Gears/lockers would be my first priority, I have 4.88s and air lockers sitting on one of my workbenches waiting to go in mine. Transfer case gears could be nice but that depends on use as far as if they're a worthwhile improvement. A floater rear from an FZJ80 would get you better rear brakes...
It should work fine, could double check to see what fuse the Falcon has for the power seats just to see if you're in the ballpark with the 80's wiring but odds are there won't be any issues there. You're correct that 12V is 12V as far as a seat is concerned, I have powered and heated Subaru...
That'd be an issue with the newer GT500s that have aluminum blocks with plasma sprayed bore liners 150 microns thick but not the brick s***house that is the iron 1FZ block. Boring the 1FZ the normal .5 mm (basically .020) or 1 mm (basically .040) over bore that standard replacement pistons are...
If it makes you feel safer you could fill the connector with silicone or potting epoxy instead of cutting the connector off and capping each conducter. Mine are just left disconnected on the Subaru seats I have with nothing else done with no issues but understandably what might be acceptable to...
They are still a limited slip which means they require some wheel speed differential between the two sides to work which is not conducive to most offroad stuff where you don't want to have a wheel spin at all if possible. I have a 33 spline Truetrac in another of my vehicles, it's great for a...
For future reference Toyota uses a number of Sumitomo MT 090 Connectors of which that looks to be of the 8 position unsealed variety with two empty pins. One side would run around 4-5 bucks with a full set of pins, there's a handful of sources around but they're not nearly as common as Delphi...
That's good to hear, I might have to try that out as well after I finish off swapping over my supercharged VVT 6.0 from its current home to its new one (not the 80, I doubt anyone but me would appreciate hearing a whirring T-trim Vortech all day on a trail). CELs and readiness tests have been at...
Well one potential issue I can think of off the top of my head would be the stock ECU tests the catalyst readiness by changing the amount of fuel both rich and lean at cruise while comparing the upstream and downstream O2 sensors for a reaction of a certain amount within a certain period of time...
It'd be a first for me if a manufacturer/distributor had the engine management locked out completely from the start. The only reason I even suggested it is generally a lot of tuners will lock an ecm after they do a calibration/tune, when done well it's not a big deal other then you have to...
What kind of set up do they need to do? If they have done one of a given combination (like say a 1FZ, the closer to stock the better for a general starting point) then if they keep a halfway decent file database there should be a base calibration available in some form to build off of. The other...
Like LS1FJ40 said a hazard switch can be used instead of a CDL switch. You do have to trim off a rib from the hazard switch to do so since the CDL plug is slightly different from the hazard plug but it's pretty straight forward.
I did a variation of this using a heated power driver side and heated manual passenger side (not pictured) out of an 02 Outback. To adapt the stock subaru power slider you do need to build basic cross rails as the Subaru sliders are roughly 3" wider than the Toyota ones. Mine ended up being...
Honestly though, for the amount of time, labor, and money you would be ahead to find a stock cruiser with a 2F already if that's what you want unless you find one where everything else is exactly what you want except for it having a V8 conversion.