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V8 Vitara Ute Build Thread

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V8 Vitara Ute Build Thread

Post by Mudbits »

My new project is as follows:
Suzuki Escudo soft top body made in to a single cab flat deck ute on a 1992 Toyota Prado Running
Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 and Auto
35x12.5 15 Maxxis Bighorns
15x8 ROH Wheels
Will be road legal when finished.

1992 Toyota Prado LJ71 Donor vehicle:
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Prado with one 35 on ready for stripping:
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Body off:
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Engine out:
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Body:
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Body stripped out:
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Back cut off:
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Spare parts:
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Body sitting in place:
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The new engine:
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Post by v840 »

Cool!
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Post by alien »

thats insane!!! hahaha

cant wait to see the rest of this and the first vids appearing of it in action!
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Post by 31zook »

will it do wheelies? :armsup:
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Post by money_killer »

cant wait to see this thing going ... :twisted:
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Post by shandy »

love it already, cannot wait to see it
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Post by PJ.zook »

Sweet build, keep pics comin
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Post by loppee »

Thats very cool will it be ready for Zukfest at Reefton 2010?
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Post by Mudbits »

Yeah im building it to take to Zukfest. Hope to have it ready by the end of this year. Waiting on engine mounts to arrive at the moment.
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Post by loppee »

Do you know that Zukfest is easter weekend? Cheers Woody.
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Post by Mudbits »

No, thought it was labour weekend! My club membership must have expired because I have stopped getting the newsletter. I better rejoin.
Have a few vehicles interested from up this way for the next one.
What area will it be in this time?
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Post by loppee »

Zukfest will be based in Reefton again not sure on what tracks we will be doing
but there are plenty to choose from,lots of grade 5 tracks which are the best fun. The suzuki club is still only $30.00 a year membership.
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Post by lump_a_charcoal »

moarpicsorban!
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Post by joeblow »

nice v8 prado build!
lwb 1.6efi,4sp auto,f&r airlockers,dual t/cases.custom coils.builder of ROAD LEGAL custom suzukis...and other stuff.
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Post by Dee »

joeblow wrote:nice v8 prado build!
always one.


lookin cool. keep the pics comin. would prefer sierra to vit though :D
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Post by Mudbits »

Here's a bit of an update.

Had alot of trouble trying to fit the body around the engine without cutting it. The steering shaft and brake booster were hitting the engine and the body was sitting about 200mm too far back which made it not line up in the wheel arches.
So we cut the fire wall out and now its sitting pretty good.

Top is standard 1UZ engine mounts and bottom are custom ones using the Prado rubbers:
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Engine in place. Had to extend the gearbox crossmember a little as well:
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Firewall before cutting:
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And after:
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The air con works:
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Body on:
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Post by jimbo jones »

wow the motor sits far back
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Post by 31zook »

Take out the windscreen grinding sparks leave little black permanent dots that will wreck it.
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