John's surf project v8 and SAS

[jonossiksilvia]

hi all

so a few years ago i had a 1990 v6 surf and due to some issues i had to sell it. but ever since i sold it i've wanted to build 1 from scratch - my ideal surf

so here it goes:

brought the truck standard early feb 2011





so after already owning 1 in the past i knew what i wanted to do to it

time to start only a week after buying it sent it to the shop

rip this stuff out




and throw this in



half way through



and this is the result which included lifting the rear to match, some manual converted prado fwh





next was fitting a 40mm body lift




to fit 4 of these including a spare 35/12.5/15 creepy crawers on 15x8 rims



result

[jonossiksilvia]

next was to get ride of this peice of crap



so 2 weeks after getting the truck back from the workshop this happened



which resulted in this



and this is whats going in



so some time was spent getting everything ready to fit the engine:
replace cambelt, waterpump, idlers, tensioner, rotors
replace starter motor as old 1 was unable to be rebuilt due to seized bearing with brand new one
new accessory belt and bearings for idler and tensior
gut internals of hydro fan unit
rebuilt powersteer pump as was leaking
remove tail housing on 1uz auto and fit transfer case on
mounted handbrake on inside of firewall
cut off old engine mounts off of chassis
remove other parts from engine bay that were not needed

[jonossiksilvia]

heres the transfer case mounted to the auto




getting ready to drop into the hole



getting close



time to make some engine mounts. rubber mounts are brand new from the mountshop and are for small diggers $120nzd for 2. note only tacked at this stage - will get finished shots





and here is transfer mount we made up to fit to oe gearbox cross member note also tacked and will up date




results:




how the factory shoulda made surfs:

[RJT]

Very

[rokhound]

Good stuff Jono.

[jonossiksilvia]

finished engine and transfer mounts






got exhaust done twin 2.5inch systems. finish at rear diff for now till i do rear bumper then will extend







fitted the required driveshaft hoop for cert



oil filter setup and a tee to use factory pressure gauge and also oil pressure warning light





here is the cooling setup. powersteer cooler left, radiator middle and trans cooler right with own 7inch fan behind it



and the fan controller



the diesel cluster with a 2.0l 4 cylinder petrol tach fitted



handbrake fitted on inside



centre console fitting and hooked up. needed no mods



heres a picture of the electric hubs that i got converted to manual. these are more reliable than the electrics. they also better than changing to normal manual hubs as they require a spacer to be made up which always snap hub studs



so guys its all up to date of where im up to on the truck

[jonossiksilvia]

Very

cheers

[jonossiksilvia]

Good stuff Jono.

cheers mate. your truck looks tank

[suzukisport]

Awesome work, truck looks great

[KIWI_TERRANO]

what happened to the old motor ?

looks awesome mate, makes me miss my old surf

[jonossiksilvia]

Awesome work, truck looks great

cheers mate

[jonossiksilvia]

what happened to the old motor ?

looks awesome mate, makes me miss my old surf

old motor got sold off

i bet it does. got axle swap done by same guy as you

[jonossiksilvia]

so the list of things to do has gotten smaller

fit the high speed winch - engineer mate making up mounting plate to mount it then can build rest of bumper off of it.
fit the aftermarket 4.88 r&p gears and locker for back
make up running boards
fit mates old rear bar setup
finish the last part of wiring motor already runs
make up snorkel
and go for cert

[mud_slinger]

nice work jono. looks real good. who did the fab work?

when is the test drive taking place?

[jonossiksilvia]

nice work jono. looks real good. who did the fab work?

when is the test drive taking place?

cheers mate. me and my engineering mate done all the work except the sas. usual story of me tacking everything and mate doing finale welds.

already been for balt up street. smokes the 35"s to much without the locker

off road test drive will be once got cert as my s14 turbo dont have a tow bar to trailer it anywhere

[mud_slinger]

let me know when you doing the off road test, mu isnt far away from going for a run too

[niblik]

sweet chap! looks goodly and you'll love the power i bet! heh..

make sure ya post up when ya havin a shakedown run..

[jonossiksilvia]

let me know when you doing the off road test, mu isnt far away from going for a run too

will do mate.

[jonossiksilvia]

sweet chap! looks goodly and you'll love the power i bet! heh..

make sure ya post up when ya havin a shakedown run..

cheers. will post up when it will have test run. only be day trip so not to far from home if turns to crap. prob be a waimak or ashley run

[pruggerdore]

I dont really like sufs but you seem to have fixed that one. well done

[jonossiksilvia]

I dont really like sufs but you seem to have fixed that one. well done

cheers. i wanted a 4 door wagon that wasnt to big. another option was looking at was a prado but they little bit bigger so went for surf.

[Drurban]

That is a nice looking 4WD, you make it look so easy to do , nice work.

Chur

[jonossiksilvia]

That is a nice looking 4WD, you make it look so easy to do , nice work.

Chur

cheers mate. will look a bit different once bar work is done. if i wasnt making it to do hard 4wdriving i would of kept the factory bumpers and running boards cos it looked clean

[T-Boon]

Dream surf right here..

Looking damn good !

[hosehustler]

great work, awesome little write up, you may have to do some rear guard chopping even with the 40mm lift, when it sarts flexing offroad may hit ya tyres, I bet that V8 sounds the part, you'll grin everytime ya start it up

[jonossiksilvia]

Dream surf right here..

Looking damn good !

Cheers mate

[jonossiksilvia]

great work, awesome little write up, you may have to do some rear guard chopping even with the 40mm lift, when it sarts flexing offroad may hit ya tyres, I bet that V8 sounds the part, you'll grin everytime ya start it up

Cheers mate. Yeah was thinking bout guards but time will tell. I love that sound of it. Can't wait to hear it going full tit suck in some mud. Been having a good read up of ur surf buildup - its how I want mine to sorta look.

[dave_ln130]

flick me a text when you head out ,ill find a hole you can pull me oput of to test it hahaha chur

i got a tow bar and transporter.........

[jonossiksilvia]

flick me a text when you head out ,ill find a hole you can pull me oput of to test it hahaha chur

i got a tow bar and transporter.........

good man dave

[jonossiksilvia]

well the diffs have been sent in to rick at 4wd acc to get the ratios changed and a locker fitted. mate dropped of the winch mount he made me so i can start doing some bar work now