Offroad-Express

Well just finished my 2lte to 3l conversion and drove it home for the first time from the exhaust shop and what a difference bewteen the 2.8l(3l) and 2lte motor..The 3l motor seems so much quicker,Didnt drive it far as had no water temp gauge ..I will do a write up/piccys on the conversion as there were a few bits and peices that had to be changed but no biggy will give a idea on price's if anyone alse is doing it..all the brackets had to be swapped bewteen motors,only little problem was the dust plate bewteen motor and gearbox is different(found this out AFTER everything was in/bolted up) bewteen the 2 motors so the one i have in there now is a bolt out allthough doesn't matter it still annoys me!

Had plenty of people telling me I should have just chucked the turbo gear on it,But for what i want it for I'm more then happy with the way it goes


3l motor from yukkon $2500-There were cheaper but this was
the newst/lowest k's i could find
Got a full 2 1/4 exhaust system with extractors from hornby exhausts $700
Radiator $85
Viscous fan re wax $75
$15 to get a filler neck put on radiator (2lte one is on the thermostat housing) from burnside radiator(had to get these done for motor warrenty)
Delo400 gold $39.99 for 5lx2
Antifreeze $40
Flexi intake pipe $50
Egt gauge and water temp gauge about $115 each from auburins

Big thanks to Chopper for doing the swap for me and drinking my beer,And Leigh at hornby exhausts, he is the man to go to

Cheers,Rob

finally your POS is running again, only been how long

Can anyone confirm the rev counter signal comes off the alternator?.And would this be the same with the 2lte?

signal comes from the injector pump on these toyota diesels doesn't it?

definetely the injector pump buddy. can take a photo of the wires if needed?

taitantoyota wrote:definetely the injector pump buddy. can take a photo of the wires if needed?

Cheers but think i have it sorted
Update:
Everything is mostly done now apart from:
the engine check light that stayed on-fixed by disconnecting the ecu
no rev counter -the factory tacho for the 2lte uses a digital signal from the ecu while the 3L uses a analouge signal,Have sent the dash away to see if they can convert it
had wired the start stop solinoid to the wrong wire so there was a delay before turned it off but fixed that now
Cheers,Rob

Argh theres allways stuff that never starts in the budget.
Removed the ecu to get rid of the engine check light,And now the glow plug circut does not work.$150 later i have a aftermarket glow plug timer ,Yeah i could have just plugged the ecu back in and removed the check light bulb but it's done now

The rev counter is costing $300 to change which i guess i should have presumed as i could imagine it being a real fiddley job.Could have gone for a after market gauge but i don't want gauges everywhere.already got aftermarket EGT and Water temp

so around $600 later i should be going for a WOF
Cheers,Rob

Hey,
Try these guys in Nelson. They may be able to sort you out with a signal converter http://anythingelectronic.co.nz/products.asp

Cheers
Sam

Thanks for that.But already getting it done at parrots here in christchurch
Cheers,Rob

Took truck in for a WOF today.failed on:
Steering(steering wheel is loose.Never noticed it)
Brake pads and possibley brake discs
and update cert plate (didn't think they would notice the lack of turbo )
Cheers,Rob