Ive been dredging up a lot of old and dead threads in my search for information. Ive long dreamed of buying an FJ80 and building a Trail/rock/expedition rig I can use for family off-road camping and terrorizing the neighbors with. I will soon have my new 2012 Trail edition 4runner paid off and I will probably just keep that stock or close to stock for grocery getting...
Within the next month or so I will begin looking for a base 1996 or 1997 factory locked fzj80/LX450 in good shape. There is probable a million things I plan to do to it but the biggest will be motor, transmission, suspension related.
A couple questions to get this started... Im looking to see 500hp or so to the wheels. to accomplish this I will still want to still have fast spool up and lower rpm power... this probably wont be that easy but for about 1300 bucks I can find a 6766 turbo with .7-.8 A/R housing Im wondering if this ar ratio turbo will be capable of what im wanting? Ive heard that precision has good turbos but they are hell trying to get any repair work or warranty coverage work done. Does turbonetics make a twin scroll turbo that would be a good budget friendly setup?
On to the transmission... 500hp to the wheels will not be easy on a stock or even modified VB A343F has anyone done a H151F conversion? I imagine it would bolt right up to the 1fz-fe and I could then eliminate the transmission TCU... Then again, maybe the 151 will be a downgrade to a stock (with modified VB) 343 auto?
Within the next month or so I will begin looking for a base 1996 or 1997 factory locked fzj80/LX450 in good shape. There is probable a million things I plan to do to it but the biggest will be motor, transmission, suspension related.
A couple questions to get this started... Im looking to see 500hp or so to the wheels. to accomplish this I will still want to still have fast spool up and lower rpm power... this probably wont be that easy but for about 1300 bucks I can find a 6766 turbo with .7-.8 A/R housing Im wondering if this ar ratio turbo will be capable of what im wanting? Ive heard that precision has good turbos but they are hell trying to get any repair work or warranty coverage work done. Does turbonetics make a twin scroll turbo that would be a good budget friendly setup?
On to the transmission... 500hp to the wheels will not be easy on a stock or even modified VB A343F has anyone done a H151F conversion? I imagine it would bolt right up to the 1fz-fe and I could then eliminate the transmission TCU... Then again, maybe the 151 will be a downgrade to a stock (with modified VB) 343 auto?