Outer Limits 4x4 Board

your lucky then mitch, NSW is one of the easiest states by far to get shit engineered/mod plated - they basically hand them out to anyone - unlike crappy old victoria :(

nah mate not engineered yet - but its on my to do list - not sure what state your in but victoria is a bitch to get things engineered. i was gunna go V6 but i decided to sell my soul to the devil instead. heheheheh.

hey guys, just pulled the head off a mates GQ as he blew a head gasket (its on gas - go figure) just wondering if you have to replace the head bolts when you put the head back on - i was told at a parts store today that you need to as they are designed to only be tightened once or some crap - is ...

hey mitch, i have a 93 4runner which had IFS. i have done heaps to it. currently it has SAS front end out of a bundera, a 2 inch body lift, 5L V8 engine and lifted springs. I used a bundera front end in mine (still having alot of issues getting the castor angle correct) you cant really re-use the ...

hey guys,

just wondering if an auto gearbox off a petrol will bolt up to a diesel engine? or are the bell housings different?

cheers,
nath

cool thanks

i am aware that the vehicles are basically the same, however i don't know if FORD used the same running gear (engines, transmissions, diffs) as the patrols, hence my query

Hey all, currently looking at doing a suspension lift on a mates 92 ford maverick. i know its coils all round but wondering if any of the patrol stuff fits them? Looking for advice from those who have done the lift and what springs/shocks they used. If you have done it did you need to remove sway ...

no can do mate i dont have the original electric wiring and no idea what happened to it so i have to run a cable speedo now

Hey,

just wondering if a Hilux 2WD instrument cluster can be used in place of a 4WD one? is there a spot to attach the 4wd light also? i need a cable driven speedo for my 4runner as the current transfer case is cable driven but my dash is the electronic one

thanks

hey all,

just wondering if there is any way to mate a V6 4runner gearbox to a 22R engine?

i run 33x12.5's on 15x8 sunraysias (BFG MUDDIES)

havent had any problems

yeah mate, that's what i have in mine, works well...flex is incredible, i did take out my sway bars though

haven't found any yet mate, and i've been pretty fast through some pretty rough stuff, i think i've hit the rear a couple times but was mostly due to the speed i was travelling i think

i put 100 series shocks in the rear and 80 series shocks in the front. Stock would probably be fine but aftermarket if u want a firmer ride. Should give you plenty of up and down travel, mine do.

should not be an issue providing that its the only lift, or go to a 'more lenient' roadworthy place

sell your soul to the devil and go coils

all i can say is FLEX and SMOOTH

hey mate i put a 22re in my 4runner. it'll bolt straight up to a G52 or equivalent gearbox. they certainly have a lot more kick than the 22r's. I'm going to turbo mine soon as u can never have too much power. lol. If you have the money i recommend going straight to a V8, but if your on a budget like ...

hey mate, did a front coil conversion in mine recently, but did it with mates. cost me around $1200 all up including raised shocks and springs, definitely the cheapest way to go. As said above labor for the job alone will run pretty high into the thousands took us ages to do it.

you need to undo all the body to chassis mounts should be between 8 and 12 of them. You need 50mm body lift blocks (you can buy them pretty cheap off ebay) and longer bolts. You use a high lift jack, or regualr jack with a block of wood on it to lift one side up till you can fit the blocks in. Then ...

could be...i know one of the rear radius arm bushes is pretty shagged, front does not have new ones either. but the plan is to get some new ones soon, at least for the rear. will probably do that when i drop the radius arm mounts hopefully this week ok, here are a few pics of the support rod for the ...

ok, finally got a chance to test out the flex. rear is bloody awesome! front drops pretty good but doesn't push up that great. think it has to do with the radius arm angle, which will be fixed soon so hopefully will be all good. so the only pics i have added is rear flex. will post up some of front ...

as mentioned above, a support rod needs to be made from the new panhard mount to the chassis rail. We used a rod with about 4mm wall thickness which should give it some good support. we have since done this, but i will post the pics of that up farther down, as i want to try and keep this thread in ...

yeah i know what you mean its not finished completely yet. going to run a support rod from the new bracket to the inside of the other chassis rail for extra support. hoping to get it done this week sometime

next job on the list is to mount the steering box. you will need to use the bundera one as the arm swings the opposite way to the 4runner/surf one due to the IFS vs Solid Axle. If you try and use the 4runner steering box it will just hit everything :cry: you will need to do some measuring to make ...

i decided to take a break from the front end and put 80 series coils and 100 series shocks in the rear. this raised it about 2 1/2 inches. i also removed the rear sway bar

after all that, you deserve a beer! but it ain't over yet!

a good mate with good welding skills and a good welder are now required to weld it all up nice and strong. once you have done that you can chuck in the coils n shocks and she is ready to sit on the ground once again, now with 4 corner coils! http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/nathanshnoz/252.jpg ...

after that, it's time to start 'jigging up' the front end. roll it under there and start lining up all your mounts. you'll need to measure your wheelbase from the center of the rear hubs to the center of the front hubs to ensure the front end is sitting in the right spot. we chose to pull it forward ...

now you need to cut 2 small plates of steel out of some scrap stuff (any bits of bundera chassis rail will do nicely) as you need to plate across the back of the engine mount so the shock tower will have a more stable place to be welded onto. BEFORE http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/nathanshnoz ...