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flat belly hilux
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:33 pm
by ranover
hi
im looking to flat belly the hilux want to see what others have done. pics would be good.
cheers dan
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:50 pm
by Zuri92
you can do either of these,
2 inch body lift, twin transfers using a clocked adaptor and shove the transfers up 5mm from the tunnel and there you have it.
alternativeley you could ditch the body lift and raise the trans tunnel. you could also ditch the duals and adaptor but you will need to raise the tunnel further,
or you could lower the belly plate.
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:05 pm
by ranover
should have mentioned lux has 2 inch body lift and duals. it has a comp X member on the rear of the transfer which i just need to block up to lift. just trying to sort the engine. anyone made some lifted engine mounts and have pics?
cheers
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:16 pm
by Jcas24
I am in the process of doing this to my surf. It wont be flat, but it wont hang down any where near as much as it does now.
Tufftruck team Salt & Pepper have done an engine lift. its a 25mm block on the engine mounts to lift it up approx 50mm
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:23 pm
by ranover
Jcas24 wrote:I am in the process of doing this to my surf. It wont be flat, but it wont hang down any where near as much as it does now.
Tufftruck team Salt & Pepper have done an engine lift. its a 25mm block on the engine mounts to lift it up approx 50mm
yeah sweet know of any pics or drawings
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:19 pm
by Willy Hilux
I just let my engine mounts twist. No dramas yet.
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:57 pm
by UhhOhh
I have a set of snake racing engine spacers for the 2.8. I think it lifted it 40mm and worked fine when installed/simple to install. They probably still sell them or I have mine for sale as I removed them prior to selling my old luxy.
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:22 am
by bubs
All the trucks I have built, I start by loosening the engine mount bolts on the rails, raise transfer case to desired height and modify / build cross member. Re tighten engine mount bolts. No dramas and have done it plenty of times.
Buddy
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:39 pm
by Willy Hilux
Cheap fix hey Buddy! ;>)
Re: flat belly hilux
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:29 pm
by ranover
cheers guys for the replys and bubs and willy will have a go at doing what you said as im sure i just need to lift the X member to right hieght.
will post up some pics when done