LJ70 on 35's 4" lift drowns in a mudy hole

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:24 am

Heres my mates cruiser drowning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p19da3u5wOk
he was tring to follow me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmoaCHq-Ey8

Post by **Yumsylux** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:02 am

That is halarious! I'd love to have seen the driver's face when he got out of that car. What ended up being wrong? Why'd he konk out?

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:19 am

he connected his snorkel to the air intake with a lenth of that flexi ally air ducting pipe the sort of stuff that normally conects the air box to the exhaust manifold on a petrol engine. and it split with engine movement . we towed it out removed the glow plug and cranked it over to empty the cylinders, drained the sump 2 litres of water and the oil. got him home but think the engine is stuffed.

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:12 am

now he has killed this engine hes decided to go with a BIGGER IS BETTER ATTITUDE, hes looking at a 4.0 6 pot from a 1987 80 series, anyone done such a transplant into an lj70? first thing i can think of is squeezing in those 2 extra pots?

Post by **MissDrew** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:42 am

I know somebody that has done that convo in a middy but not a bundy, it was straight forward no real problem that I heard about.

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:47 pm

Well only one way to find out i spose and thats to have a crack at it.

Post by **thewayitis** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:33 pm

go to www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum, there is a guy doing a lexus V8 in a bundy.

Post by **droopypete** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:19 pm

thewayitis wrote:go to www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum, there is a guy doing a lexus V8 in a bundy.

That is still 2 cyl's short of an inline 6.
Peter.

Post by **Sic Lux** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:23 pm

Has it stopped dripping water yet half the drama was not getting him out it was pulling the half a cab of water aswell TOPS VID

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:11 am

Yeah a V8 is an easier option as here in the uk a kit is available to fit the range rover V8 onto the landcruiser or hilux gearbox.

Post by **Ravenous Rhino** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:58 am

it aint dried out yet and it smell like an old trout inside, still no joy finding a replacement engine yet

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