Model: 84 FJ60 Landcruiser
Colour: White
Engine Type: Currently just a stock 308 motor and sitting to the side is a LS1
Engine Mods:
Power: NOT sure yet?
Exhaust: Not Much ATM
Gearbox: Marks4x4 Adoptor bellhousing, Stock 5 Speed Manual
Diff: Stock 80 series with Mounts relocated on the rear, 4.11 open centres
Brakes: All Stock 80 series disc all around (later, larger discs)
Later FJ62 Brake Booster with 94 80series Non ABS Master.
Suspension: Mix of 80series and custom parts, Dobinson Stock hight Coil Springs.
Wheels/Tyres: Maxxis Trepadors 37x12.5x17 on black 17x9 Procomp Steel rims
Interior: Stock/Removed in some spots
Other Mods: Custom bar work in the mix
Future Mods: LS1 turb0 V8
Had this car for years now, was stock for a bit, then did a SOA convertion, then a 308. left it like that for a few years now im currently swapping to 80 series coils/axles, LS1 v8 and some other goodness.
sadly i dont have any/many pics of the SOA covertion when i did it, if i can find them ill post somthing up.
basicly i used the 60 series diffs and remounted the springs so they sat ontop of the diff housing and not under, resoulting in a lift equal to the hight of the diff housing and new spring mount. about 8'' i think. then reset the leaf springs to lower it.
the back was easy lef the stock leaf mounts under the diff, made some new ones out of RHS and welded on top, flipped the stock U bolts and mount plates, the flipped the bolt that holds the leaf packs together so it located as per OEM.
the front was much the same, new RHS top mounts, but reused the U bolt lower mounts to located the Ubolts.
then as i had to rotate the diff housing forward to let the Front shaft to not be on a massive angle.
i then cut the weld off the end of the Knuckle, pressed them out, rotated to correct the cambe/castor, pressed back in and reweld.
next step was the steering arm drag link had to be raised to correct its angle and to not allow it to hit the leaf spring. i made up a 'Hight Steer arm' setup. using a stock arm, flipped up side down, flatend out a little, and redrilled the tapered hole to locate the drag link ball joint. made up some new longer studs, and it sat ontop of the OEM LHS steering arm, using the OEM cone washers flipped upsie down to hold it tight.
made new shock mounts and bump stops.
theres a bit more deatail in it all, but that was the basic setup.
ran it for 2 or 3 years with no issue at all, never broke, even with offroading most weekends.
Then about 4 years ago i desided to swap to 80 series diffs and coils.
got a rolling 80 series and started the build, then for a year or so i went off doin other things and left it sit.
guess i lost motivation, but not now
Started off with cutting all the OEM 80 series mounts off the chassis and placing them on mine, this worked ok untill i started to raise it up.
then the arm angle were crap, so ive desided to make my own mounts, in much the same fassion as the OEM 80's but to fit my chassis ans drop down were needed.
ive also made them stronger in places and fixed up some weak points of the 80 series setup.
Colour: White
Engine Type: Currently just a stock 308 motor and sitting to the side is a LS1
Engine Mods:
Power: NOT sure yet?
Exhaust: Not Much ATM
Gearbox: Marks4x4 Adoptor bellhousing, Stock 5 Speed Manual
Diff: Stock 80 series with Mounts relocated on the rear, 4.11 open centres
Brakes: All Stock 80 series disc all around (later, larger discs)
Later FJ62 Brake Booster with 94 80series Non ABS Master.
Suspension: Mix of 80series and custom parts, Dobinson Stock hight Coil Springs.
Wheels/Tyres: Maxxis Trepadors 37x12.5x17 on black 17x9 Procomp Steel rims
Interior: Stock/Removed in some spots
Other Mods: Custom bar work in the mix
Future Mods: LS1 turb0 V8
Had this car for years now, was stock for a bit, then did a SOA convertion, then a 308. left it like that for a few years now im currently swapping to 80 series coils/axles, LS1 v8 and some other goodness.
sadly i dont have any/many pics of the SOA covertion when i did it, if i can find them ill post somthing up.
basicly i used the 60 series diffs and remounted the springs so they sat ontop of the diff housing and not under, resoulting in a lift equal to the hight of the diff housing and new spring mount. about 8'' i think. then reset the leaf springs to lower it.
the back was easy lef the stock leaf mounts under the diff, made some new ones out of RHS and welded on top, flipped the stock U bolts and mount plates, the flipped the bolt that holds the leaf packs together so it located as per OEM.
the front was much the same, new RHS top mounts, but reused the U bolt lower mounts to located the Ubolts.
then as i had to rotate the diff housing forward to let the Front shaft to not be on a massive angle.
i then cut the weld off the end of the Knuckle, pressed them out, rotated to correct the cambe/castor, pressed back in and reweld.
next step was the steering arm drag link had to be raised to correct its angle and to not allow it to hit the leaf spring. i made up a 'Hight Steer arm' setup. using a stock arm, flipped up side down, flatend out a little, and redrilled the tapered hole to locate the drag link ball joint. made up some new longer studs, and it sat ontop of the OEM LHS steering arm, using the OEM cone washers flipped upsie down to hold it tight.
made new shock mounts and bump stops.
theres a bit more deatail in it all, but that was the basic setup.
ran it for 2 or 3 years with no issue at all, never broke, even with offroading most weekends.
Then about 4 years ago i desided to swap to 80 series diffs and coils.
got a rolling 80 series and started the build, then for a year or so i went off doin other things and left it sit.
guess i lost motivation, but not now
Started off with cutting all the OEM 80 series mounts off the chassis and placing them on mine, this worked ok untill i started to raise it up.
then the arm angle were crap, so ive desided to make my own mounts, in much the same fassion as the OEM 80's but to fit my chassis ans drop down were needed.
ive also made them stronger in places and fixed up some weak points of the 80 series setup.
