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V8 Vitara Ute Build Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:38 am
by Mudbits
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:
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:08 am
by v840
Cool!
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:24 am
by alien
thats insane!!! hahaha
cant wait to see the rest of this and the first vids appearing of it in action!
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:12 pm
by 31zook
will it do wheelies?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:59 pm
by money_killer
cant wait to see this thing going ...
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:01 am
by shandy
love it already, cannot wait to see it
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:11 am
by PJ.zook
Sweet build, keep pics comin
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:03 pm
by loppee
Thats very cool will it be ready for Zukfest at Reefton 2010?
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:24 pm
by Mudbits
Yeah im building it to take to Zukfest. Hope to have it ready by the end of this year. Waiting on engine mounts to arrive at the moment.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:22 am
by loppee
Do you know that Zukfest is easter weekend? Cheers Woody.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:54 am
by Mudbits
No, thought it was labour weekend! My club membership must have expired because I have stopped getting the newsletter. I better rejoin.
Have a few vehicles interested from up this way for the next one.
What area will it be in this time?
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:10 am
by loppee
Zukfest will be based in Reefton again not sure on what tracks we will be doing
but there are plenty to choose from,lots of grade 5 tracks which are the best fun. The suzuki club is still only $30.00 a year membership.
Cheers Woody.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:32 pm
by lump_a_charcoal
moarpicsorban!
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:47 pm
by joeblow
nice v8 prado build!
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:58 pm
by Dee
joeblow wrote:nice v8 prado build!
always one.
lookin cool. keep the pics comin. would prefer sierra to vit though
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:53 am
by Mudbits
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:
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:31 am
by jimbo jones
wow the motor sits far back
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:04 pm
by 31zook
Take out the windscreen grinding sparks leave little black permanent dots that will wreck it.