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after ready about t28's i got highly aroused lol but ill have to control myself after all ill have to keep it reasonably suttle to drive for the missus and for the kids are inside (dont want to get outa control then). After all all its a pretty high hilux lol. would definatly be on the to do list though if we end up with a decent family car again but for now the hilux is going to be the daily driver once finished and my sx6 aurion is gettin booted.

today i got my freshly cut x-member and i well to say the least i got quite aroused lol theres no way in this world i know of anyone that could cut that nice with an oxy. after speakin to ash about his x-member i got into folding mine up and then onto drilling the holes (didnt get the cutter to do them because i wanted to double check my measurements). sorry the ics are a bit shotty damn fones forgot the camera. the freshly cut 12mm plate x-member in the press ready for folding. first fold all folded new v's old holes drilled the said item fitted tomorrow night will be a night of for the first night since last wednesday the youngin is harpen on to me to watch were wally dvds lol cheers stewy

cheers mate im tryin to make it like that so people have an idea on what needs to be done to do this conversion successfully and enjoyable. and hellllll yeah the lights are stayin on lol i umm need them umm to see cows and stuff mr officer lol nah really i do they are awesome at night the 2 on the bar are setup for spread beam eith the blue lens (makes it appear more of a white light rather than yellow) and the 4 on the roof are pencil beams and man do they pencil lol i reckon easily 800m to the naked eye and more if u can see reflectors etc light up B) B) B) B) B) seriously though the coppers have never had a drama with me using those lights up there one time down south in my single cab lux they actally called me up on the uhf and wanted to hang with me i thought i was in the ***** but they wanted to stick with me and use them aswell lol they were impressed and just warned me not to use them in built up areas lol but i have a secret wickedly awesome hidden switch to confuse them if i do get pulled over :P :P :P :P

cheers guys yeah i was quite amused of the aurion conpared to my lux u should have seen the aurion drag it on the trailer from the transport company it looked funny as ..... i think in my personall opinion its almost the only conversion to do to a hilux everything is adaptable really easy and it looks factory dont get me wrong the ls conversion would be really nice to but i couldnt go past a 1uz quad over cams 6 bolt mains what more do u want lol later on while fab my own stainless zorst manifolds but i need to get it on the road b4 me and my partners new arrival turns up (7 oct). what do u recommend as far as intake a custom one or aftermarket agin once bubs is here and fuinaces settle abit i will consider this cause i would mind drop a charger up there with it nothin extreme cause i still want it driveable with the kids etc, plus it will run a wolf v500 so i gotta put some good bits on her lol. i got that box from a 03 3.0ltd prado basically cause it allready had the transfer with it the yokes have the same bolt pattern as my driveshafts and i need the rubber mount to be 15mm forward of standard. it was 2g to by from the wreckers and the car had only done 35000 so its really good nic (i did check it out still) i got the bellhousing from dellows direct fit witht he flywheel and clutch and fork etc so far its all gone on good but we'll see when i start it and go to drop her into gear haha. plus the other reason is i wanted to make it easier to get parts for even with the 1uz but i have more chance of finding a secondhand prado box rather than inport surf one. alot of fellas hate the 1uz for the fact u cant get parts in the outback well im in darwin and theres a few here at certain wreckers, but i thought of it as if your at oodinatta rd house and ya 08 pajero or 200 series cruiser ****s its self u aint gonna get parts anyway. tonight im gonna start fabbing the sump body while i wait for the flange to be cut it should hold about 5 - 5.5l fingers crossed

hey cheers mate she will be a weapon i still cant get over the size of the rear traction bar lol must need it haha and yeah the single cab is looking really worse for wear this weekend my brother and old man are stripping it and getting rid of what my brother doesnt want poor thing has had a floggin lol its built for it haha. so tonight i just ***** farted around a bit getting the little obsolete things done i fitted driver side seatbelt (removed it to fit into my single cab at one stage) refitted all the dash panels even though they have to come out again for the ecu to mounted under them put all my recovery gear behind the backseat and made a sweet little polished bracket for the other side of my fuse box and for acouple of earth to attach too. its just **** but it looked really good until i covered it up with crap and now u cant see it lol oh well it looked good to start with. and here it is all covered up lol i also got excited and decided to take soem of my aurion next to my lux aurions lowered 53mm not the the roof line on the aurion is the same level as the bottom of my windows on the lux :roll: :roll: :roll: lastnight i made my wiring loom up ready to go in 12 wires and all done its all taped together and longer than i need but just incase i needed it to be. cheers stewy

I worked on her from 8 till 12 today and finished of the wiring rerouting in the drivers guard. ive done this to allow me to put the airbox on the drivers guard and leave room for dual batterys. some of the wiring mods this wiring is for the indicators and park lights i used the same colour wires with traces etc and lenghtened it by aboout 500mm to exit thru another hole in the back of the guard not the most interesting pics but all good haha also got the bossman to double check my CAD drawings for the sump flange and gearbox x-member got both of them first shot so all good they will be email to profile cutter on monday morning. Sump flange will be cut from 10mm ally plate to allow for warpage after welding and also so i got room to mill it afterwards, and gearbox x-member from 12mm plate, reason because i can tonight im sittin on the couch make a wiring loom up for the efi relays, fuel lpump relays and main relays ready to be fitted with connections and fittings etc. chers stewy

well today was a extra productive day i had the help of dan (mud gecko) and we got **** loads acheived cheers mate. first thing was to rip the donk out and reattach everything eg aircon compressor sort out the length of belt i needed and just put some bolts in here and there. we also removed the sump base and mid section so i could make a tracing of the block to make a start on my custom sump. at the same time dan sanded up the engine mounts and we painted them ready to go back on. donk out u got love this sexy looking crank and the 6 bolt mains engine mounts sanded and painted while the engine was out we moved the clutch line bracket out of the way by 25mm and also attach the marks 4wd handbrake relocation kit. dan rewelding the clutch line bracket in the new location by the end of the day the engine was bolted back in and everything tightened up. there is only a few little things here and there that need to be done now fab custom sump fab custom airbox wire ecu when i get it drop front and rear driveshafts of to be altered finish of handbrake assembly fit fuel surge tank fit gearbox x-member when it turns up refit stereo and uhf head units final fit radiator not much but all little things that as we know take more time than the bigger items. cheers stewy

tonight i sorted the radiator properly and made new side mounts and cut the hold ones of and tig'd the new ones on the side redrilled them and mounted it to take a 20mm rubber bush between it and the front support panel, radiator now has about 20mm between it and the crank pully. next i tackled the under bonnet fuse box and removed the under bonnet compressor infront of it. i needed to do this to make room for the custom ally airbox. This way i can still run dual batteries one in the original position on the drivers side behind the headlight and the other behind the headlight on the passenger side were the original deisel airbox was, which is the main battery. at this present time im going to see if the panel filter in my aurion will be the right size if not ill find another smaller size. the reasons i want to use a panel filter is that way the airbox will be able to be made to a smaller profile seen as its going to be on the drivers guard and it will be and easier style for me to fully seal for the snorkel setup, also the inlet pipe will only be about 250mm long from the airbox to the throttle body so thats got to be a good thing. tomorrow should be an eventfull day the plan is to measure the area for the new sump and then pull the motor out to reattach all the crap on the front (its only all sitting on there at the mo) and also remove the original sump and trace the block surface to CAD the new sump up, Inbetween all this the boys and me and DAN (Mud gecko) hehe in the W/shop will be pulling the new boat hull together so i got a busy day. along with this i will finish of he rerouting of the drivers side harness for the fuse box and start fabbing a airbox fingers crossed. cheers stewy

tonights effort consisted off laying under the car for like a hr measuring and CAD drawing on the lappy until i was happy with the design of the x-member then i went and made a 2mm ally template of the x-member to double check b4 the design heads of to the profile cutters. end result was first shot perfection 8) 8) 8) and a gain in clearance between underside of x-member of about 100mm. in this pic the box is sitting at the right height i need with a 45mm bit of timber on top of the original x-member as u can see theres quite a gain in height. the new x-member only steps down about 50mm. the next thing to get adjusted was the exhaust system, i removed almost the whole thing and mounted it to the headers then figured were the best place to cut the extra length from ended up cutting 32mm out and shes all sweet now. also mounted the rear driveshaft to figure out how much it needed to be shortened by and its only 25mm which is annoyin cause originally i lengthed it by 32mm damn it oh well the job will be done right atleast. so next thing on the list is to spend acouple hrs rubber mounting the radiator and finalizing its final postion then plumb up some hoses for it and connect the power steering. then i reckon ill put a battery in her and and see if she turns over still. found out some good info today from a local auto lecky after quizing him about the alternator hookup for the warning light etc. turns out ashdown ingrams sell an adaptor plug that goes from the 2.8's alternator 3 pin round plug and changes into the 1UZ's 3 pin oval plug, pinouts are the same but uses different plug styles much easier than fiddling around changing the terminals over. cheers stewy

got a bit acheived tonight swapped front springs around and she now sits level across the front then moved onto the engine mounts and gearbox x-member, after fiddling around a bit fitting in the radiator i ended up with a 5 mm clearance of the fire wall and about 10-15mm between the thermo fan and the crank pulley with the gearbox pushed up as high as possible leaving about 15mm between that and the transmission tunnel. positioning the gearbox in the centre 5mm spacer for firewall to engine clearance (zoom qualitys pretty crappy) passenger side engine mount tacked up drivers side engine mount tacked up both mounts ready for welding one of the mounts side view end result of engine placement on the left were the compressor and fuse box is, is were the custom airbox wil be placed and move the other items backwards a bit that way i can fit a seconf battery in the original position. and the gained gearbox clearance in the end the gearbox x-member has been raised by 65mm over standard most of it is acheived my using 12mm plate instead of a big lumpy original style x member. tomorrows effort will be send CAd drawings of the new gearbox x member once a ally trail one has been done and then remove sump and Cad up a new rear sump version ready for profile cutting. then the tailshafts will be measured up and sent of as well as shortening the exhaust system to fit to new engine postion. after that its just a matter of fiddling around with the small bits and peices like making sure all fuel lines etc are good and not rubbing etc anywhere.

well 5 hrs after she arrived i was gettin stuck into her heers to mud gecko (dan) for given me a hand to push her of the car trailer who needs ramps lol. first job was to unload the mountain of crap i stacked in the cab, then just lookin at her so i had to fix the bullbar originally i just thru a couple of bolts in it to hold it to get here but as u know it either my bro (hes a little underbrained lol) or the trucking companys decided to put a winch strap around it and well it as leaning forward about 2'' turned out the nuts in the chassis had been bent out from the pulling but all good now. tommorrow nights effort will be swap the front prings around to get her to sit level then start cutting cardboad templates for the engine mounts and gearbox mounts and fab up and if time permits remove sump and trace block mounting and CAD a new rear sump up. if all goes to plan, all the fab work will be done within a month as well as trying to save for the rest of the ecu which is going to be a wolf v500 standalone. hopefully by end of august it will be registered before our bub arrives. hey dan i figured out why it wasnt flexing as much as i thought, the spring clamps are done up way tight from the factory and have bowed the tops in which means the crush tube is shorter than it should be and is restricting it so i will spread them out and put a longer crush tube in, by i reckon at least 30mm

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 to darwin She started off as a stock as a rock 93 white Dualcab running a 2.8 diesel and w58 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 My V8 Lux Build

clean the maf sensor by using a cotton bud soaed in contact cleaner and then let completely air dry (even though its a solvent) This is what we got taught and drummed in when i did both honda suzuki technical schools for my trade u got to treat it basically like a halogen globe meaning dont touch the metal tabs etc. i just did it to my mates 3.0l patrol on saturday because his had the same symptoms as u are displaying as well as clean the air intake and intercooler thourghly it totally fixed the problem and starts and runs better like it was new again. if that doesnt fix it id be going for somthing like temp sensor they use these to determine a cold start or not obviously if the coolants warm it sends a signal telling the ecu the engine temp is warm etc therfore not needing cold start. cheers stewy

mine was disconnected too and mines a sx6 demo i came to the conclusion that the dealer may have done it while the car may have been on display somewhere or in the showroom as they have the bonnets and boots open and fairbit so it would ot drain the battery over a day. cheers stewy

well ok then its new to me it wasnt at finke last yr when they won. but delete u feel its a waste of space

thought u fellas might be interested in this ill be down at finke again this yr hopefully i can sneek some pics at scrutineering b4 i get kicked for spying haha http://www.peterkittlemotorsports.com.au/buggyspec.htm cheers stewy

i bought and fitted mine for the price of the springs and camber kit which = $500 then $35 to align been smicko ever since and only took about 2 hrs to fit camber kit alone is $240 front and rear. it aint hard mate do it yourself and save some coin they only macpherson strut

good stuff its amazing how much 33's help the old girls hey. what kit did ya get from snake mines the pro rock stage 3 kit with cross over steering etc etc. i used to have the 22r in my single cab good donk just the water crossings let them down ,1uz can be ya next big spend up lol buy that time i could be livin in brissy to give ya a hand and maybe convince ya to do it lol. i went down home at easter and did some work on my v8 dualcab put half the snake kit in did a bit on the engine and give her a wash too lol hoping to have it here in darwin in the next month or 2 to finish her gettin real sick of driven my aurion it just doesnt go offroad like the hilux lol

100% true about the bullbars and i can also add that i have repaired 3 chassis ends due to an aftermarket bar eg arb tjm etc etc being fitted and that the bar holds up fine but the chassis around the bolt holes or welded nuts crack and fail. i have also repaired 2 120 prados for exactly the same problem but with geniune bar mounted. cheers stewy

mines the white lux http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=20...64356&hl=en

solid axles stopped bein made in 95 then went to ifs and in my opinion went soft in there engines too with the 3litre model just real slow compared to the 2.8l, bit more rugged i used to drive a 99 model extra cab for work and it was really gutless compared to my 2.8 with 33's and lift. either way with any model there is millions of ways to mod a lux ifs or solid axle but if u want flex eventually go straight to a solid axle. i have spent now about $20,000 on top of my $8500 purchase price for a 93 dualcab 4x4 it now has a 1uz-fe v8 under the bonnet, 2'' body lift, about 8'' of suspension lift, and soon will be 35's. i dont have lockers dont have reduction gears or any other fancy crap and she litterly will just about go anywere (dont hold me too it though lol) howz the lux goin for u dj

do the headlight covers fit back on if not ill stick to my headlight covers rather than new lights unless i colour code the top section of headlight cover B) B) B) B)

i got a bell sti xr bought it in wa when i was livin there and worked a treat on multinovas, radar guns and highway patrol as well as every shop door on the same frequency but never really went fast enough to worry bout it whilst in town. i used it alot while in the nt until i got pulled over and the copper give it too me real good he actually started to write out the court order for it and also write a fine until i pulled my license out and it was still my wa one and wala he let me off needless to say it went in the glovebox and now is at home and will only be used on the highway theres no need to use them in the city to many cars around anyway. but as far as value for money i believe for me it was good investment i have a tendancy to creep up in the speed and has saved me many times and def paid for itself in the yr ive had it.

my key opened my door after my easter incident and the car battery was flat a pancake took an hr to jump start but key worked fine

i do get it all but as far as insurance companys go with my luck they can stick it so far my bikes got flogged on 2nd dec 08 and they are still dickin us around becaus ewe went with yamaha finance it happens to be with a interstate insurance company and to tell u the truth its gettin to yard. And as far as the slum reply is concerned mate i live in darwin city 2 blocks from the main street u think it would be a little bit better cant wait to rid of this joint.