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Because my Surf sounds like a Fiesta, and seems to be getting worse, I either need a new engine, or a recon job. There are a few reasons I can't do this - skill, facilities, tools and time - so anyone fancy stripping it and sorting it - let me know....
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Too old to care, young enough to remember -
if its anything like a fiesta...the noise that is!! you probably need your shims on your lifters sorting..my head just cracked i got a new bare head and local engine rebuilders swapped all camshaft/valves etc over for about £160 including the shims. i did take the head off and put back on again myself though to save some bucks!!when i eventually got it started it made such a difference in the noise i honestly cant believe it could sound so quiet...even the mrs said we dont have to have the radio on so loud now!!DONT RUN WIV BIG DOGS IF U CANT PI** UP TALL TREES -
You've got some money somewhere for a V8 conversion.Originally posted by MudSurferComment
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Originally posted by Sancho
Maybe for the conversion, but not the fuel bills!Too old to care, young enough to rememberComment
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Originally posted by MudSurfer
Actually, if you go for the Lexus V8 conversion, you'll get more than twice the power of the 2.4 and slightly better fuel economy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by BUSHWHACKER
Hmmmmm
What else would I need other than the engine and ECU??? and a totally new fuel system, tank, filter, etc....Too old to care, young enough to rememberComment
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Originally posted by MudSurfer
Been doing a load of research into it, and I've come to this conclusion..........
Purchase a Lexus Soarer V8 (Ebay around 1000 quid), whip out engine and trans, plus engine loom and ECU. Fit into truck and sell the rest of the Soarer for spares and get most of the initial outlay back!
S'what i'm gonna do.
Just need to get confirmation that the Lexus transmission will mate to the Surf transfer box to keep the 4wd.
Oh and the space to do all the work!!Comment
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Let me know the result - and you could show me how to do mine too!Originally posted by BUSHWHACKERToo old to care, young enough to rememberComment
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if you need help doing this, i should be about. i would like to learn how to do that. that would be a wicked modOriginally posted by BUSHWHACKER
as long as the 4wd would take it . suppose it would, were not always in 4wd unless its needed
where r u from?Oh Nana, what's my name?Comment
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south wales! fook.
i would come for a day lol
used to work for longlife down thereOh Nana, what's my name?Comment
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Originally posted by tonyppe
I live in south Wales, I'm from Reading!
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Definitely sound like a South Walian, isn't it?Originally posted by BUSHWHACKERI live in south Wales, I'm from Reading!Cutting steps in the roof of the worldComment
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I've been here 18 years!Originally posted by Apache
Still don't like sheep.Comment
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lol. at my work there is a A1 pin up of all the different breeds of sheep. until last week i thought there was just sheep.Originally posted by BUSHWHACKER
ill come down and lend a hand one weekend when you need it, if you wantOh Nana, what's my name?Comment
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If you source your motor from a soarer and plan to keep your 4WD then you'll need a sump from an LS400 as the soarer sump setup sits right where your front diff is. Even with that swapped you'll need a custom oilpan (modded or fabbed).
There are 2 ways of getting the V8 transmission to mate up to the transfer case, one involves cutting the output shaft and some other machining that I'm not sure about and is probably the cheaper option.
I decided to have the V8 box stripped down and rebuilt with the surf output shaft and housing which proved to be costly. Mainly due to a lot of replacement parts apparently, as the box looked like it'd been thrashed a bit. Came to 600 quid in the end but I know I've got a solid box that can be controlled by the soarer ECU and so it should shift correctly.
That said, we've not got to the point of starting it up yet so who knows!
If you want to do your wiring yourself you'll save a lot of money but I had Scott at Venom cobras in Brisbane modify my loom and test it and my ECU which came to about 400 quid. He's done a few of these swaps and his advice has been invaluable.
I've had the alternator and starter off and serviced but am considering replacing the water pump and pulleys/tensioners when the timing belt gets done.
As far as cooling goes, the plan is for a large new alloy rad with a large thermo puller fan and a good shroud for it. Also going to add a transmission cooler somewhere under the truck with a thermo fan on. Not sure how much all this is going to cost yet!
Nigel at LA Supertrux is having some headers prototyped on my truck so he should be able to sell you some that fit soon but no unit cost on them yet.
Think the fuel lines and tank should be fine, just need to fit a pump, not sure on cost.
I've got some slotted discs and EBC performance brake pads to help stop the thing a bit better as the brakes were in need of some attention before the head went and I started the project.
All in all, it's not that cheap a conversion unless you can do a lot of the work yourself but I'm still really looking forward to it and I'm going to have the biggest grin in the world when I finally get the old girl back.
If you've got any other questions I might be able to help with just give me a shout.Comment
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