New Project any advice

[corza22]

Hi Guys i have been a silent member for a while and have been plundering the tec sec and bible for info on my new project.
Love the site so i thought i might post my plains for my new zook in hope of some advise .

81 sj40
total stock a little bit of rust and some minnor brack brobs
cost me about $800
took me 1 year to kill the 1l motor but i have finaly done it!

I want to put the g16b vit motor in .

Brakes
Rear disk of turbo pulsar
frunt disk off 85-90 serria
rekitted mastercyclinder off 85-90 serria
extended brack lines

Diffs
narrow track converted to wide track
reinforce
weld up rear
breather's ( got some great options out of the tec sec thanks)


wheels
Thinking about 31s
not sure if this would be the best as it will be a daily driver with weekend use off road
Still looking for some hot rims

gear box is a 5 speed out of a 1.3l
T/case ? I have the case out of my 1ltr not sure if this is the best .I have read most of the info in tec but wood love some feed back on this.
do i fab up some t/case mounts and weld them to the chasey or ?

50mm lift kit
Arb old man sus kit 40mm lift (Heavy)

I have done the wide track conversion and the lift kit is ready ,chasey has been cleaned off and repainted .
Ready for sus kit just Waiting on $$
Have started looking at half cuts vits so any one with advise on where to go and what i should be looking for ,so i dont end up with a mellon.

Any one with some good ideas or if you see some problems please let me know

hope to post some photo's soon
Cheers

[Dozoor]

You will need to modify the floor pan around the fire wall , the bell area of the 13,16 are bigger then a one litre , or other option is a 2" body lift

[offroader-rama]

is your transfer case a series 1 - 2 depending you can keep it and make crawler case out of it by adding the gears out of a 1.3ltr case.
go the body lift and forget heavy spring you'll regret it, reset the ones you have and get extended shackles spend some money and get high mount shockie towers with shockies to suit
show us some pics as you go.
good luck

[flyinwall]

is it a swb i have a lwb and i have done a chassis extension (very minor extension) so i could do rears up front and i have got a corolla motor in it at the moment and i am thinking of putting a gemini diesel into it as i might be able to get it cheap (like about $300-$400) and i had a hilux fuel tank installed into it as well (cheap long rang fuel tank i think its 75 lt so about double the standard tank capacity) so if you want to check out my thread for more ideas check here http://carl.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopi ... ht=gremlin

[corza22]

thanks for the help
sorry forgot , 2 " body lift is ready to go
How do i tell if my t/case is a series 1 or 2
making a crawler case would be the go. What am i in for !
(i will also use the search and see what's there
i toyed with the idea of ruf and did a bit of searching, i might be able to do it ,lucky ive got a mate who is good with a welder . What are the pro's and con's.
what should i be paying for extended shackles
Cheers

[offroader-rama]

you need the transfer with the lay shaft that pokes out about 5mm either side just below the shifter its hard to explian I have both if you want to see the difference and i have a 1.3 transfer as well so i can show you what you need to get as for shackles never brought them always made my own but i cant emagine any more than $100 for 4 and if you want to put rear up front then why not put hilux front in rear thats what im doing.