time old mate was modding the radiator for me which involved cutting the shroud to fit closer to the core, sliding the mounting surfaces so the radiator recessed into the support panel a bit and also putting the inlet/outlets in the right spot.
So after all that I ran out of time and ended up having to make makeshift engine mounts to leave it in the engine bay and just pack it up and leave it to move north.
So now it’s time to work on it again very very soon and this is what needs to be done to finish it.
Fab engine mounts again
Fab gearbox cross member again
Fab up custom rear sump
Fit radiator and plum up
Plum up power steering
Cut and shorten exhaust (again) to refit headers
Mod and balance driveshaft’s again
Fit in ecu and related relays
Wire to run
And finally tune
After that’s done then I will re plumb aircon in when funds allow
Once running etc etc fitting of the lift kit will involve welding in the new 2’’ dropped front crossmember and fabbing in ifs steering box for x-over steering and also fitting traction bar.
Not much to do but enough fingers crossed it should be finished within a month or 2.
Cheers
Stewy
As of Tuesday 14th july it will be here finally after saving like mad and trying to sort transport.
She started off as a stock as a rock 93 white Dualcab running a 2.8 diesel and g52 5 speed manual.
The only mods done to it was a set of 15x 7.5 white sunnys, under bonnet compressor and a steel winch bar.
Within the first week of owning it in went a cd player, 2 6’’ split in the front doors, 2 6’’ splits in the rear doors, a set of tweeters, amps and a single 12 inch sub on the back seat. Then went in the gme tx4400 uhf scanner.
In this time my 2’’ body lift also turned up so that was fitted and the steering shaft extension as well.
About 2 weeks after I got it, my v6 commo powered single cab lux **** its auto gearbox for the 5th time and the night before I was going away for a week long new yrs camping trip.
So in a mammoth effort and just 3 hrs after my old boy had just finished a 12hr shift at work we lobbed in a swapped all the suspension outa the single cab into the dualcab which consisted of 2’’ lifted parabolic springs, 3’’ homemade extended shackles, tough dog adjustable shocks, extended brake lines, rtc steering dampener, dropped drag link, adjustable torque rod and a few other little things then loaded me up for camping and all done by midnight. Thanks pa haha.
After new yrs trip
So after that trip is when the serious stuff started to happen I had already ordered all the gear for the conversion and lift so it was a matter of waiting for it to turn up.
The mods planned are as follows.
Toyota 1uz-fe v8 conversion
Swap out the w58 5 speed for a later model r154f Toyota 5 speed
New box on the left old on the right
Fit the snake racing pro rock stage 3 suspension kit which consists of crossover steering mod, 3’’ extended shackles, 3 ‘’ lifted springs, 2” dropped front crossmember ,inverted rear shock kit, rancho rs9000 shocks, front shock hoops, and a massive traction bar for the rear end.
Then drive it like I stole it.
First on the list was rippin out the old 2.8 slug and 5 speed it was a pity in the end because it was in perfect running order and not a thing wrong with it and only had 150,000 on the dial, sold it for a good price though.
Before the new engine went in I tore in and removed everything not needed in the engine bay like power steering resovoir and lines etc and just a heap of wiring not needed for the petrol engine, I also tore in and ripped the 1UZ apart and checked out the bottom end and what do ya know 6 bolt mains (didn’t know they were fitted with these standard woohoo) and nice and clean too. The inlet manifold came off so I could rebuild the starter motor (yes they are under the inlet manifold and yes it took an hr out of the car to get it out lol) at the same time I rebuilt the alternator, power steering pump and a few other little things got tidied up.
At the same time I also ripped of the traction control butterfly etc of the inlet manifold, removed the idle step up motor out of the inlet manifold and welded these areas shut.
Then there was the wiring as u can imagine there was heaps and mainly because it had an electronically controlled auto box originally so I had to separate the gearbox harness from the engine harness plus also remove the unwanted wiring that was used for the cruise control, traction control and idle step up motor.
Once done the engine was dropped in for trial fitting and engine mount and gearbox mount fabrication begun.
Originally placing the engine about 35mm from the firewall and not much higher than the 2.8 with the bodylift which also meant I had to extend gearbox mount forward 35mm which was on the money for what other people had down in there conversions.
After this was done I wired in the starter to the factory hilux starting system with plans to join into this with the aftermarket ecu to cut down on the extra need for wiring. So now my engine was cranking from the key I was getting excited. At the same time I also swapped the battery to the passenger side and rerouted all other wiring to suit new engine ancillaries.
I was finally getting close at this point I had it booked in for the exhaust system which I had planned to run a 2 ¾ ‘’ from the headers to the y piece and then 3’’ from then on flowing thru a 3’’ sports cat and 3’’ sports muffler exiting were the standard pipe originally exited.
While that was being done I had measured up the driveshafts and had them sent off to be lengthened/ shortened.
Got the car all back exhaust done, driveshaft’s fitted etc etc and had to wait acouple of days for the radiator to turn up which left me 2 weeks to get it fitted, car running and tuned before I had to move north for work and as usual working to a deadline never goes to plan.
Radiator rocked up and guess what it was 25mm to thick with thermos attached to fit in, I was fummin and swearing once or twice. Instead of sending it back east again I managed to find a local guy to mod it for me so after a few measurement I decided to go back to square one and move the engine back another 25mm to give me 10mm clearance from the firewall and also lifted it as high as the tranny would let me in the tunnel end result is much better giving me about 25mm clearance now between the engine and electric fan at the same time old mate was modding the radiator for me which involved cutting the shroud to fit closer to the core, sliding the mounting surfaces so the radiator recessed into the support panel a bit and also putting the inlet/outlets in the right spot.
So after all that I ran out of time and ended up having to make makeshift engine mounts to leave it in the engine bay and just pack it up and leave it to move north.
So now it’s time to work on it again very very soon and this is what needs to be done to finish it.
Fab engine mounts again
Fab gearbox cross member again
Fab up custom rear sump
Fit radiator and plum up
Plum up power steering
Cut and shorten exhaust (again) to refit headers
Mod and balance driveshaft’s again
Fit in ecu and related relays
Wire to run
And finally tune
After that’s done then I will re plumb aircon in when funds allow
Once running etc etc fitting of the lift kit will involve welding in the new 2’’ dropped front crossmember and fabbing in ifs steering box for x-over steering and also fitting traction bar.
Not much to do but enough fingers crossed it should be finished within a month or 2.
Cheers
Stewy
