S T Y L E S

[drift kid]

Just my daily haha, an rn30 1983 hilux longbed, been painted blue metalic by some douche minitrucker, missing 50% of the interior etc.. slowly fixing her back up to a nice daily/tow rig. Specs are as follows
-15x9" -37 diamond racing steelies all around w/ 195/50/15 tyres
-front wound down and rear leafs jave been mucked with and on 2" blocks
-nardi wheel
-blue bubble dildo knob
-80's toyota recaro wanna be seats
-converted to round light front end
-re furb'd genuine front bar
-bolt on 70mm flares at rear and soon to be front
-18r motor with over six trillion k's on it
-sounds like the tooth fairies stash is in my rockercover
-hardcover for the tray

I am in the process of getting everything for the 3rz swap over christmas holiday break, can't wait for more powah

[drift kid]

Interior and another front, put on the lower apron and some trim panels too <3

[drift kid]

I bought the donor heart yesterday, started preparing for surgery today, got the engine loom 90% disconnected and all the auxiliary crap taken off now too.

[marvis]

How good are utes!?

You should use an image uploader and [ img ] tags. Can't see shit on my phone.

[drift kid]

Really? I just use the motorculture app and it's uploader, never had a problem before :/ and yeah utes are the best! ^.^ haha, can't wait till the 1U is in

[dove grey 64]

Ah always wanted one of these.
Long beds are the best

[drift kid]

Yeah man, can fit anything in there lol, should be an awesome tow rig once the 1U is in and I finish the tyre rack on the trailer

[drift kid]

Motor is getting close to being ready to sit in! Found some groovy computer gear in the front cut too haha

[drift kid]

Things escalated rather quickly today, after taking out the gearbox from the 86 to do some maintenance we took the 1uz home and I began the arduous task.

[joeschmo_57]

Woah nelly. Quite a task

[drift kid]

Woah nelly indeed, going to be an effort and a half

[drift kid]

Well this happened today, got the motor positioned exactly where it needs to be and started mounts

[drift kid]

Modified the sump tonight and cut the steel for the engine mounts, getting pretty excited :D

[drift kid]

Engine mounts and gearbox mount done and installed, now for shifter and tailshaft tomorrow, suuuper stoked on the amount of progress so far :D
I am really surprised at how well everything fits and lines up, as you can see, the engine mounts are nearly directly across from the original position and this made for easy fabrication of the final mounts as well as the gbox mount, the new position is perfectly in line with the height of the stock mount so all that was needed was a quick lop off of the end and some neat fabbing of some plate etc..

[drift kid]

So I was thinking for the exhaust side of things, I am going to mod the stock headers to make them fit and then going into twin 2.25" steel system that runs down either side, meets under the car near the middle for the crossover and splits back outwards into a small resonator on each side, then both run to the rear into a single muffler with twin 2.25" inlets to twin 2.5" inlets for the tips at the rear, what are your thoughts?

[drift kid]

Big day today, finished the tailshaft, gutted the interior, started shaving all of the random holes in the floor and guna get stuck into the rust tomorrow morning

[jay70]

this will be pretty sweet man. good work

[drift kid]

Thanks dude, fingers crossed it'll be cool :P

[drift kid]

I keep forgetting to take pics but this is the passenger floor once the rust was all cut out/converted, this has since been plated back up and painted, the driver side is also cut out but I will finish plating that in the morning, all of the holes in the floor have been welded up and ground flush, also fixed all of the seat mounts, they were a little rough and needed re-doing so all strong now :)

[drift kid]

Finished the rust repairs today, also removed all of the junk from the back wall of the cab that used to house the jack handle and Jack etc. so all smooth now :) then I gernied out the entire floor and it came up heaps nicer, needs one more vacuum and I'll give the inside a quick spray of black, I also begun the task of implanting the lexus instrument cluster into my dash, some small cuts here and there and then she sits right at home :) I'll throw some pics up in the morning, all seems to be coming along nicely :)

[drift kid]

Pics of what's happening incl. hover mode engaged

[drift kid]

Got heaps done today :) modified all of the gear selector linkages to clear the box, finished them quicker than I thought I would so I painted them and bolted it all up, works a treat :) so then onto the fuel tank, drained the remainder out and dropped that 70L bad boy. Then I got stuck into cutting the fuel pump hole out of my old bent ae86 tank and welding it into my hilux tank, I did this because the hilux unit was tiny, not big enough to slide a fuel pump through that's for sure, the ae86 setup that is in there now has a 65mm dia. hole so I can make up a pot for the pump to sit in and get the pump all mounted up and that side of things should be done :) I also degreased and gernied the tank before painting it all black again aswell as all of the accessories that go with the tank, just makes it neater when under the ute :) also painted the tailshaft finally and got a couple other bits and peices done here and there :)

[drift kid]

Pic

[dove grey 64]

nice progress. welds look good. i'd of just been lazy and used sikaflex

[drift kid]

Hahaha fuck that, would be awsome when it falls apart on a big drive, I'm sure the engineer would love it too

[dove grey 64]

Alot of new cars are held together with it, lots of different grades for different purposes.
In this circumstance with it not being a point of high movement or stress it would have been ok.

[drift kid]

Hmm, I guess I'm old fashioned like that, all metal and welds for me, I love the peace of mind knowing that it won't ever come unglued

[drift kid]

Lexus steering column is now in, had to seriously modify the bracketry to accept the new one, also modified the steering shaft to suit the hilux steering box so the shaft is all done now too, I also finished hacking the dash to bits and have it fitting pretty well now, I have begun the task of shaving all the unnecessary holes and tidying it all up before the paint goes on, more on that later, I have also sussed out all of the wiring (about six trillion metres of it) and have labelled the plugs and decided what to strip from the loom and what to keep, can't wait for that shit to be done.. also a picture of the gear shifter all bolted up ;)

[drift kid]

Made up a heap of little brackets for miscellaneous engine bay parts today as well as getting a start on the new intake pipe

[Matt]

Rumour has it you got this running and posted a vid up on facebook :P

[drift kid]

Yeah m8, she wasn't idling too well though, might post the vid here too if you're lucky ;)

[drift kid]

Progress A+

[dove grey 64]

Q U A L I T Y.
Mad skills ben. This is a real build thread, mines more of a members ride thread lol

[drift kid]

Haha thanks man, yours is much more interesting though -_-

[drift kid]

Fits like a glove ;)

[drift kid]

Welded the intake up and took the motor out for the final time, now to make the headers and finish the bay for some paint

[drift kid]

Cleaned up the bay heaps today, cut out the rusty battery tray, shaved lots of useless crap, cut some special holes for the loom to pass through, also painted the engine mounts and mount caps aswell as figuring out what I need to do with my brake setup.

[drift kid]

A little more progress today, I finished the the removable section of the radiator support by adding some 3mm 20x20 angle along the under edge and whacking a riv nut in either end to make it bolt in and out easily.

I also finished the adapter plate that adapts the lexus brake master to the hilux booster, all 100% tig welded mild steel 3mm plate and high tensile bolts.

I made the pump hanger and bracketry today as well, that is all 100% stainless and tig welded, I made up a little half moon section to keep the pump from swinging out of place and notched the pipe in between the two to allow for the hose clamp to pass through, this will stop it from ever moving up or down, side to side. I fabricated it so as to have the filter for the pump 5mm off of the base of the tank, this way it should stop surging hopefuly :) the pump is a walbro 255L/h unit.
I also did a little more work on the dash but nothing special.

[drift kid]

Fuel tank back in with the pump setup all installed and new hoses on now, starting the bay tomorrow! :D

[drift kid]

Bay is DONE

[dove grey 64]

Nice. What color are you doing the bay?

[drift kid]

Same blue as the exterior but in a satin finish and blacking out the front of the rad support panel and in the guards

[drift kid]

Much more progress on the bay thisarvo! All bracketry and accessories now have mounts and mounting points, I riv nutted it all, then painted all nessiscary brackets black. I then started on the radiator setup (more on that tomorrow) and finally cut the little bit of rust out from where the battery tray was and smoothed out 99% of the imperfections, and sanded most of the tubs up and gave the bare parts a lick of silver primer, tomorrow the whole bay will be rubbed down and primed aswell as the radiator setup being finished (hopefully!)

[drift kid]

Bay all primed now, got heaps done on the radiator setup but still not happy with it yet

[drift kid]

Bay is painted now and the front is all blacked out, let's put it back together! :D

[drift kid]

Sump and one of the headers done today, starting to lose motivation :/

[dove grey 64]

you can do it!
its looking good mang. going to be the nicest tow rig out

[drift kid]

Yeah, but it's just turned into this huge build rather than a quick swap, I will finish it, but only because I HAVE to, I know that I won't regret it, it'll be sick once it's finished, just giving me the shits lately

[drift kid]

This fell in tonight

[sundee]

Top stuff, getting close

[drift kid]

Very slowly, this thing better be at drift fest

[dove grey 64]

Home straight now.
Here is some motivational music for you

http://youtu.be/Iof5pRAIZmw

[drift kid]

Hahaha, geoff you crack me up, I think that getting the motor back in there was the motivation that I needed, finally feels like a car again.. well ute actually. Will get some bends for the exhaust soon and get the rest of that sorted and finish off the radiator.

[dove grey 64]

At least its always been rolling.
I've got a bare restored mini shell, been sitting untouched since 07 :(

[drift kid]

That sucks, get that shit done man! :D

[dove grey 64]

Soon enough. Got all the time in the world

[drift kid]

Got more done today, gbox fully bolted in, fuel lines run and secured, going to make up the bends to go on the ends of the manifolds tomorrow and get the engine mounts bolted up

[drift kid]

Tailshaft in for good, gear linkage fixed and bolted in for good, headers are 80% done now and started sorting out the trans cooler setup

[sundee]

booo yea, get it done son! your going well ben.
Geoff... if you ever want to get rid of that mini shell ;)

[drift kid]

Yeah dude, guna get the last of the rust finished off this week, then new windscreen, then interior can go back in! :D

[drift kid]

Extractors

[drift kid]

How she sits after tonight

[drift kid]

Rust fixed! Pics later, also received my V bands in the mail today so the headers will be done on friday and will be painted and bolted on for good soon! :D

[sundee]

Headers look ace man

[drift kid]

You should see them now! The V bands are welded on and the o2 bungs are in too, I bolted up the manifolds and gaskets yesterday and got the trans oil cooler sorted too

[sundee]

amazing work amego ;)

[drift kid]

Starting to look a little more like a functional engine bay

[drift kid]

Awesome feeling as it all starts to peice back together, painted up the brake booster and the adapter bracket for the brake master and bolted that all in and plumbed the vacuum line for the booster. Also installed the steering column support and the column it's self, feels good to bolt it in for good, I painted up a few little brackets for here and there as well. The last thing I did for the night was get the new sway bar installed, finally got my spacers sitting where I want them and put the new bushes in and bolted it all up, so hopefully she will corner pretty decent now :)

[sundee]

This is what we want to hear!
Eta till drivable?

[drift kid]

Hopefully about a month away but not getting my hopes up

[dove grey 64]

I give this two thumbs up

[sundee]

i would be concerned if you gave 3.... :/

[drift kid]

I'd prefer 3..

[drift kid]

Painted up the bonnet latch and latch support and bolted them in aswell as the drivers side bonet hinge and a blanking plate on the firewall as well as finishing up the lines on the trans oil cooler and bolting that into place, not much else happened as I was also working on the 86

[drift kid]

I am officially terrified

[dove grey 64]

Yep.... I dont touch wiring for that very reason

[drift kid]

Makes me just want to give it to a wiring guy and empty my wallet. Also fixed the last little bit of rust under the windscreen on the passenger side and fish oiled in the wiper plenum, now to flick a little paint around there and get the dash/wiring sorted so the new windscreen can go in. God I wana drive this damn thing

[sundee]

Why did you yank all the wiring out like that?

[drift kid]

That is the two looms sat in the car to go behind the dash

[drift kid]

Moar progress! Got 99% of the loom plugged in, need to figure out where the shit the fuel pump wiring comes from :/ I also installed the new throttle cable that I had made, painted the washer jets and installed them, rivetted the vin plates back onto the firewall and 99% finished the fuse box side of things. I also installed the heater box and tucked a little bit of the loom under the dash. And last but not least, I put the brake lines back in, they all bolted straight up bar the little front one! Which I made up, super productive day! :D

[dove grey 64]

Sweet.
Once you get rolling on plugging a loom in its not so bad.

[drift kid]

Yeah but I need to do heaps of wiring also for head/tail lights, fuel pump etc etc -_-

[drift kid]

Sooo ready for this to be done, dying to drive it, got a little further with the wiring yesterday and got the K&N on

[drift kid]

Heaps more done tonight, got power through the loom, dash lights up and all! ^_^ got a few other bits and peices done and some critical measurments taken for some big peices

[drift kid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=craqwN3zJMk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[maxhag]

Looking decent Ben..... :sunnies:

[drift kid]

Thanks dude, sooo pumped to drive this thing

[drift kid]

Gutted and cleaned the power steering pump today and filled it with new oil to keep the bearings happy while it does nothing on the side of my engine, that meant that the intake could now go on so the filter was attached to the afm and it was all clamped on for good. Also condensed a little more of the wiring as well as ordering my new power cables so they should be ready to be picked up tomorrow. I did a heap more work on the dash frame too, fixing imperfections and making it more rigid, that should be complete soon and then that can be painted and bolted in for good! Man I can't wait for that day... I also bolted up the headlights and plugged them into the lexus loom, then bam! I now have working headlights again :D

[sundee]

epic man! should not be long now, how far off till a key turn?

[drift kid]

Well I turned it over last night so it cranks and all, just waiting for my oil filter relocation kit to turn up hopefully tomorrow or Monday and I'll hook up the fuel lines tomorrow or Saturday, then we should see some life hopefully! :)

[drift kid]

Got the bag setup and solenoids today for a steal and got the radiator 98% done, just a tiny bit left to do, then I can paint it and bolt it in, did a little more wiring today and some more cleaning up on the dash, little bits and peices here and there but it's all progress towards the ultimate goal! :D

[drift kid]

So close.. yet so far...

[sundee]

just baggin the rear or all 4 corners?

[drift kid]

Just the rear and it will stay on leaves, the bags are mainly for leveling out whilst towing

[drift kid]

Fitted up the oil relocation gear today, pics tomorrow, radiator should be able to stay in for good by the weekend too

[drift kid]

Oil filter relocation all done, had to remake one of the lines as I had it too long but all sorted now, bought a filter for it too and filled it with oil, running penrite 10w-50 same as the 86, seems like good stuff. I also finished the radiator today finally and painted that all shiny and black, just have to bolt it in now and sort the hoses out plus a thermo fan soon. Also made the line that runs from the rad to the header tank and dropped the fuel tank one last time to solder the pump wires on as I forgot to before, tomorrow I'll whack 20L of 98 in the tank and see if we can get her to fire up!

[sundee]

yewwww

did i mention mine is turing tyres already?

rock penrite in every car ive owned, wont use anything else.

usually HRP 5 in the 1zz and 1jz

is your UZ vvti?

[drift kid]

Nah non vvti 195kw model I believe

And trust me, this can now turn tyres ;)

[drift kid]

Today was a huge day for the hixus, big plans came into motion. Started off with finishing the ground wire on the walbro and giving the pump 12v to supply fuel, then after a few double checks on oil and bolt tightness etc. I gave her a kick in the guts and first turn of the key we have lift off!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-J73LYzH3o&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-J73LYzH3o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I also painted the radiator and fitted that up, I finished up the line to the header tank and I cut the top hose to fit nicely. I then put the drain bung back in and put in the coolant temp sensor for the ecu in the bottom of the radiator and did a little wiring to get the plug to meet it, so that is all done, next is the lower radiator hose and the heater hose setup.. I also used some larger P clamps and bolted the new oil lines to the skirt to keep them out of the way, worked beautifully. Man I am dying to drive this, hopefully some joy soon!

[sundee]

ahh its sounds ammaaaaaaazing!
top work fella!

[drift kid]

You have no idea, my ears were bleeding with joy, so angry sounding haha

[drift kid]

Smashed out the tool box for the tray today, fits perfectly and I'm really glad that I went with separate lids and a partition, can have junk in one side and the other nice for the battery/air compressor311853118631187

[drift kid]

Sorted the battery cables situation today and a few other bits and pieces.

[Matt]

Sounds awesome.

[Seventy]

I take you made the tray box yourself? Looks awesome!

[drift kid]

Yeah dude, any fabrication work that you see in either of my build will always be by myself :) and thanks matt <3

[Jimmee1990]

Agreed, all the effort and thought really shows in the end result. Also 1uz is awesome in almost anything!

[drift kid]

Haha yeah, thanks for the kind words man :)

[drift kid]

More work on the dash today and pulled the front brakes/hubs off, gotta get new pads and bearings then get the discs machined.

[sundee]

What brakes you running on this puppy?

[drift kid]

Brembo 8 pot fronts on 500mm carbon fibre brembo discs

[drift kid]

But in all seriousness we have spoken to the engineer and he said that the stock front brakes will be fine, so I'm getting some nice new front pads, cleaning the pistons in the calipers, getting the discs machined and making some brake cooling ducts as well as new wheel bearings. The front brakes in this are pretty decent from factory, they are only single pot but they are decently sized and they have pretty thick vented discs

[sundee]

^^ lol
That's handy that you don't need a brake upgrade.

[drift kid]

Yeah definitely, I did the new front wheel bearings today and greased all of that up, pretty sure they were still factory 1983 toyota items, the grease smelled like burnt diff oil :S and I got new front pads today but they are wrong so I will exchange them tomorrow -_-

[sundee]

yummy, whats your choice of pad?

[drift kid]

Just bendix pads, they seem to brake well and last, it's only a road car so doesn't need anything metallic or crazy

[drift kid]

Little bits happening here and there, got brake lights now, finished the front brakes/hubs today too.
-New wheel bearings
-New heavy duty bendix 4x4 front pads
-Freshly machined discs
-Custom brake cooling ducts
-Rebuilt calipers (was heaps of muck and gunk in the pistons)
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Brakes should be at least a million times better now.

[drift kid]

Couple more pics showing the brake cooling ducts3140631407

[Seventy]

Cool job with the brake ducts, hope small rocks and stuff dont fly in

[drift kid]

Yeah I thought of that after lol, she'll be right

[drift kid]

Also did these things today
-painted the new washerbottle
-made all of the bracketry for the washer bottle
-ran the wiring for the wipers
-made the bracket to hold the lower radiator hose away from the motor
-finished all of the front brakes/bearings etc.

[drift kid]

So brakes are all 100% done and bled, they work, this is very good, I also drove the ute under it's own power today around the back yard which sounds mild but to me it was one of the highlights so far :)31431I also put new wheel nuts on so that they all finally match and I now have lock nuts :)31432

[Jimmee1990]

So close!

[drift kid]

Tell me about it! It is all starting to come down to the wiring, I really wish I was good at auto elec work -_-

[drift kid]

Heaps more stuff done and yeah, whatever

[drift kid]

So yeah, converted my tail lights to LED boards, holy crap they are amazing31472

[drift kid]

So close I can taste it
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[drift kid]

Heater hoses all done, YUS OMG I HAVE BEEN DREADING THESE FUCKING THINGS31485
Also drilled, tapped and installed the new thermo fan switch into the top radiator outlet pipe thingy. It switches on at 85°c and off at 80°c so pretty keen to get that all hooked up on friday.31486
We also figured out why the right indicators won't work and are ontop of sorting that out. Next is wipers/washers!

[drift kid]

Big things are happening! My wizard of a father did his wizard stuff on my wiring today and I now have all blinkers, hazards, electronic telescopic/tilt steering column, windscreen washers and wipers but only on the fast speed lol. We just have the horn and the rest of the wipers and the fuel guage wiring and it will all be done! :D
http://youtu.be/F96FFU1MjDc

[Seventy]

Holy shit, that steering column is crazy! haha

[drift kid]

Haha yeah dude, it's fuckin sick

[drift kid]

Forgot to mention that last friday I bought two cat's two hot dogs, two flex joints and a nice muffler for the exhaust system and on Saturday I cut and bevelled 60 pie cuts ready for the assembly on Tuesday, this is guna be cool! ;)

[Jdm-Mcc]

60 pie cuts! fudge that!

[Sprinter Freak]

Is this going to be ready for next weekend?

[drift kid]

Nope :(

[sundee]

WTF!!! is this no business???

60 pie cuts... i like pie

[drift kid]

No way in hell she'll be at drift fest :(

[drift kid]

But on the plus side I have put some of those pie cuts to good use!31563

[drift kid]

Welded up all of what I had tacked together for the exhaust today and dad and I got the dash all painted and loosely bolted in, starting to all come together! :D just need to paint the scuttle panel this week and then time for the new windscreen, suuuper keen to drive this!

[sundee]

moar pics!

[drift kid]

Thermo fans are 100% wired with relay and that means I finally got to put my grill in! :D but that's about where the good news stops for tonight :( I have stripped the thread in my lower radiator tank sensor hole -_- my sump is leaking oil and the bushes I bought for my steering idler arm are completely wrong, ugh.31633

[drift kid]

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Slow progress...
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[drift kid]

All leaks in the front end are sealed *fingers crossed* I will fill with fluids again after work today, have to let the seals cure

[drift kid]

Leaks fixed, coolant in, oil back in, ran it for the longest I have so far today, let it properly warm up, fans work great and it all runs smooth :D 3172431725
Also made some monster progress on the exhaust today, got 90% of the tracky bits done now, pretty much only straight parts now so I'm getting pretty excited.

[Zane k]

Yep. Definitely approve of this! Keen to see it finished man

[drift kid]

You and I both lol, it's edging closer and closer

[drift kid]

A little more paint today <331769

[drift kid]

Exhaust alllllmost finished ^_^31786317893178731788

[Myles]

Can't wait to see this thing finished man :D (btw your welds are awesome!)

[drift kid]

Thanks man :) and I am pretty pumped too haha, gotta do the handbrake setup and get a windscreen and then it's just re-assembly :)

[drift kid]

Picked up my new roof lining today, looks heaps nicer, we glued it in with some soft sound proof matting to make it a little quieter and less tinny on the roof, I also finished 100% of the welding on the mild part of the exhaust, so time for some heat paint tomorrow hopefully and then final fitup!

[drift kid]

Exhaust is all painted, installed, bolted tightly, all sensors installed, muffler on, looks great and sounds great. Also did all of the wiring for the stereo today and ran the speaker wires so that is also all good :D I did a little painting on the centre console panel too.

[Myles]

Maaad, upload some more videos of it :D

[drift kid]

Will do one this arvo ;)

[Myles]

Sweeet :P

[drift kid]

Got real carried away thisarvo with the dash area, dad finished gluing in the new roof lining while I wired in the new interior light/rear vision mirror. We then proceeded to cut out heaps of the plugs that are now being unused and trying to tidy up the loom the best we can. I then installed the custom centre panel into the dash and bolted in the heater controls and the stereo head unit and then whacked the dash in, I am super excited and happy now that this is bolted in for good, it looks great and makes the ute feel heaps closer to being completed, now for a new windsceeen. There's probably more but I can't remember. 31854

[drift kid]

http://instagram.com/p/n-ZtTyK3U_/

[drift kid]

Almost there, windscreen on Wednesday arvo and rear screen tomorrow hopefully

[drift kid]

Roof lining/rear windows
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Handbrake and centre console brackets
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All of the painting on the back Window area
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[Myles]

Looking good! I'm assuming the whole car is being painted black?

[drift kid]

Lol nope, why? The exterior is staying blue and the interior peices and are black are the peices that are seen when the carpet is in, everything else is hidden

[Myles]

Ohhk just wondering, since you painted the inside black but yeah blue will look better on the outside :P

[drift kid]

Windscreeeeeeen
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Carpettttt
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Seatssssssss
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[drift kid]

Today was an amazing day, drove it for the first time, this thing absolutely cracks.31934

[Matt]

Good news mate... Always a good feeling to drive a car after an engine conversion and knowing it runs well

[Myles]

That's awesome Ben! Have to put up some videos of you flogging it :P

[drift kid]

Pulled a sweeet power skid out of the local shops after everybody laughed at me scraping my way out of the carpark. There were no more laughs..

[Seventy]

Oh man this is so awesome, more videos!

[Myles]

Hahaha that is a WIN! And yeah more videos of carpark powerskids :P

[Powerbite]

This thing is beyond cool, makes me want to pull my finger out and start mine

[drift kid]

Haha you got one too?

[drift kid]

Did some more testing tonight, also raised the front up 30-40mm, much more enjoyable to drive

[Matt]

I'll fix the image tag thingy automatically.

Cant wait to awe this in the flesh

[drift kid]

Stupid thing is having some little issues now, always two steps forward, one step back..

[INVSBL]

least its not one foward two backwards :p

electrical bugs?

[drift kid]

Could easily be three bawards :/ guna have a proper look after work today, it's an engine problem :/

[drift kid]

I've been pretty down about the ute this week, but when I arrived home today to work on it I just felt the spark jump back into me and off we were! Firstly I made the blanking gromet that seals the cabin from the engine bay via the steering shaft hole aswell as placing a couple other gromets in various holes in the firewall that I found whilst under the dash. I then decided to re-wire the power for the interior light as I accidentally used a 4v source instead of a 12v so the LED interior light was definitely not living up to it's potential, BUT now with 12v going in it can burn your retinas out! :thumbup: :D:p

I didn't really take any pics of this stuff as it is fairly boring but they are tasks that need to be done, so I try and keep this thread as updated as I can. I did however though take a photo of the menacing front end that I saw as I pulled up out the front of my house after work. Boy I love this ute.

[drift kid]

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[drift kid]

Soo, today I kept on tinkering and tweaking things, I shoukd have the new shortened handbrake cables this week and the newly trimmed windscreen visors ready to go back in. I also let it run for quite a while and had no issue like the other night so I took it for a little drive, still good so went for it's biggest test drive so far and boy did it love it, even the diff ratios feel good, at 80km/h in 4th gear (top) it revs at about 2300rpm which isn't too bad I thought. So yeah, just tidied up the interior some more, just slowly working away at it because it's waay too overwhelming trying to tuck all of those wires at once. A proper driving video should hopefully eventuate this week too! :p

[Myles]

Maaad! And its only a 4 speed? Haha rad :D

[Jdm-Mcc]

^ auto four speed

[Myles]

Ohhh ok I thought it was a manuel, my bad Haha

[drift kid]

Yeah factory auto 4 ;)

[drift kid]

Moar happening, hydraulic pump died last week, made up a dummy idler to replace it, I'm fixing a couple of little leaks on the radiator too while it's out. I have also installed the new shortened handbrake lines and they now just need adjusting. 32107321083210932110

[drift kid]

Radiator is back in, coolant in tomorrow and few other fiddly bits to get done after work, can't wait for another drive

[drift kid]

Radiator is all back in, filled with coolant etc. no leaks so far so that's good news. Also put the fans back on and clipped the grill back on. I received a proper lower apron for it too for my birthday this week so I put that on, makes the front look a lot neater.
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I also wired in the new hidden amplified aerial for the stereo so now I have radio channels :D
Tomorrow I will be installing the freshly trimmed window visors and hopefully some more tidying of the wire mess at my feet, then a drive ^_^

[Myles]

Awesome! We need videos man, I love seeing the progress! , would be cool to see this beast in the flesh :P

[wookster]

Radiator is all back in, filled with coolant etc. no leaks so far so that's good news. Also put the fans back on and clipped the grill back on. I received a proper lower apron for it too for my birthday this week so I put that on, makes the front look a lot neater.
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I also wired in the new hidden amplified aerial for the stereo so now I have radio channels :D
Tomorrow I will be installing the freshly trimmed window visors and hopefully some more tidying of the wire mess at my feet, then a drive ^_^

Happy birthday, awesome present for you!
I want this car so bad... saw an RN25 for sale recently...

[drift kid]

Cheers man :) you should buy one! They are a great vehicle, and Myles it'll be lurking allover the country soon enough ;)

[wookster]

Cheers man :) you should buy one! They are a great vehicle, and Myles it'll be lurking allover the country soon enough ;)

I let one get away earlier in my life and I damn well regret it now.

Is the V8 going to be too ridiculous or is the auto a good heavy right foot absorber?

[drift kid]

Drove it in the wet today, that was exciting. Lol. Also got some half decent pics of it on friday, more and more little bits and peices are being finished off now and it's starting to turn into a nice vehicle. 321413214232143

[Myles]

Looks rad! Loving the rear over fenders Haha :P

[drift kid]

Haha cheers bro, will have the same up front too when I can get some 2wd guards but will be getting different wheels soon too

[Myles]

Maaaad and why the change of wheels? I actually like the steelies haha

[drift kid]

Dude I love the steelies, but they are too ridiculous for engineering so need to get some that are more tame

[wookster]

Dude I love the steelies, but they are too ridiculous for engineering so need to get some that are more tame

How are steel rims ridiculous for engineering? I ran ford territory steel rims on my hilux because it was easy to pass roadworthy

[Jimmee1990]

I think he's referring to the size rather than them being made from steel.

[wookster]

I think he's referring to the size rather than them being made from steel.

Hahaha yep,that didn't even click in my brain. :what:

[drift kid]

Lol yeah, they are a 15x9 -37 with a 195/50/15, I don't think they will like it

[drift kid]

More tidying and fixing up last weekend, I ratted out one of these lux's at the local wreckers and scored the remaining bits to my heater/air system so that is now all installed, wired up and working a charm, even fixed the light in the switch panel ;) also picked up the custom tow bar setup that I made for the rear from the powdercoaters and installed that on Friday arvo, it is tucked up another 60mm for exhaust clearance and now uses a slip in hayman reece style tow bar instead of the old ugly bolt on tounge setup, I'll get pics tomorrow.
So overall it is starting to neaten up heaps more now and will soon start the engineering process.

[drift kid]

Oh yea, I cut all of this useless crap out of it too32257

[drift kid]

Progress has been really slow now that I have started on the 86 rebuild, however I did refurbish the diff last weekend, new wheel bearings and axle seals, new pinion seal, adjusted up the backlash and gave it some fresh oil.

[drift kid]

New steering wheel, this thing is loving daily duties33039

[hao.]

What's it like on fuel?

[drift kid]

Fuel guage isn't wired yet :/ seems alright bit hard to say as of yet

[drift kid]

Small update, the fuel pump shit the bed a few weeks back, I suspect that I wad sold a chineese walbro as the new one that I bought looks to be much nicer quality, so she's driving fine again, did the spark plugs and it's a little happier now too. Just really need to finish it off so I can engineer it, just really hate wiring -_-

[drift kid]

So something cool came from mr jesse streeter today33789
Brand new TRD 2 way LSD centre for the hixus, skids for dayz! ^_^

[ill-minded]

I know all about that feeling. Itching to get mine installed, which is ever closer, once I pick up my new daily.

[Bento]

Fucking cool man, I really can not wait too jam the 1U in my Ol girl.

That steering colum takes the cake though, so awesome !!

Fantastic fab work mate, i tip my hat .


you might get a few pm's soon with some Q's haha

[drift kid]

Haha cheers dude! Yeah the column really makes it lol, most don't pick it in real life. Any questions will be answered :)

[drift kid]

#plannomoresurge34407

[drift kid]

Someone buy this

[JDMWheels]

Man... Just read all 22 Pages.

So damn cool!

[drift kid]

Cheers dude :)

[drift kid]

So i bought some wheels for this lol, hopefully be here around xmas time35401

[willa]

Yessss! What sizes did you order? And which colour?

[drift kid]

16x8.5 -6 for all corners in gunmetal ;)

[drift kid]

First pair rocked up today, super pumped how it looks now.

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[drift kid]

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[Seventy]

Looks so good now!

[drift kid]

Red labels make baby jeesus cry

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[Matt]

Where did you buy your aftermarket v8 engine from? Engineering shouldn't be that tough tho given the quality of the work

[Javal]

Engineering shouldn't be that tough tho given the quality of the work

Would recommend.

[4doors]

Sweet hilux man! What's the go with the boys in blue?

Were you driving without it being engineered?

Also love the fact you implemented a lot of the fancy stuff from the Lexus inside the cabin. Holy smokes the electric steering column is so boss in an old lux.

[drift kid]

Yeah the elec column is pretty rad, definitely needs more comforts, needs some sort of elec assisted steering and aircon. The ute was never engineered, i just kept it registered through the build and then daylied it because i got lazy haha, it'll see the road again oneday, but i have other things to focus on at the moment.

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[drift kid]

2wd front guards yaay

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[4doors]

Bolt on flares going on soon?

[drift kid]

Nah will pump the fronts out a little and then make some metal ones for the rear to match the front

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[wookster]

Hey man, you still have this thing? Any updates?

[4doors]

Yes, it would be cool to see more of this thing.

[drift kid]

Actually trying to sell it currently of anybody is interested

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[wookster]

Actually trying to sell it currently of anybody is interested

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Uh, wow.

I really want to say I'm interested, but I'm not sure I could fund it, terrible timing. What price are you looking for?

[drift kid]

After 5500 which is a steal considering what I've spent and the time i have invested

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[wookster]

After 5500 which is a steal considering what I've spent and the time i have invested

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Hotdamn, yeah that is a good price on fabwork. I've been watching this thread for ages now...

[drift kid]

Well it could all be yours ;)

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[wookster]

I'm seriously considering it... not sure the boss will agree. Gonna chat about it and see if I could ever swing it

[drift kid]

I'm seriously considering it... not sure the boss will agree. Gonna chat about it and see if I could ever swing it
Sounds like you need to come have a look

[Matt]

Just turn up home with it and say it followed you home like a lost dog...

Always easier to ask for forgiveness vs permission to begin with.

[matt99]

You're wot m8?

[wookster]

Sounds like you need to come have a look
I'm keen to. ~12hr drive though :(

Trying to convince the better half she should be a GT starlet locally here so I can get this :D

Gonna PM some questions if you don't mind mate.

[drift kid]

Yeah go nuts man

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[drift kid]

After removing the power steering pump and simplifying the pulley system on the front of the engine as well as making up a new oil filter relocation block and installing my new mechanical oil pressure gauge i was finally able to install the new twin pass aluminium hypertune radiator. I can't wait to make the hardpipes and fill it with fluids again.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170715/30783583650b9469cfe164674b3ea9ba.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170715/1d1854b72710d964b6e056e3576b9664.jpg

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[LittleRedSpirit]

Epic conversion is epic

[drift kid]

Hypertune throttle body swap is done and just need to re make the intake pipe now.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171007/c1debf51d6c05195a5b1659b089d5603.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171007/a79725a576b10393ae6e1949fc095f86.jpg

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