87 2wd hilux 355 injected stroker

[aj510]

Originally Posted by 355lux

basically enjoy the damn money pit!!!! I built it for nothing in particular, except to make me smile..so its a bit of an allrounder... However I do plan on getting it to this years powercruise here, and then if all permits down to perth for either a powercruise or motorvation. I have alot of mates there with some awsome cars...shame they are all fords ahahahaha( and before the flaming starts, my daily is a xr6turbo)

So yeh ,,,just want to iron out the bugs and go make the lil japper torture some tyres.

Powercruise up there isn't too far off is it - march or april from memory. We loved it up there for powercruise - speed limit = whatever

Post up some vids once you get it going - love the sound of 355's.

Also I think you'll cop more flack for driving an xr6turbo as a daily

[TUF 253]

cool ute mate, looks very trick! at least you got it right by putting a holden engine in ya toyo!! dont worry we wont hold the fact you hav a ford as a daily against you, we all make mistakes!!!! LOL

[TBM]

They look that neat , and fit so well , the V8 almost looks factory fitted. I had a hard time keeping mine cool , the V8 stops a lot of air flow ,and in summer had to lift the rear of the bonnet a little .

[355lux]

Originally Posted by TBM

They look that neat , and fit so well , the V8 almost looks factory fitted. I had a hard time keeping mine cool , the V8 stops a lot of air flow ,and in summer had to lift the rear of the bonnet a little .

Yeh ive had some cranky chevs over the years ....and im not into that whole overheating thing thats for sure....I had a custom made alloy radiator as big as possible...its a triple pass aswell....Also got a proper holden pump with the cast impellor not that pressed tin ****....Plus HPC coated the extractors to help get heat out of the engine bay....there is also a scoop that is to go on yet aswell...So fingers crossed I can keep the bitch cool.

[355lux]

Originally Posted by aj510

Powercruise up there isn't too far off is it - march or april from memory. We loved it up there for powercruise - speed limit = whatever

Post up some vids once you get it going - love the sound of 355's.

Also I think you'll cop more flack for driving an xr6turbo as a daily

Originally Posted by TUF 253

cool ute mate, looks very trick! at least you got it right by putting a holden engine in ya toyo!! dont worry we wont hold the fact you hav a ford as a daily against you, we all make mistakes!!!! LOL

HAHAHAHAHHAA ,,,and its Puuuuuurrrrrple...lol

[hypo 75]

Originally Posted by 355lux

Im in Darwin.

We have two seasons.....wet n dry.

So when you cant race at the track, you race in the mud!!!.

That yellow tunner is set up for the Pro Modified Class.

Basically they run two mirror image tracks, two cars come out and race around in the mud and puddles and are timed. They then swap sides and go again, the one with the fastest combined time goes through to the next round.

Awsome stuff to watch....some of the pro modifieds are up around 800,900 hp, and on a tight slippery track its a spectacle.

cheers

ah yep have seen some of that racing on telly and it looks like it would be heap of fun too

[aj510]

Originally Posted by 355lux

HAHAHAHAHHAA ,,,and its Puuuuuurrrrrple...lol

There ya go!!

EDIT :

I should add - it's not an all holden forum - holden and ford and mopar and others on here - just alot of stirring that goes on between all camps and all in good fun!

[hypo 75]

Originally Posted by 355lux

I have alot of mates there with some awsome cars...shame they are all fords ahahahaha( and before the flaming starts, my daily is a xr6turbo)

good to see at least your mates have taste lol
and its a good thing you know you need reliability in a daily cause the last thing you want is to be stranded in your everyday travels
and finaly as you have shown in your ute you cant build something tuff without putting ford bits in it so you can be sure of the fact when your out smashing tyres in your jappa that ford 9 inch diff will never fail you

[355lux]

yes well the whole thing is over-engineered at present, the standard hilux diff would have done it easy, I have two mates at moment with blown hiluxs, with standard diffs, both surviving well, one is a vortech blown 355(has run up to 20lb) 4wd with big ass 4wd tyres on it, and he gives it hell on the bitumen with no breakages yet, has done the gearbox about 4 times so far though. The other is a 2wd with a supra engine single turbo at 18lb, with 20s and 325's, no probs there either.
Mine looks a bit of overkill with the turbo 400 and 9inch, however it is intended to run a turbo on the 8 at some stage, so I built it in readiness for that.

[ohmywoody]

I'm a fan, awesome mate, looks like a top class top.