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    Looking for dimensions on 1FZFE

    in Toyota L6 Forum

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    I'd go and look at a landcruiser for sale locally :)

     

    I'm interested in this as well. Its a good deal longer then the 2JZ. I'm more worried about the overall height.

     

    I thought of that too, not a single listing within a 75 mile radius that I can find :( The height is what I'm worried about as well, but the rest looks SO promising I really want to know. Hopefully someone has one local and will chime in. Too good a powerplant not to investigate!

     

     

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    Here's a read on the background if anyone is interested http://www.brian894x4.com/ExpeditionLandCruiserFZJ80engine.html

    here is a thread with shots of the internals...

     

    http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67208203

     

    highlights:

     

    4.5L 4V DOHC I6, 7 mains, fully counterweighted crank, factory forged double-shot peened rods, oil squirters for the pistons, integrated coolant based oil cooler, long rods (known to take 8k when built), same trans pattern as the 2UZ (secondhand information)

     

    Factory head looks pretty nice too.

    Manual Jag v12

    in Other Engines

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    Just in case you can't make the t56 work, a world class t5 will hold 374+ft/lbs, because I did so myself with my 86 SVO, and seen many others do the same on turbford.org :) Lasted a no-issue 17k, already had 102k on the clock as well, though well maintained. Car met it's sad end at that point, still running wonderfully.

    Article I found on hot cylinder honing. Discuss.

    in Miscellaneous Tech

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    Just switch to an LSx series motor. They anchor the head bolts into the base of the block and not near the tops of the cylinders. I read one article that says torque plates are not needed nor even useful.

     

    Hot honing doesn't have anything to do with distortion from the head, it has to do with the fact that the bores themselves are different dimensions when hot because the thickness of the metal is not constant.

     

    Anyway, I've emailed several people in the last few days to check on this. One in particular who works for Ford in their racing division told me hot honing is standard practice on all racing engines due to the much lower failure rate of hot honed motors! He also told me when they started going from cold honed to hot honed motors their piston failure rate dropped from about 17% to around 9% in endurance applications and all of the hot honed motors made consistantly more power then the cold honed, had less oil contamination, yada yada, etc...

     

    It really makes me wonder why this isn't a more commonly known thing? Or is it and I just missed it or all these years somehow? I posted this same article on a number of other webboards and I've gotten the same responses, a select few people, most of which are "in the know" ie the ones pushing relitively large hp per displacement, and they all seem to know about it already and tell the same story, hot honed motors are far more reliable then cold honed motors.

     

    So... anyone know a machine shop in norcal that does hot honing? :D

    A link of vids everyone can enjoy

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Cool vids! I just dont 'get' the whole drifting thing though... Sure its fun to watch (and do :twisted: ) I supose, but I'm sick of all the hype about it.. you're going slower around a track, and burning out tires.. My understanding of a proper 'drift' (4 wheel) was always about getting the car going as fast as possible through a corner, and then pushing that last little bit, which almost breaks all the tires loose, but the car is still in control and if the driver is good, the drift 'fades' out and the car exits the corner at full steam. What do I know though.. :lol:

     

     

    That's mostly correct. The only purpose of using 'drift' is to rotate the car so you don't understeer at the exit of the corner.

    NAPA....sucks!

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    ok so you guys do realize the job at the auto parts store is the best job this person could get right .. that would like complaining that you got the wrong order at mcdonalds.......

     

    Speak for yourself, I could have gotten a higher paying job if I wanted, but CSK offers full benefits (medical (including vision since I wear glasses/constacts)/dental/life insurance) to part time employees for only $24 per check :)

     

    The 25% parts discount may have played a wee role too ;):D (I didn't even know about the insurance thing until I had signed on, the parts were the main reason :) but the insurance IS really nice, you can go to any doctor/clinic, don't have to choose one off a list :) )

    NAPA....sucks!

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    No offense to Mr WOT' date=' but in my neck of the woods the Schucks (Kragen) is COMPLETELY useless. Napa is actually a large step up from Schucks, but of course the closest Napa is across town and there is a Schucks on every corner.

     

    Sparky, your problem was with one guy, not NAPA as a whole. At least that's the way I would look at it if I were you.[/quote']

     

     

    Yeah, I'll be first to admit, most of the other people I work with are inept. They're already sending all the 'difficult' calls like the following which took place a few hours ago...

     

    manager: "This person wants to know how to remove their brake... brake... what's that thing that holds the pads?"

     

    me: "Caliper?"

     

    manager "yeah, that thing"

     

    And that manager has been there for 5 years.. so yeah.... I feel for ya...

    NAPA....sucks!

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    That's where you say:

     

    "So I guess the little pedal on the far right isn't connected to anything is it?"

     

    and not ALL autoparts stores are bad, I work at a Kragen, but at least I'm competant ;)

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