OK last post hopefully so here's a summary of the remaining mods, cert process and a few action pics.
So with the engine in, suspension sorted, little rust removed and body work painted, it was time to install the exhaust, wire the bitch up and drive the sucker! I used a relay box from a nis*an sylvia (braces for flame) and used the relays and fuses in this for all the chevy related stuff, the lights/remaining toyota electrics stayed in the original toyota fuse box.
I had custom mandrel headers made for the donk since this was an easy way to get some extra ponies and if you're gonna spend money on an engine and tyres and bellhousing kit and...errrrrr you get the idea...
The headers run 4 into 1 and have oversize, midlength primaries that run into 3" collectors. They are HPC'd and definitely look the business, wish I hadve taken pics outa the truck but alas never got around to it. The exhaust is also 3", full mandrel with a single muffler, the bitch is LOUD, not shitty loud but kickass thundery setoff car alarms loud. Its not overly droney on the open road but is definitely capable of making babies cry and scaring old people.
I had a coldair box tigged up for the passenger side and am running a large pod close to the passenger guard. I want to eventually build a snorkel for that side (off the shelf ones plumb to the drivers side) and then plumb this to the sealable cold air box. I also didnt want to put on a 3" snorkel given that the minimum diameter of the stock intake is 3.5", so future mods may include a 4" custom snorkel.
Cooling wise I used the stock cruiser rad and picked up a ford taurus electric fan off ebay for about $100 IIRC. These fans flow MASSIVE amounts of air for an electric fan and Id definitely recommend to anyone who is having problems with cooling. They are two speed fans and flow more air on low than most (more expensive fans) do on high. Other cooling stuff...the camaro radiator has multiple inlets and oulets so I had to tap the water pump housing of the LT1 to plumb back in one water line that otherwise had nowhere to go.
Certification was pretty easy (I was FARKN nervous cause I was moving islands in 1 week at the time). The new extra wide/low backspacing wheels stuck way outa the guards so I imported some 3" flexi flares from the US to pre-empt that cert issue, only thing I got picked up on was that I needed to brace the longer shackles. An excursion around Chch metal retailers and a couple of hours in the shed and the fix was done, had it back at the certifiers and signed off the same day. One thing I was worried about was the brakes. Id heard that the big heavy 60 series were prone to getting picked up on brakes during certification, but fortunately the surf callipers passed the cruiser with flying colours. Oh yeah did I mention the KZN130 ('95 surf) callipers and new rotors? Id definitely recommend this bolt-on calliper upgrade to anyone with an 80s cruiser or hilux, the difference is night and day.
One final mod that came after cert and after my move/roady to the NI was a diff regear. My truck originally came with ultra poo 3.7 diffs, and with the 35"s one thing I was kinda dissapointed with was the gearing. Even though I had doubled my horsepower, with the WAY larger than standard tyres I pretty much had a 4-speed, since in 5th at 100kmh I was doing about 1500 rpm. I came across some (needle in a haystack) 4.56 stock landcruiser diffs in a truck being wrecked (the very same HJ60 being advertised for parts on ORE at the moment). Unfortunately the rear was a semifloat and my rear is a fullfloat, so I ordered new ring and pinions from the states for the rear (which means there is a semifloat 4.56 landcruiser diff up for grabs if anyone is interested...). A mate of mine happened to be in the states at the time so I added a lockright locker to the order and he brought the whole lot over with him free of charge
Setting up a diff was starting to stretch my level of mechanical expertise so I enlisted the help of my dad (the mechanic) and we spent the weekend removing, setting up, and replacing the diffs. I have JUST finished running in the new gears in the rear and the truck now drives awesome. The truck pulls alot harder and 4wd low is nice and crawley. I now sit at about 2.5k rpm at 100 kmph and my speedo is back to stock to boot.
Other neat little mods/fixes off the top of the head...tach correction was achieved via a 50c 200ohm potentiometer from jaycar wired inline from the coil (vs. $140 AUD kit from MARKS 4wd adaptors), speedo correction (pre diff regear) pull the needle off and pretension the spring.
Right piccies of the final product!!!!!!
Front and rear rainy pics....
New flares and wheels
Engine bay bling
Left header bling pre coating
Right header
OK action pics tomorrow I got to hit the sack
