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by 87 Turbo Hilux
Thu May 06, 2010 3:05 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 2.4L to 2.8L
Replies: 4
Views: 409

i just got mine mod plated, and transport just passed it like 1 1/2 hours ago. its got to be the easiest conversion ever, use the 2.8 bell housing you will need the 2.8 fan, throtle cable, you can use the 2.8 radiator, make sure you get the crossover pipe with the radiator. you need 2.8 hoses. i had ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:24 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: snake axel relocaton (hilux)
Replies: 5
Views: 436

yea im not guna bother. im just guna go with the body lift again, and get it certified. ill move the diff forward when i go 35s just for offroad.

i sorta just want to keep it at a normal hilux height and im not a big fan of body lifts.

thanks dudes! :drinking:
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: snake axel relocaton (hilux)
Replies: 5
Views: 436

yea thanks bud.1
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:54 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: snake axel relocaton (hilux)
Replies: 5
Views: 436

snake axel relocaton (hilux)

i wana kno if the snake racing axel relocators will move the diff forward enough to clear my 33's.. ive got 3inch EFS leafes and adj torque bar,no body lift obviously. ln 106 body. or should i just redrill the perch.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:34 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: Surf 2.4 TD in 85 lux.
Replies: 6
Views: 361

should be ok man. people are doing this all the time. i put a 2.8 turbo in my 87, i havent got a mod plate yet but my car is going over the pits in a month so i gota get mine sorted. just ask a mod plate engineer he should tell you the little things you need to kno.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:49 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: looking for Toyota LSD info
Replies: 6
Views: 382

if you want a lsd get a detroit tru trac. they're gear driven so they shouldnt ever loosen. i got one in the rear, its been in mine for a yr and half and is still tight, they just seem to let go real easy when a wheel juuussst comes off the ground.... my diff gears were rooted so it cost me nearly ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:18 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 2.8D fuel leak
Replies: 5
Views: 328

i dont know too much about injector pumps but i think you might have to spend a bit of money on it in a injector shop and get a $2 seal fixed.. my 2.8 injector pump leakes on the outside bit and makes the car a barstard to start in the morning.. just keep turning over and over,cos air gets in where ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:55 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 3L turbo problem
Replies: 21
Views: 1119

i sorta scanned ova your problem and i think i got the same, i got a 3l with a garret made-up-at-home turbo kit, and my breather from the rocker cover goes to the airbox to turbo pipe, mine leakes oil aswell it gets out thought the rubber joins and goes all over the engine bay and shit.. i got told ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:36 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: Turbo kit for my 2.8D where??
Replies: 4
Views: 492

go a denco turbo kit. $2500 , cant go wrong
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:12 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 80 series duel cab conversion
Replies: 3
Views: 473

a motor body builder i think, and about $10,000ish drive in drive away.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: Over heating hilux
Replies: 14
Views: 1302

my turbo is oil cooled and coolant cooled. i got a alloy radiator 50mm thick and 50mm taller, new water pump and colder thermo and mine wanted to overheat..we worked out the turbo was heating up the coolant to much.. but its just on the highway aswell. has your turbo got coolant going through it?
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:54 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 2.8 hilux
Replies: 10
Views: 630

i had a 2L that was strong and reasonlbly quick, then i put a 2.8 with a garret turbo bolted on.. i can beat a surf off the lights, im only running 6-7 pound, surfs run 9 standard i think. but the 2.8 is shit loads better than a 2L. i dont think my pump is wound up either..might be...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: rebuilding my turbo!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!
Replies: 19
Views: 977

send it to RPM performance at morayfield, or drift king at gebung or some perfomance car shop, power torque engines mabey? stay away fom RDP, they seem to overcharge there.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:48 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

thanks ozrunner, finally someone who has owned one. ill have a crack at slow building torque and we will see how it goes..
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:41 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

i think im going to piss it off and get a air locker.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:04 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

the handbrake doesnt work(its a hilux) but with the brakes i did notice when i had the wheel off the ground that my brakes didnt pull the wheel up straight away or in a effective way, the brake pads are worn a bit so i guess that could contribute to them not stopping...but after watching a few of ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:31 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

put it this way im so confident that it wont work i jacked my drivers wheel just of the ground, took off then clutched it and it did nothing.i hit the brakes when it was just sitting there and it did nothing.the helical gears just wont do their thing.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

thanks dudes for answering my question and helping out, and argueing... this is what i mean by everone knows how they work, but dont have one.. you have got to see it work to understand how frustrating it is to me. i ended up paying 1600 to get this piece of shit in,(coz the dumb c*nts fitted it ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: Want to compare detroit trutracs'..
Replies: 16
Views: 704

Want to compare detroit trutracs'..

i got a trutrac fitted in the rear of my hilux around 8 months ago, its done on road around 7000ks, prob 20 hours off road.. so not much i want to compare my detroit cos everyone seems to kno how they are made and everyone recomends them but not that many people seem to have them. as soon as i have ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:23 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: wat lift to run 35's
Replies: 10
Views: 827

hey bud, i put 2 inch leafs and ex. shackels in my mates 75 the other month and 2 inch body. we had trouble with the exhaust runing down the wheel arch instead of inside the chassis. the rim had a 40mm ofset i think? it was somthing stupid like that, and still hit. it couldnt even get up a 4wd car ...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: What replacement Radiator?
Replies: 7
Views: 794

mabey get it split and cleaned. i had the same prob a year ago with my old engine set up, cost me $80. it might save you $
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: What the best motor for my hilux
Replies: 15
Views: 1388

id like to put a ls1 in my lux if i wanted to go petrol.. but im a lead foot and a ex commodore driver, so thats why i kept a diesel when i did my engine swap. the turbo helps heaps off road.. it seemed to me look a good power/torque upgrade...
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:07 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: landcruiser ute/gu ute same offset???
Replies: 3
Views: 273

thanks dudes, just saved me mate selling 6 brand new rims
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: landcruiser ute/gu ute same offset???
Replies: 3
Views: 273

landcruiser ute/gu ute same offset???

will a 6 stud landcruser rim with a standard offset fit a gu patrol ute?
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:28 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: Turbo Diesel gauges
Replies: 12
Views: 948

i run a oil pressure gauge, and a oil cooler so i dont have to worry about temp. a coolant temp gauge, my temp gauge in my dash isnt even hooked up and it still moves, and a boost gauge..use mechanical gauges they are way more accurate then electrical.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:18 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: WANTED 75 series steel winch bar
Replies: 1
Views: 205

WANTED 75 series steel winch bar

im helping my mate chase up a winch bar for his 75. second hand, good contition no dings and not bent or twisted. paint can be crap...wider brisbane area, goldie or sunnie coast.
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:34 pm
Forum: Jeep
Topic: tj fuel consumsion
Replies: 8
Views: 1301

shes not a lead foot,shes on 31's but before them she had 17's with 29-30in sport tyres and she still got 350ks, i think ill take it to some one who knows jeeps... is there any one is brisbane that is good with jeeps
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:40 pm
Forum: Jeep
Topic: tj fuel consumsion
Replies: 8
Views: 1301

its a 2000 model, soft top, no snorkel.. no gas just petrol, is there any jeep thing that you can put on to get more ks. do the throttle body spacers just give more power if they even do that?
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:41 pm
Forum: Jeep
Topic: tj fuel consumsion
Replies: 8
Views: 1301

tj fuel consumsion

my gf has a tj, shes getting 350ks to a tank of premium. ive done a service recently and it didnt really help, is this amount of ks normal or do we have a problem..
by 87 Turbo Hilux
Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:51 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 75 series 35s hit exhaust, turbo kits questions
Replies: 8
Views: 519

thanks heaps. we are guna have to sort somthing out..