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Post by Slacker on Jul 21, 2011 16:59:37 GMT -8
have a look at some of the fiberglass hoods on the market today .. they do exactly that ..
edit : oh .. and just to rub it in a bit .. i'm drivin mine ;D .
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Post by fzj80 on Jul 22, 2011 7:37:30 GMT -8
Oh that's real nice! Just remember, Perfection takes time my friend.
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Post by captainmorgan on Jul 27, 2011 9:08:15 GMT -8
Looks awesome!!
Just wondering why you chose such a large angle with your front shocks?
I have the same 5150's and really like them.
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Post by fzj80 on Jul 30, 2011 7:25:18 GMT -8
Just to clear the steering box on the drivers side, so i did the same on the pass. Straight up or layed back, it really makes no diff to the shock.
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Post by fzj80 on Aug 9, 2011 5:39:19 GMT -8
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Post by Slacker on Aug 9, 2011 16:36:15 GMT -8
looking good Vince .. where'd ya get the blue silicone ? local ? funny looking at that shroud , I just forgot how big they are .. looks like a 45G drum cut in 1/2 ;D
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Post by fzj80 on Aug 10, 2011 5:39:06 GMT -8
Got them on line "Silicone Intake Systems" www.siliconeintakes.comya the 3B shrouds are pretty long for sure. Pulled the front brakes off, sold the calipers and rotors. I am going to try and put the 80 series stuff on, about 10mm larger in dia. & 12mm thicker. Larger calipers as well, wider bolt pattern on the calipers is just one of the challenges. There are kits to put on the Taco brakes and if they fit the Tundra stuff should fit but i don't want the wheels out any more than they already are. Tundra & Taco are floating and use a different hub (wider track width).
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Post by Slacker on Sept 17, 2011 16:08:52 GMT -8
any updates Vince ?
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Post by fzj80 on Sept 18, 2011 19:51:25 GMT -8
Went with the Tundra brakes, got a pair of calipers from down the road at A Combined for $100 and a set of drilled and slotted rotors from Brake Performance. Mounting kit is from Front Range Off Road. After grinding off the mounting ears from the knuckles i bolted on the bracket to mount the tundra calipers with the wider bolt spacing. After turning down the outter diameter of the 94 4Runner bearing hubs they slipped over the stock spindles. The rotors are now floating as opposed to bolt on to the bearing hub from behind. For now i have the same 15 inch wheels but will be switching to 17s as i don`t want to run the two inch spacers now in place. From left to right, stock 60 series calipers, 94 Runner, and Tundra Stock rotor and Tundra rotor 4Runner hub and caliper mounting bracket. Thats about it for now, my parents are still out visiting from Ont for another week, so the truck is on the back burner. But i did pick up another project.
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Post by Slacker on Sept 19, 2011 15:39:59 GMT -8
oooo nice big brakes !!
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Post by guerreiro on Sept 23, 2011 6:24:12 GMT -8
Hello my name is Filipe Guerreiro, I'm from Portugal, Açores (Faial Island) and I have a Toyota Land Cruiser bj73 1987 with a 3B, 3500cc Diesel engine without turbo and I am interested in one. The supercharger that you put in your engine is an Eaton M62? I think your idea is just fine. You have already tested yourself the engine with the Eaton? How is the acceleration? Don´t have too much pressure?
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Post by fzj80 on Sept 26, 2011 5:19:30 GMT -8
Guerreiro, sorry for the delay in the reply, my computor has a virus and is in the shop. I have not yet ran the engine with the Eaton on it so i am not even sure how much boost it will make. When i do run it i will post up some numbers but it may be a long while. Thanks for the interest.
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Post by guerreiro on Oct 6, 2011 5:55:19 GMT -8
fzj80, sorry for the delay, Thank you for your replay and congratulations for you project it is excelent.
I will wait for your post, I have lock around and some people told me that motor 3B, pre combustion chambers don´t support to much pressure maximum pressure 1Bar, but that is just people speaking in realy I do not know.
I have made my presentation in the forum and my builds.
best regards.
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Post by fzj80 on Oct 6, 2011 17:00:10 GMT -8
I have no firsthand experience with the 3B but i have heard the same talk. I have coated my precombustion chambers and cups with a heat reflecting coating and ceramic coated the exhaust ports to try to keep the heat under control. I think the problems people have with the 3B are due more to heat than boost pressure. We will see.
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Post by Slacker on Oct 6, 2011 18:43:31 GMT -8
my experiance is as well with heat .. pre cups will loosen and fall into the combustion chamber , grenading the cylinder
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