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need to know what exhaust manifold will suit hilux with v8
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:51 am
by bundy4x4
want to know what people have used on there hilux
i'm doing the conversion and have used Castlemaine Rod Shop kit was thinking of using block huggers are these OK to use and will they fit in an 85 hilux 4x4 had a 3y in it or is there any thing else that i can use cheap just want to get it on the road again
Re: need to know what exhaust manifold will suit hilux
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:59 am
by thehanko
to suit what replacement engine?
Re: need to know what exhaust manifold will suit hilux
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:03 pm
by bundy4x4
doing the v8 304 conversion
Re: need to know what exhaust manifold will suit hilux
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:04 pm
by bundy4x4
thehanko wrote:to suit what replacement engine?
doing the v8 304 conversion efi
Re: need to know what exhaust manifold will suit hilux with
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:12 pm
by Luxmad450
Hey Mate,
I had an '84 yn65 single cab. I removed the 3y for a 253 from a vc commo, then a stroked 308 from I think a HQ, then the inj 304 from a vn calais using the rod shop kit with dellows engine mounts (the rod shop mounts are crap, they dont line up an use the std hilux rubbers which tear apart). The two older engines I just used the std vc commo headers (the hq extractors didnt come close to fitting), the 304 came supplied with some (ss style) headers, not sure what they are exactly thats just what the wreckers called them an they didnt fit anyway. In the end the exhaust shop supplied a set of what he called standard vn 5litre headers. Once you drop a v8 in theres not much room for too much else its just all engine, good luck with the heat issues, my advice, fit a bonnet scoop straight up, the biggest you can find to stop that engine bay holding heat.