Recent content by disco voador

Hi all, I'm sure we're all familiar with the horror stories... but have any of you had success with the 2L-te in a 70 long term? I've done a bit of work to my LJ78 to try to mitigate the head cracking stuff (fan hub mod, intercooler) and I try to drive it gently (EGT under 1000°F pre-turbo...

Ah just the guy I was hoping would see this! Your posts have been very valuable to me in the past and lately... Interesting that the e fan could hurt the alternator. Ive got this redarc bcdc charger for my hotel power and it used to charge the hotel battery with the alternator but I don't think...

Pyro is pre-turbo,

Oh hey that could be cool, I'll send ya a message No intercooler unfortunately, got started on putting one in and didn't have the time to get it done before the trip Slowing down because the egt hits 1000f. Not enough power to maintain any reasonable speed up a hill. Engine temp goes up after...

Hi all, I'm one week in on a roadtrip around the USA and now that I'm at a high altitude (wyoming-utah) 2L-TE in my Prado is giving me grief - higher than normal EGTs on the hwy and I'm basically unable to go up any decently sized hill without overheating. Basically I'll enter a hill doing...