[Fear Factory]

Before you guy's start giving me stick, I from South Africa, and we never had the Invinity here so getting parts the vh/vk v8 would be very hard, and the LS v8's here are very expencive, so the only viable option is the Lexus.

Got the motor on Friday, and took out the old motor on Saterday

 

[BeNos]

sounds like a pretty good combination to me. the 1uz is a briliant little motor. massively strong.
do you plan on running the original g/box with an adapter or use a toyota gearbox? well i guess tbh the rd28 standard gearbox probs wouldnt handle the power and torque of the lexus v8. though arnt they the same box behind vl commodores and skylines???
anyway sounds good and cant wait to see it running. love the sound of a grunty 1uzfe.

 

[MikeH]

A company called harrop does a blower for those if you find you want a bit more.
this one is being put in a 2 door Isuzu 4wd.

 

[Fear Factory]

This is the 2.8 Patrol with 4.625 diff ratio's, so it should crawl.

I am trying to keep the Lexus auto, a buddy has got that on his comp truck with 35" tyres and it goes great.

 

[MikeH]

The lexus loves to rev though. The ratio is good for decent acceleration but it will cost you in fuel.

I would leave the 4.625 in.

 

[Fear Factory]

I'm thinking that with that low ratio, I should be able to fit 35" tyres and still have a good truck to drive on the road.

 

[patrol_maverick]

Good thing you're from south africa because us Aussies wouldn't stand for that here. That's like putting a Ford motor in a Holden, or Holden to Ford, etc.:angryfir:

 

[Adoom]

Good thing you're from south africa because us Aussies wouldn't stand for that here. That's like putting a Ford motor in a Holden, or Holden to Ford, etc.:angryfir:

so it would be like putting a 5L (for example) in a mavrick?

 

[Fear Factory]

Why do you think I started the Thread like that, this kind of thing is not welcomed here is South Africa either (the guys here don't even know I'm doing it yet)

 

[Fear Factory]

I have just heard that the Lexus autobox will not work with the patrol transfer case, so I would need to use the Patrol gearbox

 

[patrol_maverick]

so it would be like putting a 5L (for example) in a mavrick?

Not really because a Maverick isn't a real Ford (Thank **** for that!!!)

I have just heard that the Lexus autobox will not work with the patrol transfer case, so I would need to use the Patrol gearbox

Do you have some sort of conversion kit? Do you plan on using an auto or manual? Or just whatever fits together? I'm interested to see how this turns out.

 

[purplebus]

here a link of a guy I used to wheel with years ago. it a twin turboed worked lexus. was running a standard box for ages and giving it a very hard time when it was in his first truck. he went to auto when the patrol box died. from memory it snapped the shaft from box into tranfer..? at the time he was loading it up and dumping it on the grass getting ready to race. in 4wd and on 33 x 14 or 15 wide tyres (once again from memory). he went either turbo 350 or turbo 400 manualised and it sucked huge power out of it. it was put into this wagon with a manual and raced for a while. very, very quik truck.


YouTube - Landcruiser Park, V8 twin turbo patrol

 

[Fear Factory]

We are going to use the Patrol manual, that a Lexus conversion expert here will mate to the motor.
I'm not sure, but I think they are going to use a Toyota Dyna clutch, hope it holds.
I will not be using any turbo's (I know this is not the most powerfull V8, but remember I'm taking a 2.8 out there, so I'm looking at atleast twise the power that what I have now) so the gearbox would be OK.

 

[Fear Factory]

No use having a car that sounds and goes well, bot does not look the part.

So we will install a 50mm body lift while the motor and gearbox is being mated, ok so it is not just to look good, with the 33" tyres the rear tyres already rubs on articulation, and we mite go to 35" tyres to get the ratios rite.

Also we have installed a 2" OME suspention kit last year, but did not do the caster correction kit, and with the old 2.8 Motor it was fine, but with all this new power we will have to do that.

This is the Patrol as it stands now

 

[heyhey]

Nice! In South Africa, do you have road regulations your modifications have to meet?

 

[Johan Safari]

Nice! In South Africa, do you have road regulations your modifications have to meet?

Road what...?

Nope, but if somebody asks, plead ignorance. And being in Africa, bribery does the trick!

 

[Fear Factory]

Johan could tell you that here we drive on the left of the road " what is left of the road that is"

Hi Johan lekker om met jou te praat

 

[Fear Factory]

New cambelt

 

[Fear Factory]

Body lift going in tomorrow

 

[truckster]

Im sure Bubs on Outers has done this conversion in the past.
worth searching on there for info.