thort id do an update on my shitty old surf,
after a major breakthrough only made possible by one of the members of this site "SUPRASURF"
anyways,
vehicle in question:
1990 VZN130 2 door (red interior YUK!)
bought for $600 on trademe with a leg out of bed on the V6.
yanked out the V6, mounted a 93' JZA80 2JZ-GE six to the auto with some custom engine mounts i made at work.
No mods were needed to mount the engine to the trans, a bellhousing swap is all that was needed. tourque converters are the same even.....
though the gearbox did need shifting backward which was made possible with a LN130 box crossmember and modified shifter linkages
the standard V6 sits forward of normal diesel position by 50mm to clear the shitty exhuast cross pipe.
auto is fully manualised with a hand full of diodes and the shift location switch.
engine is run Via a Megasquirt ECU which i have used in allot of my cars and a few of my mates cars.
A very cost effective sollution.
4inch suspesion left was then installed, which was sourced from a guy in CHCH that SUPRASURF got me in contact with
which not only enabled me to put 33/12.5/15 rubber on the truck but also ment i could leave the sump mostly untouched.
lots more room for the exhuast was also a by product of this lift kit.
i run landcrusier rear shocks and pajero rears for the front shocks, it ride hard one the road but quite nice over the hard bumps when offroad.
Its 1st trip was a trip from jafa land to the national park for a lap around the "42"
this was with knackard front shocks and road wheels.
before i put tyres on this thing it owed me $900, (not including the price of the engine cos i stole that from my supra)
then i put some KL71 Kumho's on it with landcruiser offset rims which more than doubled its value, but i sold my winch to fund the tyres ( no i don't plan on getting stuck).
A week before our next trip (queens birthday weekend annual 4x4 excursion) i have the tyres and a large ugly bullbar mounted.
i would like to have some sort of cold air intake sorted before i go as the pod filter just plain sucks hot air off the radiator (logged 80deg c air temp on the Megasquirt)
but ive yet to come up with an idea to solve the problem.
anyways,id best go do some work on the pig.
Cheers to suprasurf and his mate in chch for the lift kit, and many thanks to the creators of this website. it is a damn good source of info and like minded folk.
Daniel.
"As FAST as Possible, As SLOW as necessary"
