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V8 Vitara Ute Build Thread
V8 Vitara Ute Build Thread
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:
Prado with one 35 on ready for stripping:
Body off:
Engine out:
Body:
Body stripped out:
Back cut off:
Spare parts:
Body sitting in place:
The new engine:
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:
Prado with one 35 on ready for stripping:
Body off:
Engine out:
Body:
Body stripped out:
Back cut off:
Spare parts:
Body sitting in place:
The new engine:
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:
Engine in place. Had to extend the gearbox crossmember a little as well:
Firewall before cutting:
And after:
The air con works:
Body on:
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:
Engine in place. Had to extend the gearbox crossmember a little as well:
Firewall before cutting:
And after:
The air con works:
Body on:
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