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Hey all

Finally got a cruiser to have a play with
Its a 85 swb cruiser with i think the 13b-t

will get some good pics up tomorrow but heres a couple for you now







am going to get a 2 inch body lift made... will i be running into any problems???

Looks tidy! How long will that last??

You'll want to get rid of the tube under the front bumper - it'll reduce the approach angle something horrible...

yea i thought about this and might aswell just take the whole thing off... its alloy so it aint going to stop to much other then shrubs.

get a 2"spring lift OME with matching shocks, chuck some 33's on and drive it like you stole it..hehehe

Big wrote:get a 2"spring lift OME with matching shocks, chuck some 33's on and drive it like you stole it..hehehe

i second that, but if it has a 13bt ease some more boost into it and run 35's!!!

Get some mud on that thing quick...... she's a bit too shiney looking

NICE TRUCK

Nice looking unit and a nice engine!

What mods need to be done to a 70 to get 35s under?

I did a 2 inch body lift, i think a 2 inch suspension lift would also work....

fweddy wrote:
What mods need to be done to a 70 to get 35s under?

You should be right with a 50mm body lift, I've got OME springs in the front and a 50mm body lift and I've never had any rubbing, I dunno about the back coz I havent got any body work at the back of my truck

on bubbas truck we tried a set of 35" creepies on -25 offset 15x8's with no rubbing and only a 50mm bodylift

cheers for all the comments guys

have a friend of mine who can make up a 2 inch body lift for me so will throw that in... how much boost could i safely be running as the motors in mint condition and dont wanna go ruining it???

im running 13psi boost with the pump cranked up goes real good turns 37s ezy

cruzerboy wrote:im running 13psi boost with the pump cranked up goes real good turns 37s ezy

oh ok remember mines a daily

if u dont wana kill it leave the boost mine turned 35s with standed boost and with out the pump turned up not two bad

cruzerboy wrote:if u dont wana kill it leave the boost mine turned 35s with standed boost and with out the pump turned up not two bad

yea that sounds more me... what 35's were you running

had creepycrawlers and then mudzilas

im running 36" swampers with beadlock rims on 10psi and pump cranked it runs real nice.I find it has great tourque off road,if your gana put some big rubber under it then consider a cv upgrade or drive it carefully

Ah the first weekend with the new truck is always awesome
got to learn a bit about it such as the lsd works very well haha.

also found out that it isnt in fact a 13b-t but a 3B with an aftermarket turbo setup as i believe they didnt come out factory turbo, correct me if im wrong.

Also thought we'd try on his 35 wranglers on the cruiser just to see if they fitted



i think it looks farking awesome and doesnt rub on full lock either

minimun wrote:also found out that it isnt in fact a 13b-t but a 3B with an aftermarket turbo setup as i believe they didnt come out factory turbo, correct me if im wrong.

consider yourself corrected..

they came out in turbo form alright...

niblik wrote:

minimun wrote:also found out that it isnt in fact a 13b-t but a 3B with an aftermarket turbo setup as i believe they didnt come out factory turbo, correct me if im wrong.

consider yourself corrected..

they came out in turbo form alright...

oh hate being corrected haha

had a little search on the net and couldn't find anything on it... oh well its mine so who cares... is there a big difference between the two?

if ya have a looky down the page by the engine specifications bit.. you'll fine the comparisons..

http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/artic ... ?id=264200

The odd thing is, the turbo doesnt have any toyota markings and doesnt have an internal nor external wastegate - well, that I can see...

niblik wrote:if ya have a looky down the page by the engine specifications bit.. you'll fine the comparisons..

http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/artic ... ?id=264200

all i see is the 3B and not specs for a 3B-t

Not many of the SWBs had the 13bt so it might be a modded 3b. The 13BTs were mainly in the MWBs it seems

fweddy wrote:Not many of the SWBs had the 13bt so it might be a modded 3b. The 13BTs were mainly in the MWBs it seems

i'd say your right

Andrew1706 wrote:The odd thing is, the turbo doesnt have any toyota markings and doesnt have an internal nor external wastegate - well, that I can see...

though it does have a strange turbo on it

....and on the seventh day God rested, built LandCruisers went four wheel driving and nobody has seen him much since then..... http://rustybrain.com/cruisers/faq.txt

That site should be welded into the dashboard of every real Cruiser

still not seeing anything on a 3B-t

also i want to know if i have a gbox which can use a PTO. its the H55F and has a cover on the back of the box but i havnt opened it to have a look

minimun wrote:also i want to know if i have a gbox which can use a PTO. its the H55F and has a cover on the back of the box but i havnt opened it to have a look

Yep the split transfercases can run PTO's but you'll have to pop the cover off to see if it has the PTO drive gear installed, some transfercases just had a spacer on the shaft instead of the drive gear. If it hasnt got the drive gear you'll have to find someone with an old transfercase you can rob one out of

Sadam_Husain wrote:

minimun wrote:also i want to know if i have a gbox which can use a PTO. its the H55F and has a cover on the back of the box but i havnt opened it to have a look

Yep the split transfercases can run PTO's but you'll have to pop the cover off to see if it has the PTO drive gear installed, some transfercases just had a spacer on the shaft instead of the drive gear. If it hasnt got the drive gear you'll have to find someone with an old transfercase you can rob one out of

haw haw haw...if you're lucky you can pick one up on tardme for about $30..hehehe i know I got robbed ..LOL took me about 1 hour to open her up, swap the bits and hey presto..sweet ass..cheers

Can anyone tell us off the top of their head how long the body bolts are, and how long they need to be for 2" lift?

Wanna get this thing to woodhill this weekend.