Cruisers and Company 80 Series Turbo

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efjayatee said:
Anyone in the Norcal area (@Bisonthecruiser) .....can check out the recent OBD1 1.5 Turbo build on Dec 6th at Terrain Tamer location




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I will also be hitting some major areas along the way if anyone wants to check out @efjayatee ’s 80. Will be passing through Grand Junction, Salt Lake and Reno. Give me some heads up and we can likely get together!
 
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There you go OBD1 guys......(ur welcome)
Big thanks to Cruisers and Co and their team of great folks to make this happen.
For info of this build, hit up Johnny!

1993 Stage 1.5 Turbo @11.7psi

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rice power!
 
@Cruisers and Co Any updates on the previously hinted 80 series transmission upgrade/swap? I know there is another thread going on regarding a couple specific trans options, but you mentioned Toyota remanned option, and no one in that thread is talking about anything Toyota built. Been casually shopping for 80 series and curious how close you are to having costs and details on this swap.
 
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@Cruisers and Co Any updates on the previously hinted 80 series transmission upgrade/swap? I know there is another thread going on regarding a couple specific trans options, but you mentioned Toyota remanned option, and no one in that thread is talking about anything Toyota built. Been casually shopping for 80 series and curious how close you are to having costs and details on this swap.
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2nd this request. This mod will determine if I LS/LT swap or add the turbo and 8 speed trans.. Trans would be a game changer in itself.
 
We are wrapping this one up right now. The turbo install has been done for a few weeks or more but we had a laundry list on the build too. Most of that is all done now.

Haven’t put more than five miles on it yet but a bunch more miles are to come starting next week. I have certainly done some full wot pulls though already to 5k rpm’s. This is the low boost system with the intercooler so I can’t get it to do a 4wheel burn out even on wet pavement but it is still impressive!!

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Full review to come, this Cruiser goes home in just over three weeks. Air box built by us among other things.

Link to build thread,
SNLC

Build Thread '1995 full resto build'

Hey Cruiserheads!

This build thread will document a full restoration on a 1995 FZJ80.

This Cruiser came to us from Texas. The owner liked another 80 build we did and wanted the same level of detail and quality. We briefly discussed a v8 swap but pretty quickly that just went to full refresh on the 1FZFE.

There is nothing really fancy planned in this build, just a full refresh with some upgrades and goodies.

This is a 6M1 Cruiser with tan leather. It had about 175,000 on it upon arrival at the shop.

First order of business was to test compression on the 27yr old 1FZFE...
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I’d like to thank everyone for the support this year. Truly amazing at how much turboing went on this year, seriously. We installed a bunch, had multiple vendors installing them and lots of DIY installs. Tons of development on the stage 2 happened and 93/4’s now have a real solution for turboing their 80’s. This wouldn’t be possible without everyone on here! Thank you from myself and the team at Cruisers and Company. Cheers to a great year and can’t wait to bring forward a bunch of great things in 2026! Oh and just this afternoon @reklund5 got his stage 1+ up and running to close out one more install for 2025!

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@EWheeler @Brav You transmission guys hang tight… I am hoping to have the deets by the end of January. I have a bellhousing sitting on my toolbox at the shop… It’s a Toyota trans that is robust, well proven, will have tap shift and torque converter lockup in every gear. It’s stronger than the A343 too so now we’re going to start seeing people push more than 14 psi which should net over 400hp/500ftlbs to the ground pretty easily with the stage 2 setup given we’re already have truck making 364/481 through the 343…
 
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I’d like to thank everyone for the support this year. Truly amazing at how much turboing went on this year, seriously. We installed a bunch, had multiple vendors installing them and lots of DIY installs. Tons of development on the stage 2 happened and 93/4’s now have a real solution for turboing their 80’s. This wouldn’t be possible without everyone on here! Thank you from myself and the team at Cruisers and Company. Cheers to a great year and can’t wait to bring forward a bunch of great things in 2026! Oh and just this afternoon @reklund5 got his stage 1+ up and running to close out one more install for 2025!

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@EWheeler @Brav You transmission guys hang tight… I am hoping to have the deets by the end of January. I have a bellhousing sitting on my toolbox at the shop… It’s a Toyota trans that is robust, well proven, will have tap shift and torque converter lockup in every gear. It’s stronger than the A343 too so now we’re going to start seeing people push more than 14 psi which should net over 400hp/500ftlbs to the ground pretty easily with the stage 2 setup given we’re already have truck making 364/481 through the 343…
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Don't you go tempting me with flappy paddle shift action now
 
Cruisers and Co said:
I’d like to thank everyone for the support this year. Truly amazing at how much turboing went on this year, seriously. We installed a bunch, had multiple vendors installing them and lots of DIY installs. Tons of development on the stage 2 happened and 93/4’s now have a real solution for turboing their 80’s. This wouldn’t be possible without everyone on here! Thank you from myself and the team at Cruisers and Company. Cheers to a great year and can’t wait to bring forward a bunch of great things in 2026! Oh and just this afternoon @reklund5 got his stage 1+ up and running to close out one more install for 2025!

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@EWheeler @Brav You transmission guys hang tight… I am hoping to have the deets by the end of January. I have a bellhousing sitting on my toolbox at the shop… It’s a Toyota trans that is robust, well proven, will have tap shift and torque converter lockup in every gear. It’s stronger than the A343 too so now we’re going to start seeing people push more than 14 psi which should net over 400hp/500ftlbs to the ground pretty easily with the stage 2 setup given we’re already have truck making 364/481 through the 343…
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AB60, or more gears?
 
Johnny - any update on the turbo kits shipping? @Cruisers and Co
 
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