4.5L 8cyl TWIN TURBO diesel swapped into an FJC

[Corey]

I hope this is not a repost.
A member on YotaTech who lives in Belize just posted that the 4.5L V8 twin turbo has successfully been transplanted into the engine bay of an FJ Cruiser.

The engine you WISH you had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - YotaTech Forums

It looks like it has two airboxes, not sure.
I am waiting on him for more details.

 

[ToyotaDon]

This pic is of the Land Cruiser, notice only 2 wipers.

What you see in the center of the pic is the intercooler, on the left is the air filter box, on the right is the fuse box lid.

 

[Corey]

Yes it is a Land Cruiser, as the OP of the thread I linked to says that.

He will get more photos of the actual rig later.

 

[Shadow-Warrior]

I WANT ONE!....Corey, shoot me a PM when you find out more about this, thanks!


Thats the motor the FJ's SHOULD have in them....

 

[Corey]

Will do Mike.
Here is what he had to say the other day.

I contacted the owners wife, he is in Guatemala for about 1 months doing some Mayan adventure/tour thing so i will get in touch with him april 3rd and post pics and info on his write up

 

[E-train]

That is sweet. Looking forward to seeing those pics.

 

[powderpig]

HUMMMMM left hand drive as well. Bet it goes like a bat out of Hell.

 

[Brazenhead]

What's the word on this Corey?

Have you seen or heard anything latey?

 

[CaliChaos]

What's the word on this Corey?
Have you seen or heard anything latey?

from the forum link posted above:

I called the owners wife yesterday but their son answered the phone, he said that his father was attack/robbed along with several others, while on some Land Rover tour in Gaut. he still has the FJC diesel, but it apparently is damaged due to the rebels. so he told me it will be a while before his dad is home and i personally did not want to ask the poor guy if i could get a full report on his FJC while he is in the hospital. i''ll report when i know more.

This was back on 3/21/2008.

 

[Brazenhead]

from the forum link posted above:



This was back on 3/21/2008.

My apologies I guess I wasn't paying attention to the original post. I hope the guy is alright.:whoops:

 

[Mountainclimber]

Man it looks like I'm going to need one of these too.

 

[Manhattan]

Think the FJ rear end can handle 650 ft/lbs of torque? I wonder what all was swapped out - assuming everything south of the motor. Hell, even if that was done, with that much torque, he's going get fender bulges just leaving a stop light.

 

[green73]

That pic has to be the donor vehicle. 2 wipers, and the windshield is raked back way too much. Those wipers are entirely too long for the short flatish FJC windshield. I would like to see more conclusive pics of it actually being an FJC. It is a killer idea overall.

 

[Corey]

Just saw this, yep, no update yet on the guy's FJ.
And no, the pics posted earlier are not of an FJ Cruiser, only the engine to show what it looks like.