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That is an awesome truck! I can't wait for one of those to turn 25! Ill be watching and taking notes for the future. Subscribed! And thanks for sharing.
Builds My HZJ77 Build
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Oh my that rig is so NASTY!!! 
Can't really wait to import one - damn 25 year rule. May have to have you sneak one across the border for me - and I'll fly you home!
Keep up the posts -
Can't really wait to import one - damn 25 year rule. May have to have you sneak one across the border for me - and I'll fly you home!
Keep up the posts -
some how I missed this...subscribed!
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Oh my that rig is so NASTY!!!
Can't really wait to import one - damn 25 year rule. May have to have you sneak one across the border for me - and I'll fly you home!
Keep up the posts -
that would be a fun road trip. Do know that 77s are freaking expensive overseas.....
I'm going to try my best. Turbo install keeps getting postponed.....
The welding shop I want to get my exhaust tig'd at is closed until the 2nd. There is some talk of trying to get it in a few days before. Just sucks because its my daily and I need to keep downtime to an absolute minimum. Not to mention I can't get it into the shop yet, I'm trying though.
Have you already bought all your stainless pipe? If not, there's nothing wrong with aluminized steel. On a diesel it'll last much longer than on a gasser ... and any dummy can MIG it. 
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All my stainless has been bought
I am doing stainless so it will last longer.
The truck is ran in all weather so I wanted the best possible corrosion resistance
I am doing stainless so it will last longer.
The truck is ran in all weather so I wanted the best possible corrosion resistance
Curious - besides the exhaust, how much do you estimate adding the turbo will cost in parts?
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1tontoy said:
Off the top of my head ummm
Probably 4k
I like the idea of doing it myself. Get exactly what I want and the kits don't have everything that I want to do.
3k for a kit then add taxes, add your gauges, exhaust, ceramic coating.... Probably the same cost in the end but I know if I turbo the 75 down the road I have already learned tips for saving money on this build.
crushers
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saving money + build = really?
i have yet to see a build that saved money. actually, every build, including my own has always exceeded the guesstimate by 2X - 3X when it is finally completed.
i have yet to see a build that saved money. actually, every build, including my own has always exceeded the guesstimate by 2X - 3X when it is finally completed.
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crushers said:
Yeah it was more expensive than anticipated but hey there are worse things I could be doing with my money.
But in the end it's exactly what I want and I don't really care on the final cost. It just means at times I will have to save longer to get what I want
Can't wait till its in.
crushers
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and that is the issue, is a build ever really done?
$4K for a turbo is cheap ... you so save a lot in labor by doing the work yourself.
i look forward to the results.
cheers and enjoy the holidays.
$4K for a turbo is cheap ... you so save a lot in labor by doing the work yourself.
i look forward to the results.
cheers and enjoy the holidays.
Thanks! I am planning to turbo my 1HZ that I'm currently in the process of swapping into my HJ47 Troopy. This helps alot.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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I am realizing a build is never really done, i keep planning stuff! Which makes it fun.
I am going to do a tally on the turbo after and show where i could have saved money.
I have a s*** load of receipts and have bought little things I have found out that didn't work. I don't really care in the end, in an ideal world I would be saving as much money as possible but its a learning experience.
I am going to do a tally on the turbo after and show where i could have saved money.
I have a s*** load of receipts and have bought little things I have found out that didn't work. I don't really care in the end, in an ideal world I would be saving as much money as possible but its a learning experience.
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I did add in the exhaust onto my last tally.
I'll add it up in the end here for a better total.
I am sure I misplaced a bunch of receipts but I can do a quick tally here.
$1600 turbo
$300 Ex Manifold
$300 Ceramic Coating
$120 1HD-T Airbox Lid
$500 Gauges
$1000 for all my stainless, clamps, silicone, hangers, aeroturbine
$120 water/oil lines and misc fittings.
$100 msc s*** along the way for just
So $4140 so far off the top of my head. I was told I could not do it for under 5k but I call bull s*** on that, there have been some mistakes along the way but as I said its a learning experience, the second time is always easier. I am sure I missed a bunch of shipping costs in there too, I tried to add them in what I remembered.
Comparison to say a Denco kit.
$3000 Turbo kit
$1000 Stainless Exhaust
$300 Ceramic Coating
$500 Gauges
$100 Msc s***.
$4900 bucks just as a baseline.
For basically as Wayne has stated before its will probably work out to be about the same, in the end you will have exactly what you want for a turbo but more effort is involved. The savings may be marginal at that but savings do mean more mods for other things
crushers
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beautiful ride, nicely thought out mods, fun doing the build ...
what better way to spend the money and invest the time?
congrats
what better way to spend the money and invest the time?
congrats
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Christmas Eve it was wheeled into the shop, short notice but I had to say yes.
Yes I have a few pictures, I just left the camera in the shop.
Day 1 (11am - 3pm)
Removed old exhaust
Removed Exhaust Manifold
Fitted turbo and manifold assembly
Fitted oil feed fitting.
Ran into a problem and I need to get two more brass fittings tomorrow.
Found out the manifold studs I ordered were a little too short. I'll order a new set here from Akella
Day 2
Connecting Rod Bearings. Easy yet s***ty job. Everything was was checked with plastigage and was within spec. Used Taiho Bearings and minty fresh toyota rod bolts. The old bearings looked fine, no pitting anywhere.
My buddy tacked 2/3rds of my exhaust together. The rear portion should go fairly quick. 3in is a tight fit.....
Prepped the oil bung to be welded into the pan.
Tomorrow's agenda:
Get the two brass fittings, install oil line.
Try and get someone to weld my oil pan bung (assuming a shop is open)
Build and Tack the remainder of the exhaust
Build Water Lines (if time permits)
Re-install oil pan.
Get it out of the shop to make room for other stuff, I have a bit of a tight timeline...
The exhaust is set to be TIG'd on the 2nd unfortunately, this is the joys of doing stuff over the holidays.
In the mean time I can get the gauges wired and what not. Clean a few things up and make all the other little stuff look good.
Yes I have a few pictures, I just left the camera in the shop.
Day 1 (11am - 3pm)
Removed old exhaust
Removed Exhaust Manifold
Fitted turbo and manifold assembly
Fitted oil feed fitting.
Ran into a problem and I need to get two more brass fittings tomorrow.
Found out the manifold studs I ordered were a little too short. I'll order a new set here from Akella
Day 2
Connecting Rod Bearings. Easy yet s***ty job. Everything was was checked with plastigage and was within spec. Used Taiho Bearings and minty fresh toyota rod bolts. The old bearings looked fine, no pitting anywhere.
My buddy tacked 2/3rds of my exhaust together. The rear portion should go fairly quick. 3in is a tight fit.....
Prepped the oil bung to be welded into the pan.
Tomorrow's agenda:
Get the two brass fittings, install oil line.
Try and get someone to weld my oil pan bung (assuming a shop is open)
Build and Tack the remainder of the exhaust
Build Water Lines (if time permits)
Re-install oil pan.
Get it out of the shop to make room for other stuff, I have a bit of a tight timeline...
The exhaust is set to be TIG'd on the 2nd unfortunately, this is the joys of doing stuff over the holidays.
In the mean time I can get the gauges wired and what not. Clean a few things up and make all the other little stuff look good.
What route did you take with the exhaust?
And thanks for taking the time to keep us updated. I know it isn't easy when you're in the middle of a project.
And thanks for taking the time to keep us updated. I know it isn't easy when you're in the middle of a project.
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Adam B said:
Followed the factory route roughly.
I have to make hangers, and the last foot of the exhaust. 3" is tight.
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Well she runs, took her for a little test boot around the block. I have a boost leak where the is a fitting to run a line to the boost comp on the 1hd-t. I'll block this off tomorrow.
I am going to try and get the exhaust tig'd tomorrow. Otherwise its all done other than running my gauges and cleaning some wiring with split loom. Can't wait to have it all welded up and the leak sorted out. Updates tomorrow for sure.
In the mean time I'll post a few shots of the install process and talk about a few things we ran into.
Connecting Rod Bearings. This sucked more than I remembered. The third truck I ran into. A few little skinny wedges a torch and a putty knife work quite well getting it off.
Nothing alarming in the pan thankfully.
Tip: Put the truck in neutral and it makes spinning the crank easier to expose the conrod caps if you haven't done this before.
Minty fresh bearings and bolts
View inside the pan
Old Bearings that were perfect.
I am going to try and get the exhaust tig'd tomorrow. Otherwise its all done other than running my gauges and cleaning some wiring with split loom. Can't wait to have it all welded up and the leak sorted out. Updates tomorrow for sure.
In the mean time I'll post a few shots of the install process and talk about a few things we ran into.
Connecting Rod Bearings. This sucked more than I remembered. The third truck I ran into. A few little skinny wedges a torch and a putty knife work quite well getting it off.
Nothing alarming in the pan thankfully.
Tip: Put the truck in neutral and it makes spinning the crank easier to expose the conrod caps if you haven't done this before.
Minty fresh bearings and bolts
View inside the pan
Old Bearings that were perfect.
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Exhaust Fabbing.
Thankfully I have a friend who did some exhaust work in the past, I bought 2 UJ Bends and used roughly 5 feet to build this whole exhaust. He did a fantastic job that i am quite happy with. A bunch of hanger work got done after these photos. I'll take a few shots of the finished product tomorrow. Also used 4 V-Band clamps and an Aerotubine 3030XL.
We were joking the whole time its a one of a kind custom Chas SS 3" exhaust. I am very impressed with my buddies ability on this. I owe him big time.
The Factory Resonator, apparently just removing this alone is a huge performance gain.
Comparison with 3"
Dump Pipe Fab work.
Routing #1
Thankfully I have a friend who did some exhaust work in the past, I bought 2 UJ Bends and used roughly 5 feet to build this whole exhaust. He did a fantastic job that i am quite happy with. A bunch of hanger work got done after these photos. I'll take a few shots of the finished product tomorrow. Also used 4 V-Band clamps and an Aerotubine 3030XL.
We were joking the whole time its a one of a kind custom Chas SS 3" exhaust. I am very impressed with my buddies ability on this. I owe him big time.
The Factory Resonator, apparently just removing this alone is a huge performance gain.
Comparison with 3"
Dump Pipe Fab work.
Routing #1
