Well I have kind of come to a turning point in the project, I have decided to put in coils and 4 link it might be more than I can chew but we'll see. Also for anyone who has ran into this problem before you can buy hollow bar from fletchers 35mm OD 20mm ID perfect for FJ80 Tie rod ends, well ...

Nice truck mate, I'm a few years behind you trying to get a 4age and hilux axles in mine. I don't know what welder you are using, assuming an inverted tig, if so try turning the frequency up on your fillet welds it will narrow the arc up and concentrate it in the corner you can also play around with ...

Maybe, I wasn't aware of another transfer case that would fit im using the hilux RF1A transfer case, but yeah I could have moved it back a little but blacktops have the distributor on the rear of the engine so wasn't alot more room to move it rearward anyway without cutting up the firewall. Well ...

Well today I rang up partsmaster to get a clutch went through a massive ordeal to workout the correct friction plate, then the dude rang exedy and they make a clutch kit for 4age to w55 w56 etc will post part number if it fits and hopefully save others hours of research. I think it is: TYK-7146HD ...

I used Leaf spring eye bushes to mount the engine and gbox I dont have a lot of room for movement but hopefully they will reduce noise and vibration a little

steering arms

transmission hole, W56 was a little larger

Once I get some more data I will upload some more photos At the moment the engine is in and mounted, 90% wired up, the diffs are in and I had to remake the steering arms to change to crossover from the toyota J-arm, I didn't want to use Hi steer as it completely ruins ackerman angle and I figuered ...

I decided to use a blacktop 4age and w56, I got hilux diffs from a LN106 the diffs weren't too hard to mount up I found the spring mounts were about 50mm out on each side front and rear and decided they would be the easiest to move. suzi 133.JPG the engine and gearbox on the other hand was not so ...

Ok well my Terrano project was taking forever to cert and in the meantime I needed a daily driver so I picked up a sj413 for 2.5k. It was riddled with rust, max speed was about 90k and the noises it made horrified me on a daily basis. All that said it used bugger all gas and went well offroad. The ...

Hi all in the process of changing to double double cardan drive shaft in the front and need another large flange for the diff should be 27 spline with about 60 x 70 10mm bolt pattern