Lifting drive terrain hilux

[smoothy56]

ive got a 96 dual cab hilux, i want to make as close to a flat belly as possible,
its not road driven, ill be running duals with tcase ring mount and willin to cut the floor.
how high can i lift it from tcase end before i need to lift the engine, im running a 2in bodylift also.
any advice is helpful
cheers Adam

[PSI316]

Hi mate. I have a 98 Hilux with 2' body, engine and trans lift. Everything sits in the factory position. No moving the radiator, no changing hoses or wiring, no shifter problems.
I have made my own gearbox crossmember and it only hangs down approx 35mm from the chassis rail. Now no getting hung up in the middle of the car.

[UhhOhh]

I ran a drivetrain lift on my 96 hilux. I ran engine lift blocks (1.5") as Snake Racing make them for a little over $100 (can't remember exactly how much) and coupled it with gearbox spacers ontop of the factory crossmember. Circumstances forced the sale of that lux before a custom crossmember could be made but from memory I would still have some drivetrain sitting below the chassis (about an inch).

I have read of people lifting the transfer case and just leaving the engine mounts standard with no problems. In my opinion however this would lead to premature engine mount failure due to the mount being twisted all the time. It would really depend how much you will lift the transfer to determine if you could get away without an engine lift.

Marlin make a dual transfer adapter with a 10 degree rotation on the rear transfer case which would add to the clearance and may be worth looking into if you are going duals and fabbing your own crossmember from scratch.

[mmaaxx]

The current generation of Marlin adaptors allow a full 360 degree of rotation ability. not that you need it, but there is not need to lift the drivetrain when you can clock it for a flat belly.

with 2" bodylift there will be heaps of room to clock it for a flat belly.