Recent content by shorty40

didn't melt any piston's, number 3 and 4 conrod bearings seized up and the mains started to pick up as well. I've got another second hand motor in it now but im having problem's with fuel pumps. i broke the original one and the second one doesn't seem to be right. I've been told there are 2...

anyone interested in buying a turbo, manifold, and oil line kit.

well the engine didn't last long. she seized up on me today. time for a small rebuild

octane im running is 95 because 98 is to expensive to run. but I know what the problem is now. I spoke to a place that rebuilds distributors. and they reckon denso distibutors dont last that long so the weights on them ware out and causes it to advance at mid high end revs. so in the next week...

bit more of the setup. some things were done quickly like the intake. so there will be more mod's. fj is running well now. but still pinging in high revs. still needs more work.

blowthrough can be done but will only work with lpg gas or with tbi. I don't have the money to do that so we did drawthrough.

got the car running last night properly and i drove it to work today. amazing how much a turbo can do to a shorty. still needs more work for fine tuning.

yeah you can get them from magnum performance 35 Marni St Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia, 3164, they just get them from pacemakers in adelaide. they cost me 80 bucks.

had the turbof j40 running last night at 1:30 am. to my and my mate's surprised it started with ease. with a bit of idle tunning we were out on the road. this was the most fun i have had in that car. response was excellent, power was great. and it sounded like a truck spooling up and winding...

we did wont to use the orginal manifolds, but my fj had extractors, and no one had any. And this way worked alright because we can set it up where we want it.

more again

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got some photo's of the progress. hope you all enjoy

Still in the progress of building the manifold. will have pictures up soon. It will be a draw through system. Holley 350 into the turbo TO4E then custom steem pipe manifold. Hopefully soon we will have it finished.

im not running TBI. Ill be using a holly carbie.