fj60 project "NEED MORE POWER"

[orangefj45]

Wow! When can I drop my 60 off?

Looks really clean man.

TK

anytime, just bring the cruiser and a blank check.

the engine compartment for this swap was a little of a "challenge". there's a lot of stuff going on: engine and blower, air cleaner, brake master and booster, ac stuff, rad, intercooler, intercooler pump, intercooler reservoir, dual batteries, overflow bottle ( stock gm ) headlight washer bottle, wiper washer bottle, battery isolator, charcoal canister ( oem gm ), remote res ps setup, ps cooler, aux trans cooler, ecm, wiring harness, fuel system, ps box, hoses, hoses and more hoses,.......good times.
when i take on a conversion, i map out everything that needs to go in the engine compartment and then work my way down creating a list that goes in order of "geographical limitation/importance". some items can only ocupy one certain spot, some are "variables".
one of the challenges for this swap was the fact that we're only running a 2.5" lift, so there's precious little room under the engine for anything. the exhaust on the passenger side actually wraps around the front of the engine and then ties into the driver side. both cats are next to the trans on the driver side as required by the cali smog nazis.
the blower also severely limited engine placement while still being able to run an un-molested oem hood. then there was the exhaust to frame clearnace issue, then the ps box to ps pump clearance, .... the list goes on. tight fit but it all ended up working out well. i'm happy with it anyways, the owner of the 60 has'nt seen it yet. as long as it puts a smile on his face, i'll be stoked.

georg

 

[Welltech]

Wow that is a beast!

 

[shotgun12321]

Damn....now I want one!

 

[fjdemon]

Wow, I feel kind of bad for rebuilding my 2F now.... Looks great!

 

[boots4]

... as long as it puts a smile on his face, i'll be stoked.

With that kind of fun under the hood I bet he won't be able to stop smiling.

 

[Str8Razor]

Where's the video?? I wanna hear this thing run and see a burnout or donut or two......Awesome build!!

 

[orangefj45]

we might have to put a pair of junker tires on the back and see what happens......

 

[GLTHFJ60]

we might have to put a pair of junker tires on the back and see what happens......

Do it, just don't blow up the rear axle

 

[orangefj45]

the axles are stronger than you'd think..........


https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/382930-vortec-swap-easy-way.html


basically the same axle.

 

[CruisinFJ60]

stock axles are fine till you start to bounce a heavy rig on em. they will be more than strong enough for some nasty burn outs.

 

[Marc fj60]

i hate to ask but how much did this project cost the owner. im very interested. i understand the extent of this work.

 

[444kyle]

im alittle late finding this post but wow. now thats a sleeper!

 

[orangefj45]

i hate to ask but how much did this project cost the owner. im very interested. i understand the extent of this work.

i have well over 100 hours into this conversion. the blower kit alone was $5600 and that's about half the parts cost for this swap.....but i'll pm you.

georg @ valley hybrids

 

[Welltech]

I'd like to know too. Minus the blower just a standard conversion.

 

[orangefj45]

I'd like to know too. Minus the blower just a standard conversion.

send me a pm if you don't mind. i post threads like this to show what's possible and as a "how-to", not to "pimp my shop". i'll be happy to work up a quote for you.

hth

georg @ valley hybrids

 

[Welltech]

pm sent.

 

[orangefj45]

i'll reply to your pm in a minute.....

i think i got the last of the electrical gremlins knocked out today. the supercharger required that a new IAT ( intake air temp ) sensor in the intake manifold. the oem sensor is located in the MAF ( mass air flow ) sensor. but with a blower, the intake air heats up after the maf due to the forced induction of the blower. so the sensor needs to read of the true intake air side, not the cooler maf side. to make that work, i had to cut into the new howell harness and splice into the IAT portion of the harness, then hook up a new connector and plug it into the stand-alone IAT sensor.
well, the instructions for the magnacharger mantioned which wires to cut and splice. i did that and got a MAF error code. tried another MAF which did'nt fix anything.
so i started looking deeper into the setup and found out that the code was triggered by a voltage issue. so i double-checked my wiring and it was according to magnussens schematic. called magnussen and they could'nt help. called howell ( the harness manufacturer ) and told them which wires i modified. turns out that they use the same # of wires and the same colors for the MAF, but they're not used for the same functions........
long story short, just because the wires in this harness were the proper colors did'nt mean they had the same function. so i figured out which whire did what, re-wired that prorion of the harness and guess what; no more error code.
also had to replace the fan clutch. the unit on the engine only had 12k miles on it but was slipping so i installed a new one. luckily the shroud we built allowed for easy access and the replacement only took 15 minutes. probably easier than in a stock gm application.
runs reeeeeally good now, but still needs some time put on it before it can go home to it's owner.

need to keep my fingers crossed.

georg

 

[Elbert]

are you guys seeing reasonable coolant temps with this setup? Staying below 210F... Assume the A/c is functional too? Very nice.

 

[orangefj45]

it's been relatively cool here and i have not been able to drive the cruiser very far since the registration is out of date.........but so far, so good.

the ac is functional. i'm also running an aux trans cooler after the cooler built into the rad. then there's a ps cooler in the rig as well. the supercharger intercooler is mounted in front of the rad and behind the ac. there are two seperate shrouds in the cruiser; one between the intercooler and the rad to ensure that the air has to go thru the ac and intercooler and then thru the rad. the secod shroud is on the back side of the rad to make sure the air gets funneled thru properly there as well. like i mentioned earlier, lotsa time in this swap and it's a tight fit all the way around.

i'll try to get some more detailed pics next week.

georg

 

[brokenparts]

very cool.