my new aussie 45 troopy (17 Viewers)

[flaminbandit]

YAH fixed the overheating issue (well pretty damn sure)

when i converted to gas research i didnt hook the vacume advance on the dizzy

hooked it back up and it should be all good waiting on a proper vacume line splitter so i can hook everythign up for a proper test drive

 

[flaminbandit]

well another 6 months on and not much has happened ive rebuild the false floor and fitted a slide out bbq into the back of it for the quick weekends away

have been considering selling it and upgrading to a 80 series but i dunno hard decision to make

 

[BigSkyMT]

That is a great truck. I never new Toyota made a stretched version of the 40 till finding this forum. If only they sold them here in the states!!!

 

[bushy84]

is it straight gas??? was it worth the effort to turbo it? i own a troopy myself and i was thinking of fitting a ford 6 or v8. didnt really think of a turbo. cheers

 

[flaminbandit]

yeah its been on straight gas since i brought it i hate dual fuel they never run right on either so i ditched the petrol

the turbo made it a awesome vehicle to drive but its taken me nealy 2 years to iron out the kinks of the cheap system and there still not totally ironed out

looking at upgrading the turbo in the near future but apart from that its all good

 

[flaminbandit]

o know i now have a 80 series chassis and diffs sitting in the driveway at a mates place that i purchased yesterday


now to decide
1- 80 diffs and coils on troopy chassis
2- troopy body shortened to suit 80 chassis
3- 80 chassis lengthened to suit troopy body

 

[crustyBJ60]

no no no! don't do it!

uhhh, option 2 sounds good.

have you seen the build up thread of wagoneers' 45 on an 80 chassis?


cheers
crusty

 

[flaminbandit]

well at this stage the diffs and suspension are going to go onto the troopy chassi even thos its more work it will be legal as of mid last year you cant do a body swap in vic GRRRR

it also means the wheelbase will be where i want it

pretty sure ive seen his thread impressive stuff if i remember correctly

id considered selling off the trooopy and getting a swb body and fitting that to the 80 chassi but im just too used to the troopy size

so onward and sidewards

 

[flaminbandit]

yah to more its and pieces been after one of these for ages but there hard to come by at the right price

so i snapped this up YAH

 

[flaminbandit]

and some more bits i picked up for the troopy

holset hx35w turbocharger

perfect size should be on full boost by 2500 and will be capable of up to 30psi


hoping to get the 3fe inlet and the new turbo bolted on this weekend

 

[herbs]

Damn how much power do you need?

 

[flaminbandit]

lol i asked myself the same question and the answer is " more than i currently have"

have just moved house so have had to put off the turbo upgrade but once i get sorted out the turbo, inlet and then onto the 80 diffs and coils

 

[Clint79]

this is one good read mate cant wait to see the rest of the cool things you do to ya cruisa

 

[flaminbandit]

does anyone know anyone or anywhere wrecking a 3fe i need the throttle body

otherwise im gonna have to have make an adapter plate to fit another throttle body onto it

 

[flaminbandit]

does anyone know anyone or anywhere wrecking a 3fe i need the throttle body

otherwise im gonna have to have make an adapter plate to fit another throttle body onto it

yah i was going through boxes of stuff and found a vr/vs commodore throttle body

sat it up to the bolt holes and it was less than 2mm out so a quick diegrind and it bolts on perfectly no adapter needed YAH

nealy ready to bolt it all together gotta get some new nuts and bolts that where missing from the manifold and will bolt it together this week sometime YAH

 

[flaminbandit]

well today was dday had enough stuff to rip the turbo and inlet setup apart and start fitting up the new gear

so started off removing the stock inlet manifold and then the turbo and exhaust manifold nothing new or strange there

then started bolting everything back together few small issues the 3fe inlet is heaps thicker than the 2f so i had to do some grinding so it all bolted up together no real issues

had to relocate my lpg converter as the 3fe inlet was never gonna clear it no big deal easy solved

got the inlet bolted up and went too fit the new bigger turbo and wasnt gonna happen was hitting the wheel arch heaps so ended up chopping the flange of the manifold to move the turbo off the guard slightly and even with it touching the inlet manifold it was hitting the guard so i just tapped a indent into the guard to clear the turbo

so at the end of the day the 3fe inlet and new turbo is fitted and ive relocated the gas converter
tomorrow ive gotta buy some new pipeing to make a new exhaust and modify the intercooler piping and it sohuld be ready to test drive YAH

pick tomorrow

 

[flaminbandit]

2 tasks to do and its finished YAH

just gotta make a bracket for the acellerator cable and make a new axhaust pipe from the turbo to the current pipe

have had it runing tho and its sweet as cant wait to drive it with the bigger turbo

 

[flaminbandit]

HOORAY it runs again

still have to build the exhaust but apart from that its SWEEET

took it for a short drive boost starts building from around 1800 and am at full boost by 2500

not great for offroad but perfect for touring and thats my main use of the vehicle


heres a short video and some pics
YouTube - turbo fj45 landcruiser

 

[flaminbandit]

and a few more pics

 

[flaminbandit]

what did i scare everyone have driven it about 50kays adn its sweet as drives great

its still getting warm im gonna see about a better radiator or if thats not a easy option gonna chop the intercooler in 1/2 height wise so theres more airt flow to the radiator