Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Gwagensteve wrote:Because of the J arm/drag link that has to be converted to crossover to work on a sierra.

60's are already crossover, as are MQ.

Yes, there's lots of arms etc available for hilux but it's just one more cost.

Steve.

60 series and hilux use the same knuckles so it is not a big problem at all its a bolt on thing

im still going to change my diffs at a latter state but when i made a list of things i want to do to my car they were'nt as high on the list as some other items like front bar and roll cage plus motor conversion.
here are some more pics of todays progress.
i plumed up all the coolant lines including top hose fabrication, thermo fan install, painted rocker cover and put that on.


not much room between motor and fan huh.
i know the radiator is on its way out but it will do to get her going. i put the thermo behind the radiator cause its big plus wanted to leave room for intercooler at later state.
all thats left now is to make intake piping, put extractors on and wire her up. im saving wirring it to last as thats my favourite bit, NOT!

60 series and hilux use the same knuckles so it is not a big problem at all its a bolt on thing

does that mean that you can use 60series steering on hilux diffs

lexplay wrote: this is my dizzy setup running the gti dizzy with a bit of machining

care to explain??

rather keen on this??

why not.
i machined down the neck on the gti dizzy to fit in the original 13a dizzy angle housing, that was the easy bit. then i chopped the two dissy shafts up, cut them to size, machined them so they fit into each other then welded the join. dialed it in to within 2thou of being straight = very straight
had to make a spacer between the dizzy and gear on the shaft so the gear didnt put pressure on the bearing. then put it all together with new seals and thats it.
all in all wasn't the easiest thing to do but i like a challenge like that and thanks to my uncle with the machines it was possible.

very nice, but what about lubrication? do you add oil in the dist after installed? or is those grooves there to transport oil+?

nice build up and nice work. wondering do u know what is involved in getting a gti conversion sierra regoed? hard? cheers

the only part on the dizzy that needs oil is the gears and i put greas on that when i put it together plus some oil will go through with those groves.
pretty sure it would pass the pits with ease as its still a 1.3 litre.

Mine required a mod plate for the engine conversion to be legal in QLD

no mod plates here.

only change of engine number form or pits.

i have done everything mechanical to the car now but when i went to wire up the computer i noticed a couple of plugs missing of the loom and it had also been choped and hacked, so not much happening untill i find a new loom then wire it up and off it goes.

nicbeer wrote:no mod plates here.

only change of engine number form or pits.

what he said..

i am doing my conversion then going in for FULL rego... (mate is doing it.. he is going to neglect to look at lift and tires)

i got another wirring loom today but f@ck i hate electrics. if anyone in perth wants to come drink piss and talk shit plus help wire up my car this weekend they are more than welcome. its ready to run beside electrics so if we get it going and your the man to do it i wont be shy with cash .
call me on 0403 758 444 this weekend only.

lexplay wrote:i got another wirring loom today but f@ck i hate electrics. if anyone in perth wants to come drink piss and talk shit plus help wire up my car this weekend they are more than welcome. its ready to run beside electrics so if we get it going and your the man to do it i wont be shy with cash .
call me on 0403 758 444 this weekend only.

lol top way to make shore your wiring is SPOT ON..

seriously tho if you want i have a PIN out for your computer.. just spend a few nights and $100 on wire, relays and fuses.. will end up a lot better... and safer!

jonno_racing wrote:

lexplay wrote:i got another wirring loom today but f@ck i hate electrics. if anyone in perth wants to come drink piss and talk shit plus help wire up my car this weekend they are more than welcome. its ready to run beside electrics so if we get it going and your the man to do it i wont be shy with cash .
call me on 0403 758 444 this weekend only.

lol top way to make shore your wiring is SPOT ON..

seriously tho if you want i have a PIN out for your computer.. just spend a few nights and $100 on wire, relays and fuses.. will end up a lot better... and safer!

jonno message me the diagrams

try not to cover to much of the radiator with the cooler i tried that and my temps were getting to high so im going to run a cooler on drivers side with a scoop

heres some more pics of what iv been upto on her.

exaust is all done.

just put a pod filter on it for now as the original airbox didnt want to work plus im not planning on taking her swimming any time soon

and the wirring still continues. still cant find any good mk2 gti computer pinout diagrams or wirring diagrams, the ones i got their are pretty crap

I envy your mk2/3 you can use the SR20 throttle upgrades and splug in chips :(

And I give that passenger side engine mount about 2 weeks tops

success i played around with the wirring some more today after work and she fired up. it kind of idles but doesn't do much after that, at least i know im on the right track and i didnt stuff the ecu.
funny you should say that about the mounts, i was looking at it today and looks like their shot allready. their only probally 5000k's old too
im going to have a look into the vl mounts.
yea ill be going bigger throttle body and chipping soon as its running.

Have wired up a few of these now. I ended up putting an aftermarket computer in mine to handle the turbo.

PM me with your phone number and am happy to have a look

Would like to have a closer look at that dizzy adaptor too!!

lol the joys, i put a E15et in mine. i think we used about 1/10th of the lume

FC3892 wrote:lol the joys, i put a E15et in mine. i think we used about 1/10th of the lume

have u attached the computer to anything yet??????

wana come wire my gti motor in austin?

i have the car running sweet after a couple of adjustments one being that since i put my dizzy on the angle with a gear it made the rotor button spin clockwise instead of anti clockwise like the standard gti dizzy's do meaning everytime i reved it the computer was trying to advance the timing the wrong way. so i had tp press the crank angle sensor pickup gear of the dizzy shaft and flip it over making it work the right way.
after that the car is running sweet now so spent all last night cleaning up the wirring and putting the computer under the dash.
in the end wirring it up is not the hardest thing i could deffanatly do a second one a lot quiker.

zuker1500 maybe me you and nic can go for a wheel one day and you could check it out then.

ill put some more pics up soon and maybe a youtube of it choppin up.

just took the car for a spin and man this thing pull's hard for a 4wd, ones the revs hit around 4 grand till 8 its a rocket.
i think i still got the timing out a bit as well but its too hot out side atm to stuff around some more.
couple other minor things i can play with but besides that its on the money.

looks the goods mate!!

doing mine next weekend or weekend after i beleve

for the engenering.. i rang transport, no need to engenere as its the same motor

no worries lexplay. hopefully i will get mine going soon.

Will catch you about the dizzy though, need to do that on mine.

When i get a chanch i will do up a post showing the project.

Once i figure out how to put up a picture i will do one of the engine bay when it was in the old swb.

so if you dont mind saying how much did the conversion cost you all up?

Zook_Fan wrote:so if you dont mind saying how much did the conversion cost you all up?

it will all depend on what options u take and how much u spend on stuff..

i am up to around $800 BUT havent actualy installed yet..

expecting around $1500 all up... but will prob be more...

as jonno said its all about how you go about it, i started collecting parts for the conversion a ages ago but heres my list that i can remember.
i paid
$150 for the engine, computer, loom and a pair of GTI front seats in real good nic.
$300 in bearings, rings, gasket set,timing belt kit, other engine bits to do rebuild
$80 for 14inch thermo fan
$80 for bosch 070 fuel pump
$200 for dizzy angle drive
$30 for oil, plugs, oil filter
$20 in wire and relays

thats pretty much everything, i made or had a lot of stuff sitting around as well.

its been a long time sinc ei have on here but someone pm'd me asking questions about the conversion.
anyway has anyone seen this car around???????
after looking through my build thread i miss her lol