My Lexus V8 into 2nd Gen 4Runner conversion.
05-11-2007, 05:54 PM
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as long as you take me wheeling over there!
05-11-2007, 06:00 PM
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Thanks mate 
For the first year I had the lexus running I was just going off the factory gauge......and ended up blowing a headgasket from it. I was towing my zook (sami to you lot) out to the local 4x4 park and the thermo fan blew the fuse and I didn't know, the engine boiled with the factory gauge at about 3/4.
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For the first year I had the lexus running I was just going off the factory gauge......and ended up blowing a headgasket from it. I was towing my zook (sami to you lot) out to the local 4x4 park and the thermo fan blew the fuse and I didn't know, the engine boiled with the factory gauge at about 3/4.
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Thanks Twisty, don't you just love those factory gauges...
boiling at 3/4. I've had mine up to 216 deg F (about 102 C) and the factory gauge is showing smack in the middle. I don't know WTF the Toyota engineers were thinking on that. 
BTW 110 deg C = 230 deg F
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05-11-2007, 06:09 PM
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Thought I'd post up all the vids I've got of her to get you's drooling over the sweet sweet sounds of a Lexus V8.
Small Mud Run Event
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/al...V8_4Runner.avi
Me doing some circle work.....It was my first trip since getting the rear airlocker working!! It's so much fun on the beach now!
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ndtrip11-2.flv
Another one of my donuts on the beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nMGfRFDt7M
Boof (Lexus V8 Dual Cab Hilux) and I having a little drag
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ndtrip11-1.flv
Boof doing some circle work.
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...landtrip11.flv
Small Mud Run Event
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/al...V8_4Runner.avi
Me doing some circle work.....It was my first trip since getting the rear airlocker working!! It's so much fun on the beach now!
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ndtrip11-2.flv
Another one of my donuts on the beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nMGfRFDt7M
Boof (Lexus V8 Dual Cab Hilux) and I having a little drag
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ndtrip11-1.flv
Boof doing some circle work.
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...landtrip11.flv
05-11-2007, 07:57 PM
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yeah I want it to mount up to the original mounts so parts are easier to come by and yours looks so simple to do. when they built the mounts did they draw up any kind of rough plan to go by? sizes or the like, just looking for something for a starting point.
unfortunant about your mates truck,hope there where no injuries!! all that hard work down the tubes.
unfortunant about your mates truck,hope there where no injuries!! all that hard work down the tubes.
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05-14-2007, 11:22 AM
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There's a little info here hehe:
http://www.uzswap.com/forum/index.ph...7dcc67780a;www
http://www.uzswap.com/forum/index.ph...7dcc67780a;www
05-14-2007, 02:01 PM
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yeah I want it to mount up to the original mounts so parts are easier to come by and yours looks so simple to do. when they built the mounts did they draw up any kind of rough plan to go by? sizes or the like, just looking for something for a starting point.
unfortunant about your mates truck,hope there where no injuries!! all that hard work down the tubes.
unfortunant about your mates truck,hope there where no injuries!! all that hard work down the tubes.
And nah, no injurys in the roll......he was 1200kms from home but, so we did some dodgy panel beating, made a windscreen and windows from perspex, and he drove it all the way home.
07-16-2007, 09:55 PM
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hey twisty
Awsome job, Looks sweet. I've got a 93 4runner same colour and I'm hunting a 1uzfe. Did u do the lift yourself or get it professionally done?, where and how much?. if u don't mind. Cheers
07-18-2007, 01:13 AM
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Did all the lift myself....runs a set of new dobinson standard height 80 series landcruiser rear coils (bout 4" rear lift), 30mm BJ Spacers and wound torsion bars (bout 3.5" front lift) and 2" Bodylift.
How much? depends where you are? Aussie, could do the whole lot for under $1500 with a set of Rancho 9000x shocks if you install it all yourself.
I'm about to pull the truck off the road soon as its taking a new direction......I have pretty much sold all the parts that wont be needed (gearbox, bellhousing kit, susp, 17's and 35's, Interior, Barwork)....I've got one more wheeling trip in it this weekend, then it'll start to be stripped...Some pics of the new build will be shown on the 4th of Aug.
So for know I've finally been getting out in it and using it as much as possible offroad. I've been stoked with how capable it actually is. Heres a heap of pics and some vids of the last months wheeling trips! I've been running the FJ40's 15x10s and 35x12.5 TrXus MTs on it.
Some Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xzY-ljyGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H2giWHY2CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnJjPfGM-4
How much? depends where you are? Aussie, could do the whole lot for under $1500 with a set of Rancho 9000x shocks if you install it all yourself.
I'm about to pull the truck off the road soon as its taking a new direction......I have pretty much sold all the parts that wont be needed (gearbox, bellhousing kit, susp, 17's and 35's, Interior, Barwork)....I've got one more wheeling trip in it this weekend, then it'll start to be stripped...Some pics of the new build will be shown on the 4th of Aug.
So for know I've finally been getting out in it and using it as much as possible offroad. I've been stoked with how capable it actually is. Heres a heap of pics and some vids of the last months wheeling trips! I've been running the FJ40's 15x10s and 35x12.5 TrXus MTs on it.
Some Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xzY-ljyGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H2giWHY2CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnJjPfGM-4
07-18-2007, 01:17 AM
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fark this hill was slippery....but the TrXus MT's held on awesome! (had them at about 12psi)
Wish I had a photo of this from the rear....look at how far the rear passenger side tyre has dropped down!!!
07-18-2007, 01:18 AM
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Phew more pics a mate got.....he pretty much walked the whole time getting pics of everyone....all his pics can be found here.
http://www.total-xposure.fotopic.net/c1311648.html
http://www.total-xposure.fotopic.net/c1311648.html
