It's good to see people like Eclipse having a go at developing a new turbo for these engines. It's great that he is making it without out sourcing parts to China too.
But if I were in the market for a $2k+ turbo, it would still be a GTurbo.
What I would really like to see though, is something...
My 03/ 98 build HZJ80 had the oil level sensor in the sump. When replacing the 1HZ with a 1HDFT, I managed to damage the oil level sensor on the 1HDFT. Been putting up with the oil level light on the dash for a few years now, until I got some parts from a 03 HZJ105, including a good oil level...
The moonlight box uses a duramax filter. Some of their boxes for other models - eg vdj79 Landcruiser are built around 200 series Landcruiser filters. Another manufacturer in Oz, Radius Fabrication uses GM LS1 filters in their airboxes for 80 series Landcruisers because they are inexpensive to...
Here is ny one for comparison:
So over the weekend finally got an intercooler into my old 80. Also did this stuff last week-
*Put in a GTurbo BB
*Drilled exhaust manifold for EGT probe
*Made blanking plate to remove EGR stuff (Japan spec 1hdft motor)
*Replaced steering box
*Rebuilt swivel hubs...
My base model 80 (98 model) came with the H150 if I recall correctly. It also has part time tcase standard. I run 315 tyres and it cruises on the highway nice, however I don't know the rpm because Toyota felt that a tacho should not be standard.
So I dragged out the PDI kit that I got about 6 months ago and haven't installed yet. Very keen to try it out. I noticed the alloy elbow that mount to the inlet manifold looks a bit different to the one on their website pics but everything seems well made. Brian was good to deal with and I got...