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chev v6 into IFS hilux mechanic HELP????

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chev v6 into IFS hilux mechanic HELP????

Post by sea-bass »

Hi All,
I have a 89 live axle hilus that is fitted with a chev v6 and a Rv6 gearbox, I want to take this out and fit these up to a 96 IFS xtra cab hilux, I have discovered that the sump needs modifying so does the headers, work that is beyond my capabilities.

Could someone recomend a mechanic, even a backyard mechanic that I can take the cars to and have the conversion done, a hilux guru?

Any help is much appreciated!
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Post by flyinwall »

is the chev efi if it isn't i dont think it will be leagle
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Post by Struth »

Might help if you posted where you live so people know at least which state you are in, even better what locality :D
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Post by hiluxturbo2.4 »

yeah where you at ?
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Post by sea-bass »

hi again, thanks for the replies, i'm in melb, it is a carby chev, however I am not too concerned about the legalities of it, i plan to soon replace the v6 with a 350 chev
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Post by Matt_85Lux »

sea-bass wrote:hi again, thanks for the replies, i'm in melb, it is a carby chev, however I am not too concerned about the legalities of it, i plan to soon replace the v6 with a 350 chev
If you plan to change the motor later to a 350 I wouldn't waste the money on the V6 conversion put that towards the 350 conversion otherwise you end up doing things twice and wasting money
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Post by sea-bass »

i got the rebuilt motor and box in a good ute for 2k
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Post by Matt_85Lux »

But how much is it going to cost to get someone to put that motor and box in the other one?

If it was me, and this is just my opinion, I'd try and the 2k back by selling the other one and use the money that was going to pay for the conversion to get the 350 in. I learnt the hard way of, do it right do it once.

Point is, why waste the money on getting the V6 in if you are just going to pull it out again and put a completely different motor in it when you could do just 1 conversion and put the the motor you really want in it. End of the day it's your decision but think carefully before you throw money at it that you may not have to
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Post by sea-bass »

to my knowledge the mounts etc are the same for the v6 and the 350, i will get the 2k back from selling the lux with the 2.4 in it, the conversion motor box are fre, the only cost is the fitting
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