my stupid lux

[vvega]

hey guys well im wayne
i work for a engineering company and im im obsessed with modding anything
a year ago i bought a mazda marvie ...after driving it for a bit i decided it needed a bit more go
so in went a 1uz
after i managed to kill the mazda auto i put in a 1uz with a surf transfer case on the back of it
just milled the housing etc put the uz sensors in the transfer .. so it would work with the uz factory computer



anyways
originally i wanted to build a Bigfoot... unfortunately i don't have a spare 200 k so once i got back to reality i realised that the marvie was a peace of shit
so i chopped it up and sold it on trademe

and bought a SWB lux for a cheap price
and so it started

i got a u to w bell off brendon @ a1 turbo's
made a flywheel on the cnc used 4130 and just copied a 3s fly ... and just made it heavier
started on the prep required to make it all happen
at the same time i drew up some extended shackles and gave them to a mate to get cut out
popped down to see our mate at P&H suspention in hams and got a full bush kit and new longer travel shocks

ive lifted the body 75mm....rather than lift the chassis as well i though it woudl be better to keep my center of gravity lower and a 75mm lift would allow me to push the uz futher back over the front axel
so grabbed some 60mm uhumpe off the shelf and bored some 12mm holes though (originals were m10 bolts) though because thee was plenty of room to move id go up a size...could have gone to m14 but the crush tubes would have got a little thin (made slightly bigger ones of them as well)
new bolts nylocks etc and put it all back togiether

steering needed a 25mm spacer and some extended pins .. so spun them up and fitted it all
still not happy with the spacer ...gunna talk to the cert man on what he wants to just extend the shaft , id be happier with that
bought some 15x 10 rims off marc down in westport (dam nice guy ) and got some rubber for them
i looked about for tyres and chose the scorpian mud's 33 x 12.5 x 15's....they seam very small compared to what you guys are running but hey...ive never driven off road in a truck so i wont notice
and they got fitted tonight

this weekend i plan to put the uz in ...i have to trip to TGA tomorrow to pic up a alloy rad i grabbed of trademe /ex sprintcar jobbie and mod that to fit
useing a late 2j crown fuel tank (100 liters) and pump

ayways enough of the babble
here are some pics .. no particular order

picture green moldy pain and bald steel wheels and thats how i got it
gave it a cut and chucked on some spare wheels and it sorta looked less shit


half a lift

all of a lift

rusty body crush tube
bolt i made the new steerring pins from .. just so i have evidence of material used
extened pins and stock pin

again

pile of bits

bit of 65 mm stock

then there were 6

cnc making my fly

tyres on rims yay


before tyre change

while a uz sits in my garage ... a little ute waits

[vvega]

[vvega]

so here is the current job


love this piccy was tempted to reverse up on flatmates car:D

oh look at that bit on the tray ... could it be some new bracing



you can see where i started to weld in new patches and then realised... this is fucken stupid.. just fix it
the corner sectons are from a ms65 and just grafted them in there



#### i wish i could drive it like that


rust has rotted out the roof so badly that the supporting ribs and support structure is fucked as well
this is looking down


thats not the roof skin ... thats the a pillar reinforcoing


and this is look up at the piccy before last


arh well least teh first guard is primed ready to get some white stuff on it
bare metaled every panel then etched both sides then 2 pac primer/filler both sides... will flick color on both sides as well
IMO the better the seal coat the longer it will last


and there is a new roof skin ... over night parts from japan ... #### i feel JDM as #### now

[vvega]

[vvega]

last night on my way out to ben's (wopass) then cam belt broke .......
lucky there a non interferance motor so
200 bucka later for a cambelt,tensioner and 2 idlers + 4 hours of work we are running again
not to bad for modified vehical serviceability




still a bit more to go but ive come a long way with it

[new2zukes]

farout that looks awsome how long did it take to get to that stage? looks like some quality work there unlike my work

[vvega]

november lst year i think i started

[Jerry]

how well does the aluminum radiator cool the 1uz?

[coxsy]

been to see it twice now great peice of work

[nzhunter]

frek looking rad man! I'll have to come for a gander sometime

Good to see another mean hilux with an eng conversion in hams!

[vvega]

how well does the aluminum radiator cool the 1uz?

seams to work fine hard to put it under real load on the road

[flyingbrick]

Pretty gutted you couldnt take me for a ride.

Put some fkn windows in it

[vvega]

lol wear a gowd dam rain coat :d
only reason im not out driving it it the lack of window wipers....plan to fix that tomorrow

[Andrew1706]

This thing would be perfect for this sort of weather, v8, bugger all weight in the back

[vvega]

TBH its stupid to drive ATM
4 gear give it a stab and its a mess
last thing i wanna do is loose my licence been so close to having it done

[curly12]

lol wear a gowd dam rain coat :d

I think Jase needed more than a rain coat when he was in my Hilux without windows................

[flyingbrick]

lol wear a gowd dam rain coat :d

I think Jase needed more than a rain coat when he was in my Hilux without windows................

HAHAHAHAHAhahhaahahahaha

[tintin]

what gearbox, bell housing, cluch, ecu are you using

[vvega]

using a night parts/a1 turbo's bell u to w
g52 gearbox 9 1/2 clutch out of a mr2 turbo
and a link g4 storm ecu

considering changing to the r series bos... but they kill transfer boxes so it kinda a mute point
may also upgrade to a 10" clutch

im about to make a run of 10" ones but i do have 1 9 1/2 left but its a molly one so its far from cheap @ about 500 bucks

[vvega]

lol wear a gowd dam rain coat :d

I think Jase needed more than a rain coat when he was in my Hilux without windows................

HAHAHAHAHAhahhaahahahaha

dont laugh bitch ... thats gunna be you

[flyingbrick]

dont laugh bitch ... thats gunna be you

I'll get muddy while hooking the tow rope up to your lux when it breaks?

I'm going to roll on over to your place this week and make you take me for a ride k.

[curly12]

dont laugh bitch ... thats gunna be you

I'll get muddy while hooking the tow rope up to your lux when it breaks?

I'm going to roll on over to your place this week and make you take me for a ride k.

What time sunday??? I may be there..........

[vvega]

lol went out to bens tonight .. and.. front wheel bearing is fucked and my cv has flogged out the bush
arh well just like everthign else on this truck ill replace it tomorrow :d
... TBH there not much that i havent replaced now hope appco have the kits in stock.. or maybe its bnt time

oh and hey curly lol

[flyingbrick]

dont laugh bitch ... thats gunna be you

I'll get muddy while hooking the tow rope up to your lux when it breaks?

I'm going to roll on over to your place this week and make you take me for a ride k.

What time sunday??? I may be there..........

Yeah i would not mind catching up with some more of you waikato 4x4ers.

Problem is that my mrs lives in alk so i tend to spend most of my time up here.

[vvega]

hahaha so much to say so little motovation

[flyingbrick]

hahaha so much to say so little motovation

Whats that mean?

#### im not going to let you borrow my pipe bender if you keep this up

[vvega]

lol
ow nathan dont be so emotional

rebuilt the front axels today
all bearings seals etc were replaces and man what a differance
one size the needles were flat and had chunks missin as well as a cadge that had half rusted off
and the kingpin bearings .. one looked like corogated iron rather than a nice smooth surface... seriously no exageration

so no more clicking .. and it drives reallly nice :d
massive inprovement
next step ... onto pinion angles brakes and cert

[wjw]

most people down here with UZ's that had manuals are moving to autos...

[vvega]

its funny
a lot of people that have hanueal swear by them
same with auto's
personally ..... i have no experance driving offroad with ethier... so its just a learning curve for me

[flyingbrick]

Why do you have to correct the pinion angles? getting vibration? or just as a preventative measure?