So what LC projects is everyone working on? (1 Viewer)

[cheezypoof]

Just don't start the day with the bourbon. If you do, everyone will end up with weird looking cruisers that don't run.

I think a dram or two of courage might be necessary to attack that crank pulley!

@Ocho77, I fully support the idea, there's always a project on the to-do list and it would be a great learning experience for some of us (well... me).

 

[TCEd]

Seems like I should host a work weekend and we all get our projects done in one weekend.

I’ll supply the bourbon.

You'll need a good bartender, I'm qualified to place ice and bourbon in a glass.

 

[dogfishlake]

I think a dram or two of courage might be necessary to attack that crank pulley!

@Ocho77, I fully support the idea, there's always a project on the to-do list and it would be a great learning experience for some of us (well... me).

The crank pulley is fun. Watching the starter bang that sucker loose is sweet.

 

[VSPro9]

Gotta hammer pinch welds in the 120, then have evo chop the body mounts

 

[Jsway7]

Finally got around to swapping the rubber to the steelies I picked up and painted.

Also, found some cloth seats at the junkyard and swapped them in for my leather. Seats cleaned up well, super pumped I found them!

 

[Natcruiser]

Those look like they are in great condition. Great find.

 

[Jsway7]

Those look like they are in great condition. Great find.

few hours of cleaning, but overall in really good shape!

 

[dogfishlake]

Finally got around to swapping the rubber to the steelies I picked up and painted.

Also, found some cloth seats at the junkyard and swapped them in for my leather. Seats cleaned up well, super pumped I found them! View attachment 2993129View attachment 2993130View attachment 2993131

Wow, cloth seats! Awesome

 

[dogfishlake]

Finally got around to swapping the rubber to the steelies I picked up and painted.

Also, found some cloth seats at the junkyard and swapped them in for my leather. Seats cleaned up well, super pumped I found them! View attachment 2993129View attachment 2993130View attachment 2993131

Truck looks cool. I’m wanting a poverty pack 80 with no flares, steel wheels and a big ol turbo on a 1fz-fe

Someday

 

[Jsway7]

Truck looks cool. I’m wanting a poverty pack 80 with no flares, steel wheels and a big ol turbo on a 1fz-fe

Someday

Thanks! Yeah, that would be ideal. I guess I'm slowly getting there with the steel wheels and cloth seats.

 

[VSPro9]

ARB skids are 95% installed. Was a total pain in the ass with the diff drop. Luckily my brother in law rebuilds trucks to flip and had everything i needed.

Two bolts broken off were easily removed by welding a nut on the end and then removing. Ran out of spacers and had to get creative to get everything to fit. Still need a couple extra long bolts and a couple spacers to finish up some of the middle bolts. Thankful to have family with a lift and all the right tools!

 

[Natcruiser]

So a quick update on my blown out radiator.

I hooked up the radiator and it looks like there is oil skim floating on top as the water is circulating from the engine. The extra pressure from compression must have made the radiator blow out.

So, I guess I need to bite the bullet and do a head gasket. My LX 450 is just shy of 200k.

I bought all new hoses, belts, brackets for the A/C condenser and the rubber grommet with stud attached that secures the radiator to the front. It is good thing I purchased the belts because they were cracking. Water pump was a bit too pricy for me right now at $225+ from the dealer so I'm holding off on that.

Nate

 

[TCEd]

The first sunlight it's seen since mid December.

 

[69LC]

Truck looks cool. I’m wanting a poverty pack 80 with no flares, steel wheels and a big ol turbo on a 1fz-fe

Someday

So if someone had a flareless 80 with a refreshed 4.6 rebuild, which turbo would you add to it?

Asking for a friend…

 

[dogfishlake]

So if someone had a flareless 80 with a refreshed 4.6 rebuild, which turbo would you add to it?

Asking for a friend…

I have a Borg Warner efr 8374 sitting in a box for over 2 years now. Also a 6-boost turbo manifold, Haltech ECU, parallel harness and injectors. All collecting dust.
Still have to do the intercooler but that's about it.

Looking for 600 plus crank hp at about 16 psi and 400 all wheel drive smoking wheeel hp. Just to offset years of underpowered Toyotas LOL

 

[69LC]

IF I’m ever home enough to get somewhat caught up on life I’ll get the 80 going and then get working on my 40.

 

[cheezypoof]

I have a Borg Warner efr 8374 sitting in a box for over 2 years now. Also a 6-boost turbo manifold, Haltech ECU, parallel harness and injectors. All collecting dust.
Still have to do the intercooler but that's about it.

Looking for 600 plus crank hp at about 16 psi and 400 all wheel drive smoking wheeel hp. Just to offset years of underpowered Toyotas LOL

Back when I did real work I used an engine simulation tool called WAVE, a really neat piece of software that predicts performance, emissions and acoustics of all sorts of engine configurations, from 50cc 2-strokes to massive stationary/marine diesels (those were also 2-strokes and you could literally open a door and poke your head into the bottom end), rotary, free piston/crankless, we did it all. Mr. T was a big customer of ours and we had models of all of their 90s and early 2000 era gas and diesel engines... wish I could go dig up a 1FZ and play around for you guys but those skills are long gone.

What that tool didn't do was predict when a bearing or connecting rod would crap out, equations don't break the same way real metal does lol.

 

[TCEd]

, equations don't break the same way real metal does lol.

That always crosses my mind at 32,000 feet looking at the wing of a high lifecycle airplane I'm on.

 

[69LC]

Or 60+ year old birds

 

[dogfishlake]

That's pretty cool stuff. The stock 1fz-fe will support 600 hp pretty easily and 15-18 psi is about what it takes to hit that. The Wits End turbo setup uses a turbo with a pretty similar map to the 8374. Both have a ton more potential if you turn up the boost. The Wits End is boost controlled to about 7-8 psi because that is all the stock ecu will support. I will probably do and adjustable set up and run like 10-12 normally with the ability to jump up for silliness. Going bigger on boost means stiffer valve springs and possibly bigger rods. Here's a good dyno fail video at 1500 hp lol. Aussie guys are getting close to the 3000 hp mark.

Back when I did real work I used an engine simulation tool called WAVE, a really neat piece of software that predicts performance, emissions and acoustics of all sorts of engine configurations, from 50cc 2-strokes to massive stationary/marine diesels (those were also 2-strokes and you could literally open a door and poke your head into the bottom end), rotary, free piston/crankless, we did it all. Mr. T was a big customer of ours and we had models of all of their 90s and early 2000 era gas and diesel engines... wish I could go dig up a 1FZ and play around for you guys but those skills are long gone.

What that tool didn't do was predict when a bearing or connecting rod would crap out, equations don't break the same way real metal does lol.