V8 60 project

[505 crusher]

Vee Ate - YouTube

The open exhaust did funny things to the sound on the camera phone. I'm wrapping it up for a test drive this week. I'm excited to have fuel injection and automatic overdrive in that truck.

Feb 8, 2011 1:37 PM - YouTube

This was the donor truck, those forklifts are sweet.

 

[2manycruisers]

5.7 vortec and 4l60e to split case? Nice....

 

[alia176]

V8...NICE!!!!!

 

[pappy]

That 60 is going to be a monster. Nice.

 

[505 crusher]

Yup, 5.7 vortec and 4L60E to split case. I got the whole truck at a salvage auction. 98 1/2 ton with 60K miles. If I had it to do over, I would have bought a Howell harness. I hammered out every circuit on that thing, I think there's over 120. I have the AC hooked up, the NSS and reverse lights work. I prewired it for cruise control and gear indication, I'm running out of time and steam, so those will get incorporated later. Hopefully today is the test drive, if I didn't already jinx it by talking about it

 

[sl33p3]

well done!

 

[505 crusher]

It drove under its own power today. Whew.

The sbc and auto is way lighter than the 2F and 4 speed. Now my shackle angle in the front is too vertical, so the ride sucks. The power more than makes up for it. Nice not messing with a choke and ethanol fuel with a carb. This thing fires off right now every time.

Off for pipes tomorrow.

 

[Cruisergreg]

It drove under its own power today. Whew.

The sbc and auto is way lighter than the 2F and 4 speed. Now my shackle angle in the front is too vertical, so the ride sucks. The power more than makes up for it. Nice not messing with a choke and ethanol fuel with a carb. This thing fires off right now every time.

Off for pipes tomorrow.

Congrats! That first swing around the block after a swap is a leap of faith and when nothing grenades it's a real confidence booster. As for the schackel angle, just add a big beefy bumper with a heavy winch and you'll be back in business.

"Choke"? What's that? I've forgotten...

 

[juane]

I'm jealous and nostalgic!
I've also got a freshly rebuilt '98 L-31 and L460E sitting in my shop with nothing to stick it in.....

 

[Beowulf]

I've also got a freshly rebuilt '98 L-31 and L460E sitting in my shop with nothing to stick it in.....

Get an 80 series Land Cruiser with a trashed engine and drop it in. SFA, coils, FF rear, good diff gear selection, big enough to carry all your junk and great after-market support for things like bumpers and sliders. After the swap you would have the best off-road capable vehicle ever offered to the general public with the sound of a Chevy V8 that every red-blooded guy loves even if it isn't a Toyota engine!
-Mike-

 

[juane]

Get an 80 series Land Cruiser with a trashed engine and drop it in. SFA, coils, FF rear, good diff gear selection, big enough to carry all your junk and great after-market support for things like bumpers and sliders. After the swap you would have the best off-road capable vehicle ever offered to the general public with the sound of a Chevy V8 that every red-blooded guy loves even if it isn't a Toyota engine!
-Mike-

Let me know when you blow your 1FZ-FE trying to turn those 37s you plan to get.

 

[Beowulf]

Let me know when you blow your 1FZ-FE trying to turn those 37s you plan to get.

My truck would be an excellent candidate for you. '97, low-miles, 2-owner, desert dune and not that horrid bile green you see so often. Only 1 minor door ding caused by some blind guy that was trying to spot me over a speed bump.

Never off road.

$25,000 with working engine.
$5,000 with broken engine.

-Mike-

 

[BionicCruiser]

... Only 1 minor door ding caused by some blind guy that was trying to spot me over a speed bump...

I visualize you as Gene Wilder and me as Richard Pryor trying to get your truck over that speed bump.

 

[Beowulf]

Is that new?

Big chuncks of rock were still falling off the door and the blind dude asks "Is that new?"

-Mike-

 

[BionicCruiser]

if you had a V-8 that wouldn't have happened. (trying to keep the thread from total derailment

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[Cruisergreg]

if you had a V-8 that wouldn't have happened.

Absolutely...

 

[marcfj60]

What about the dent in the roof from the basketball hoop when you did your Michael Jordan impression?

 

[Beowulf]

Nobody shorter than Michael Jordan can see that one.

-Mike-

 

[505 crusher]

This truck is way easier to drive now, I think I'll sell off my beater cars. Anybody want a cheap Mercedes 240D? 300D? 300TD wagon?

Here's the as is truck, had new meat installed today. I wanted the 255/85r16, but BFG only makes it in a mud tire, and they're $$$. I decided on 5 of the 235/85r16 at's, they're pretty skinny, but I think it works with the sua.

I never thought I'd hook up an OBD scanner to my landcruiser