Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hi i was just wondering if its possible to put a ecotec insted of the vn motor and can i be mated to a hilux manual gearbox and transfercase.

I've seen one before in a Hilux out where i live. Don't know anything about it except it had one.

yeah mate marks adapters do a kit.

yeah mact can to it no worries, mark's adapters will look after you with the parts required! But if you are thinking of keeping the manual box, get a different one, because it won't hold up to the power. this conversion in reasonably eaisy to do

Timmeh

My brother picks his up this Sunday from CRS. Fitted with Ecotec.

My brother picks his up this Sunday from CRS. Fitted with Ecotec.
Sorry for double post, Windows locked up!!!!!!!!!

Grab yourself an r151f gearbox out of a surf, 79/78/100 series 1hz motored landcruiser, 90/120 series prado or later model turbo diesel hilux. This will be strong enough to handle the ecotec motor, or keep the TH700 auto box and adapt a gear driven transfer case off the back, once again marks/dellows make adapters...

Now I'm a V8 man but a while ago I went for a fang in a car that ran a 3.8 V6 punched out to 4.8 & had a turbo sitting on the side, it was running an aftermarket comp & a bit of custom head work etc, all this added up to one hell of a ride . Saw it dynoed and the numbers blew me away this thing had gobs of torque too.
It's got me thinking that a compact & light motor with 350+kw might go well in a 4by.
I'm tipping it's not going to cheap though.

yeah there was a artical in street machine a while ago you can buy a kit of the shelf to stroke in to 4.1L and add a supercharger and you should have some decent torque i'll try find the figures soon.

if you are best to change the g/box is there a manual box you can use rather than turbo 700?