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first of the suzi was having problems with the t-case
I replaced the bearings a few times and the gear box was getting bad to.

So i try-ed to get an adapter plate to put the G52(Toyota) gear box behind the 1.6 16 valve.
At the same time a mate was was putting a 3y E (efi)engine in to his 3y carby hilux. He sold the lux and had the engine and box sitting there so i got it cheap and started to put it in the suzi.

first off i cut the trans tunnel out




making new engine mounts




new gear box mounts




3Y E sitting in engine bay




I have put the transmission tunnel in put have no pics as yet

This is a slow build at the moment as i am at tec and have no money [/img]

looks good what other mods have you done to your vitara?

My bad did not say
it is a sj413



specs
RRO coil kit (6")
Body Lift (1")
32" simex Extreme Trekker
oz racing rims (16")
Wheel Spacers (1")
4.7:1 t-case gears
toyota diffs 4.88 r&p
with Birfield eliminator kit
air tec snorkel
Vitara brake boster
newports front bar
Vitara Radiator
adjustable Proportioning valve
Bushwacker fender flares (6")


It had a 1.6 16 valve vitara engine
sj box a calmini 5.14:1 t-case

WOW thats a phat 413 ,wats a 3y 4 cylinder ,V6 ,V8?,

redzuki wrote::shock: WOW thats a phat 413 ,wats a 3y 4 cylinder ,V6 ,V8?,

4 cylinder toyota motor.

thats fukin cool man....i thort it was a vitara because of the glovebox in that photo lol......

sweet rig dude , well done on the mods .
show me some more pics of those diff links...
Andy

a few pics of the links

holy shiza!!! thants a mint 413 man.....redzuki this is what u need to do

Just out of curiosity , pull one bolt out of one side of the front links to diff mounts and see if it flex's any better .
From the pic I would expect that to be a bit tight unles there is a slip joint you can't see .

Nice work thou , looks good .

Cheers
Chris

x2 Rotazuk

Just out of curiosity , pull one bolt out of one side of the front links to diff mounts and see if it flex's any better .
From the pic I would expect that to be a bit tight unles there is a slip joint you can't see .

Nice work thou , looks good .

Cheers
Chris

i did not now about the slip joint when we put the kit in and welded
it so it did not slip.
i have started to fix it to day

i grinded welds off to day
the bit i marked



i got same pics to day but did not get the cable to down load them

THATS PHAAT YO !.....

for a zook

nice truck dude

Progress on toysuzi.

Trans tunnel fully in.



Room made for the drive shaft.
The cross member was in the way. New bit was welded on top.



What the drive shaft angle will look like.



A pose pic.

Just out of curiosity , pull one bolt out of one side of the front links to diff mounts and see if it flex's any better .
From the pic I would expect that to be a bit tight unles there is a slip joint you can't see .

Nice work thou , looks good .

Cheers
Chris


That last pic was with the slip joint out. It now
flex's a lot better.



Thanks james

worked on the suzi this week. tried and get the wiring done.
But the dash loom was missing so i'am how after the dash loom
from a 3Y E toyota surf/hilux.
it goes from the computer to the ignition and has a few relays on it.

I have taken the frount gards off as well to make it easy to work
on and put a clutch master cylinder on off a Mitsubishi vr4 as the bolt
holes are straight up an down.
fitted the doors and driver seat.

so all i did was tidy a few things up



and re did same welds




also showed off the flex on the hoist

MINNNNNTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! that is wicked dude, almost make me wana sell me vitara........yea right do you think im mad

just about to get a 1" BL (to miss the cluch fork) a double carden joint
to put on the drive shaft i'm running now and some heavier springs
(150lb 12" to 200lb 12")for the front.
All from RRO

hi mate,this does look like a rather mean machine,how are you getin along with the dash wiring loom,ive just stripped a 3ye hilux and do have whats left of the loom,i cant garentee its all there but its urs if u want it and are willing to pay the postage to whereva u are,ill try get a pic up soon and if u like it then yeh,ur problem will be solved

That whould be great if if i could get it. Iam willing to pay
for the bit of wiring loom i'm missing as it is
holding up the build
thanks james


Also just orded MARLIN CRAWLERS 4.7 to 1 t-case gears and
the Birfield eliminator kit that replaces the Birfield joints with Dana 44 U joints

http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transfercase/gears.htm



http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/axles.htm

yeh no worries james,i can see that u live in nelson so ill get it out tomorrow night,find out what its gonna cost to send and also take a photo for u too,all goin well ull have it early next week chandler

how much u want
do not mind paying up to $300 inc shipping

you could get a whole engine for $300 (no shipping that is)

I got my BL and harder springs on Monday and went
out and fitted it all up only took about 1 1/2 hours
and the clutch fork now miss the body

And got the wiring loom on wendsday so i will
go and check if it is going to work this weekend
iam also going to take the engine and trans
out so i can get the engine mounts re welded
as they do not look the best. I don't want to have
a problem when it cames to cert

The t-case and the Birfield eliminator kit
are just about through customs

also ordered a set of LED tail lights with Reverse in them from NARVA
they are comming to nz by the end of the month.
So i will now have to get a rear bar made to put them in.

Put most of the wiring loom in now.
All i need now is to get a hold of a wiring diagram to finsh it off.
We did not have the right wiring diagram at our local toyota dealer.
so if any one can help thanks james

got out and did a bit of work today.
put 1 side of the Birfield eliminator kit in






and got a few pics of the LEDs and t-case gears

nice i want to see a video of this beast when its all done

not to much work done of late
but got same side bars made and is getting a rear bar made soon.
new 16 x 7" steel rims, fitted the t-case gears and also moved to a
works shop close to home & work

side bars

Anymore updates toysuzi???

got to a bit stand still

i got a Vechicle Speed Sensor from marin crawler
that plugs in to the speedo drive so now i can run a
electronic speedometer

just done the 4WD Upgrades winch challenge
in a v8 jeep and fell in love with the power
so was tinking about putting one of the many
rover v8s that my old man has lying around
in to the Suzi

http://www.conversioncomp.co.nz/results.phpdo a
Bell Housing to suit