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by boy-c
Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:48 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: FJ73 350 chev conversion help
Replies: 7
Views: 724

Re: FJ73 350 chev conversion help

i wont be putting body lift in wont need it with the springs and the front diff forward bout 50mm i will clear my 37s pretty easy. so would that me more firewall massage? i am going to ring up marks to find out some info on the adapters, cause i am going to try and get a diesel box to put behind it ...
by boy-c
Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:41 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: FJ73 350 chev conversion help
Replies: 7
Views: 724

Re: FJ73 350 chev conversion help

ok after doing more searching i have read that drilling the pack is bad option. but if you move it forward how do you locate the diff once you move forward as the diff locating bolts on the bottom of the diff wont sit into the holes in the springs or would you get the springs reset?....
by boy-c
Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:25 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: FJ73 350 chev conversion help
Replies: 7
Views: 724

FJ73 350 chev conversion help

hey all, i am in the middle of building up my 73 middy. at the moment i have pull the body off and fitted a 90 ute body on and custom tray. i have striped the engine bay read to drop the 350 in but before i do i was going to clean up the bay and paint it, so my question is do most conversion kits ...
by boy-c
Tue May 05, 2009 8:05 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 40 build up
Replies: 3
Views: 482

40 build up

hey was talking with dad the other day and he made a good point........ and that was that he would like to do a little project with his sons. what he was thinking was the we get an 40 ute and do a ground up resto on it but jack it up v8 all the things we will need for a very very tough truck, so i ...
by boy-c
Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:39 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: hj75 clutch problem, advice needed
Replies: 7
Views: 391

hey mate i had a really short clutch on my fj 73 there is a bolt that winds in and out that will adjust it i cant say where it is but that is what mechenic told me when they worked on mine. mine was really short then they replaced it with a normal size one. then when i drove it it was coming out the ...
by boy-c
Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:35 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: [b]body lift on a bj73 anyone ?????[/b]
Replies: 10
Views: 639

hey man i only had to cut about and inch out off the front gaurd as in make it longer because when in flexd in it rubbed! but that was about it but i have a massive amount of offset! 10 inch rims that have about 8inch of offset!

but she handles like a dream so much fun on and off road!
by boy-c
Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:06 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: [b]body lift on a bj73 anyone ?????[/b]
Replies: 10
Views: 639

hey mate i got an fj 73 2inch spring 2 inch body i run 37' with a little bit of cutting ( bugger all ) i would just buy th tyres! got form there......
how does yours handle with the extended shackles??
by boy-c
Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:38 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: removing roof from middy???
Replies: 1
Views: 217

removing roof from middy???

yes well the front window surround on the cruiser is gone (bolts fallen out , to much rust ) so getting a new one just want to know how to change them over any info would be good thanks
by boy-c
Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:17 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: QLD TRANSPORT? body lift and spring lift?????
Replies: 4
Views: 231

QLD TRANSPORT? body lift and spring lift?????

i have been told that you need to go through the pit to get a approval for a body lift or spring lift??? but i was told by the guy doing my road worthy that they don't put it through the pits? i thought that a road worthy is all they need? if it is within legal limits? that is i have an fj73 with ...
by boy-c
Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:38 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: cv's well longfeilds??????
Replies: 5
Views: 399

yeah diff isn't bent i have had it checked so long fields good yeah
by boy-c
Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:51 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: cv's well longfeilds??????
Replies: 5
Views: 399

cv's well longfeilds??????

well this is how it goes i have just gone through 4 rear axles in the past 3 months 2 left and 2 right, snapping all the axle locating studs and dowls, so i bit the bullit and have just bought new one got the machined ( axle and hub ) so they are perfectly flat so there is NNOOOO movement. well all ...
by boy-c
Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:37 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: members Toyota pics.
Replies: 197
Views: 66791

this is my baby finealy got photos working up at rainbow http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/Image075.jpg out at landcruiser 3 weeks after i bought it http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/cruiser/Borntofly.jpg this is when i just put the 37s on http://i207.photobucket ...
by boy-c
Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:29 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: spitting axels
Replies: 10
Views: 586

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by boy-c
Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: spitting axels
Replies: 10
Views: 586

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/Image079.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/Image077.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/Image064.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb216/boy-c_4x4/Image069.jpg [/imghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums ...
by boy-c
Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:13 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: spitting axels
Replies: 10
Views: 586

yeah i am thinking it is the axle like maybe it just isn't sitting flush but it could also have be the hubs too and they themselves could had a bad edge. like i am getting my dowls drilled out and putting in bigger ones, the dowls is where all the strenght is, well that is what i have been told and ...
by boy-c
Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:01 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: spitting axels
Replies: 10
Views: 586

it has happened to both sides nnow left and right the diff isn't bent the i havn't even be 4wd in 8 or nine months be cause the clutch went the same time as the first axel and being first yr didn't have cash to fix it. i only just got the new front diff in with a limo and 4.65 gears so it hasn't ...
by boy-c
Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:55 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: spitting axels
Replies: 10
Views: 586

spitting axels

well i have gone through 3 rear axels, in bout 6 weeks. does any one else have these problems???????? just got standard motor 4.65 gears and running 37'' in a fj 73 middy was planing to drill out the dowls and replace it with some thicker ones????? tis not fun driving back from up the beach in front ...
by boy-c
Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:47 pm
Forum: General Tech
Topic: tyre offset explain
Replies: 6
Views: 268

tyre offset explain

hey i just want some one to explain to me how offset is measured like where from and how you would read it if your looking at a rim cataloge
cheers kayl
by boy-c
Mon May 28, 2007 5:53 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: coils on middy
Replies: 21
Views: 1100

yeah i live in queensland well going to have to think of something else any ideas
by boy-c
Sat May 26, 2007 8:39 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: coils on middy
Replies: 21
Views: 1100

coils on middy

hey i am looking at putting 80 series diffs with coils on my middy just wondering if any one has done it or any one just done a hole leaf to coil conversion i am looking at doing it in about six months or so....... so at this time i am jsut trying to figger stuff out. you know learn something new ...
by boy-c
Thu May 03, 2007 12:24 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 5L efi in 75
Replies: 5
Views: 455

5L efi in 75

hey just wondering if any one has put 5L holden motor in ute or troppie or even middy as i am looking to do it and am wondering about cost and adaptors and so forth any one with info would be great

cheers boy-c
by boy-c
Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:36 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: 5L EFI in to 88 middy
Replies: 4
Views: 430

5L EFI in to 88 middy

hey all got 88 middy with the 3f petrol box want more power looking at a holden 5L to drop in front, just wondering if it is say the same with the utes or troopies. as far as engine bay goes? and any one know a better engine or adaptor kits if any? it is going to have LPG but not sure on EFI or 350 ...
by boy-c
Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:14 am
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: EFI
Replies: 1
Views: 237

EFI

i have a fj73 with the 3f petrol in it just wondering if you can convert to efi? any help would be good