Slydho, nice work so far, I like your 80/20 philosophy. I'm currently effing about with a Bighorn cored tmic on my KZN130 in an attempt to get my pre-turbo egt's down from a regular 730 celcius under any sort of load, (have seen 807!!!). EGT gauge gotta be best economy mod ever invented! Lots of ...

Cheers, I wondered about your vocation with all the talk of data loggers and thermocouples, i work in oil distillation so have to deal with such things daily too. Mostly wondering how they work.... You mention a factory i/c cover (KZJ95 and late KZN185?) but i was under the impression that they have ...

Calvin Sorry to cover old ground, but as you are a pioneer here i was wondering if i could ask a couple of questions regarding this set-up as i am in the process of attempting same on my KZN130. I already have a dump pipe, 56mm and 32mm, port-matched to outlets with divider in turbo outlet, a manual ...

Yo, I can confirm the 15x7 -20 will work, i have OE 78 series alloys on my KZN130W, all underneath factory wide-body and same style as OE +8 (and 80 series +10 for that matter). Only differences are silver paint rather than diamond machine finish, and the offset increase of 28mm makes the steering ...

And im gonna try some snake-oil called EvapoRust Cooling System Flush. Theres a bit of scale on the old hoses and pump parts i removed so maybe its insulating the metal bits from the coolant. Some Penrite Sin coolant will be next after that. Will let you know. Its only money after all ...

Fitzy, Cheers for that. I admit i have been tunnel visioned on repairing/improving the efficiency of the cooling system on my Surf, but along the way i have found a partly blocked radiator, non-standard design thermostat, iffy water pump combination. Each time i have thought "Eureka, that'll fix the ...

Evo'2 you mentioned you hit 105 degrees c, i saw that peak on my cheap Calibre digital display (taps into 'boss' on water outlet neck) Wednesday going up the Brynderwyns towing around 1500kg (30 deg ambient, aircon off, drive no o/d). Frankly it gave me the shites having just done the waterpump and ...

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P/n for latest Toyota pump that I used is 16100-69356, hope this helps.

Cheers, Adam

Good to see i'm not the only nightworker in NZ! I was semi-forced into the trans/engine split originally. Radiator guy couldnt get auto rad' easily, so i just manned up. I already had the other cooler inline, so just changed the hoses around. Have never had the A/T hot light up since, and i just use ...

Hi Guys Just joined up having tried nearly everything on my KZN130 auto to keep it cool. Heaps of relevant info, loving it. Major flushing, modified temp guage, new manual radiator, 76 degree Prado thermostat, trans cooled thru DaviesCraig cooler only, nothing worked. Read every post on Aussie site ...