Proect MATT4U, 2 years later

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:27 am

Well I got my self a 1988 hilux surf on friday nite, its got 158,000k's on the clock, VERY VERY tidy condition, bullbars shitty mud and snow tyers (30") and came with a crappy crapy player.
I have installed my pioneer cd player in it now, fitted some mud thanks to sunday afternoon.
Its got a 2.4L Turbo Deisel boat anchor under the bonnet.

Plans for the future include, a rear shackle lift, winding the front torshon bars up. A 50mil body lift. some mud tyers, either 31" or 32" and a snorkle.
Here it is clean

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:08 am

If you are only going to go to 31" or 32" tyres, can I suggest you'd be better off with 50mm suspension lift and/or longer travel shocks than the body lift? You really don't need a body lift for anything under 33" tyres... just up the bum in the air a bit and wind up the torsion bars to suit. Having said that, maybe 33"s would be a better choice for it? It wil kill the gearing a little, but you will appreciate the difference offroad immensely.

The photo of it 'cocking its leg' is a goodie

but it does show where some longer shocks would help out a lot by trying to keep those wheels on the ground for longer.

It does look pretty tidy for its age - most of them are pretty battered by now. 2.5" Exhaust will be another essential mod to keep the motor cool and let it rev easier.

Good score... and good to see you've installed some aftermarket mud in the correct and approved manner... factory mud is hopless

Steve

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:19 am

I thought about 33" but Its slow enough as it is, I think the zaust has already been enlargened,
Yea the factory mud fell off at the 1st corner so I deciede to use a aftermarket replacement

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:03 am

V cool!!
Ah memories of my old surf/first 4x4.........

I didn't have much $$ at the time, so i removed all the silencers from the exhaust system, fitted a coby style thing, and put the out let out the side just in front of the back wheel.
Performance improvement was awsome for the little expense and effort involved.
Not as good as the full 2.5 - 3" system, but works if your on a budget!!!!

I put longer shackles on mine, wound the T-Bars up, cut the bump stops and removed the front sway bar. That was all with in the first month of having it :wink:

I had 15 X 8 white spokes with the biggest off set i could get, eg landcruiser/safari offset and 31 X 10.5's.
Went bloody well untill you ran outa travel.

As for the boat anchor, i never had a problem with it. Got the head checked twice, and it was still good when i got rid of it. Bloody strange.

In the end the blow by was so much that it wouldn't turn off when really hot, and would start to run away on you down hill in low first.

I actually wonder if it was a leaking/dribbleing injector now i'm a bit more experienced with diesels.

I highly recommend a K&N or Unifilter for it, and dissconecting the crank case breather and exiting it under the vehicle.

Also keep a close eye on the rubber section from the air box lid to the pipe to the turbo. Seen heaps that are cracked and perished underneath where the stretch. I sleeved a section of old inner tube over mine :lol:

Umm, other than mentioning that your front mud flaps are best removed right now with tools rather than your big new front tyres, it looks good, and have fun!!!!

Pete.

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:07 am

yea I need to replace the rubber intake pipe, its a highly modded aftermarker ductape item :roll:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:14 am

Thats a standard problem on them, that pipe. If you go to somewhere like repco and take it in and ask to see their radiator pipes, then you will probably find a flexy one about the same diameter and length which will fit and solve the problem. Thats what I have done in the past. Make sure its flexy tho, there needs to be some movement there.

Other than that, you can go to Toyota and get a genuine replacement for about $220!

Steve.

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:16 am

Im going to blenheim this weekend and Im shure I have some pipe int eh shed somewhere that will fit fine. Im the tape master till then

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:26 pm

yer i run 33's on mine it's a bit slow on the road, but makes up for it in the mud, diff ratios, are 4.5's, if i wanted something fast would of brought a jet plane, has the 2.5 inch exhaust and goes pretty good,

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:32 pm

Well I got my hooks mounted

Petemcc · Post by **Petemcc** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:35 pm

nice looking hooks. what did they cost? where did you get them and how easy was it go mount them etc. my tuck has a reasonably good looking standard hook on the front and i put a d-shakel through the drawbar but will probably look at upgrading soon as you never know what other people have done to tow hooks. its much easier to get good hooks than replace the person you kill when they come off lol.

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:43 pm

I just used a high tensile steel bar and drilled it, (NEVER AGAIN!!!!)

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:50 pm

Igot my breathers setup last week.

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:18 am

Over the weekend I picked up the next part for my truck, I spose its not really "a" part and more like half a truck.
Here Is a hint.

And here is how you jack ya truck up.

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:19 am

Now that toy is going to make your body swap nice and easy

Just fork thru and lift...

Whens the swap happening? Looks like you may need some new front springs in there... they're a bit beyond flat...

Steve

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:25 pm

Dont know when I'll do the swap, I'll probably get the truck down from Blenheim to do the swap, so once I sort out the location to do the swap i'll start on it.

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:12 pm

buy mine it already has the big SAS and lift but sadly i blew the engine on sunday so the price has droped and i will not be fixing it so will take offers !! :cry:

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:22 pm

Why would I want to buy yours when I can build my owne, lol.
I got 16" 750 S.A.T's for mine, the swap to the SAS chassie will be easy ish.

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:24 pm

its the small things in life that take the time and cost the money ......... buy the way how much do you think its going to cost you to do your SAS

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:33 am

Well that the fun part, its not really a SAS, its an unbolt and bolt up. Im just gonna swap chassies.

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:25 am

The new look.

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hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:17 pm

is that a watch tower on the passenger wing matt??????

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:21 pm

it looks worse in the pics than it really is

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:31 pm

Looks good Matt.

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:55 am

Looking good for the Conway trip next weekend

Is that a bucket of soapy water I see

where do you keep the cut and polish :roll:

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:03 am

I think its to scratched for cut and polish.
I have to cleen it, you need a cleen canvis to work on every weekend you see.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:10 am

MATT4U wrote: you need a cleen canvis to work on every weekend you see.

clean canvas :shock:

i prefer to leave the mud on so i cant see all the scratches and dents

so then i wont feel obliged to fix them :wink:

krawlr · Post by **krawlr** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:26 am

going for the agricultural look :wink:

good lookn snorkel dude,good work

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:41 pm

We started the swap at about 10:30 of friday, it didnt take long to split the chassie from the body. We spent the rest of the day removing the engine and other bits.

On Saturday we treated my truck to the same splitting the chassies from the body and then swaping the engine over and swapping bits accross.

By day 3 things realy came together, spending part of the morning finishing up the chassie and rolling it under. Once the body was sitting in place and bolted up it didn't take long to fit all the engine parts, bleed the brakes and power stearing. A few pumps on the fuel filter pump, a flick of the key and she was in life, backed out of the shed, a test drive and a few checks, all was ok. Time to test flex. the photos speak for themselves

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:07 pm

okay i think that tops the acheivements for the weekend

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:41 am

Nice job.

Matt.