DanS HJ-45
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Awesome build thread. Great write up on the conversion.
I will totally agree on how awesome the diesel is. I used to own a 3.0 v6 4runner. It was a pig on gas and gutless. I now own a ln130 surf with a 2lte. It blows the doors off the v6 as well as the 4cyl gas.
Thanks. I LOVE my little truck. I loved it with the 22RE, but I LOVE it with the 2LT-E.
I have a winch and lightforce 170s on the arb front bumper. No change in cooling issues. So don't worry there.
I live way up in the mountains (about 3,000 feet above town), and in the summer I'm already having a problem with cooling if I take the interstate. So I need to reduce my cooling issues, I think the next thing I'll try is to remove the water lines from the turbo. I suspect that my turbo is cooking the coolant, more than the coolant cooling the turbo.
Cpl things I'd highly recommend. Egt gauge and water temp gauge. Than from the turbo back go 3 inch exhaust.
Done on both already.
Add an inter cooler. I hate the idea if a body lift so I added the inter cooler to where the stock air box sits and than added a hood scoop. I also added a second cowl scoop to even further lower temps. With those mods gas mileage has increased huge and so has power. The water temps almost never reach 180 degrees even when towing a 14ft camper. Best part is the egt at most hits 1000 deg but usually hovers around 900. Plus it sounds friggin cool.
The intercooler is the part I don't have yet. Working on that. Will add a snorkel first. Both because I've got one, and getting a cooler intake should be worth a good bit.
Dan