Toyota Land Cruiser GRJ71

[iguana4x4]

I´d like to share an article of a recent job we did for Toyota de Colombia, the article is written in spanish, I guess some of you will be able to read it.

Article link: Expedición4x4 » Blog Archive » Preparando el nuevo Toyota Land Cruiser GRJ71

If you can´t read the article, enjoy the pics

The tires were not fitted at the time this pictures were taken, sorry. The vehicle now has a set of Toyo 285/75R16 MTs.

 

[Clint79]

Very nice ride ,
if you put manual hubs on the front , you can get genuine centre caps to suit

 

[SimonInAustralia]

I´d like to share an article of a recent job we did for Toyota de Colombia, the article is written in spanish, I guess some of you will be able to read it.

Article link: Expedición4x4 » Blog Archive » Preparando el nuevo Toyota Land Cruiser GRJ71

If you can´t read the article, enjoy the pics

Or use a translation website to translate it...
Google Translate

 

[Notmyrealname]

Whats a GR?

 

[SimonInAustralia]

Toyota GR engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Toyota_1GR-FE_engine_001.JPG" class="image" title="1GR-FE"><img alt="1GR-FE" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Toyota_1GR-FE_engine_001.JPG/250px-Toyota_1GR-FE_engine_001.JPG"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/f/fd/Toyota_1GR-FE_engine_001.JPG/250px-Toyota_1GR-FE_engine_001.JPG

The Toyota GR engine family is an open-deck, V6 piston engine series. The GR series has a 60° die-cast aluminum block and aluminum DOHC cylinder heads. This engine series also features 4 valves per cylinder, forged steel connecting rods, one-piece cast camshafts, and a cast aluminum lower intake manifold. Some variants use multi-port fuel injection, some have D4 direct injection others have a combination of direct injection and multi-port fuel injection or D4-S.

The GR series replaces the previous MZ V6, JZ I6 and in the case of light trucks the VZ V6.

 

[Clint79]

And the 1fz-fe

 

[iguana4x4]

That's right, the previous Colombian Spec. Land Cruisers had the 1FZ-FE engine (4.5L inline 6 cylinder). The new engine in this Land Cruiser is the 1GR-FE (4.0L V6), the same as the FJ Cruiser.

 

[prado t]

Nice machine! I couldnt afford to drive it LOL 4L V6 drinks the fuel.

 

[MoCoNative]

Key words, same engine as the FJ-Cruisers, Tacomas etc... With the dual airbags and crumple zones these may be importable. Opinions.

Awesome rig by the way. Are those the hilux axles under it? I thought all the true heavy duty 70 series axles had the gusseting on them. Maybe they do not now.

 

[lulo]

Beautiful!!!


Congrats mate

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Key words, same engine as the FJ-Cruisers, Tacomas etc... With the dual airbags and crumple zones these may be importable. Opinions.

Awesome rig by the way. Are those the hilux axles under it? I thought all the true heavy duty 70 series axles had the gusseting on them. Maybe they do not now.

"these may be importable" ...You are assuming we have government officials who are capable of using logic...thats
a stretch. .............1978HJ45

 

[OGBeno]

These things won't be coming anywhere near US shores in a "legal" fashion. Bummer. Beautiful SWB rig that the US market so definitely needs as an antidote to the "largeness" dependency we have here stateside.

This rig has 80 series running gear up front. If the rear is a SF then it's truck version axle, if it's a FF it's a 7x series axle they get in Australia.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Unfortunately the U.S. will only have access to Land Cruisers that are as large as a river barge with 12 mpg V8's.
..............1978HJ45

 

[OGBeno]

Unfortunately the U.S. will only have access to Land Cruisers that are as large as a river barge with 12 mpg V8's.
..............1978HJ45

Yup. Bummer huh? I consider the 200 series to be the epitome of the "Americanization" of Toyota. When you focus all of your money, ideas and manpower to your largest market, eventually, the entire company will "reflect" that said market. Too bad it was the US market that Toyota has spent the past 30 years concentrating upon.

I saw these GRJ71's being made at Yoshiwara. They have really cool versions of this truck coming off the line with the 1HZ/R151 that go to other markets as well.

Beautiful rig IMHO.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Cheap gas has been both a blessing and a curse for the U.S. We have never had to seriously consider small or even mid-size vehicles due to fuel cost and as a result have very few choices in powerplants ( virtually no diesels). I travel to Europe weekly and it amazes me at the number of small "Ford" vehicles I see with diesel engines that we will probably never see in the U.S.
An adequate item for a "time capsule" for the next generation would be a Escalade and a H2 Hummer. Those two vehicles would speak volumes about the current generation.
............1978HJ45