WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 hey guys have been working on a project for over 1 year now its a 1977 Mahindra CJ4A Jeep it is made in India under licence from Willy's so is identical to a 1940 Willy's jeep same as the ones that were used it the war i'll just put up seperate posts for everything iv done to it so far and get you guys up to date sponsored by import customs What i have here is a 1977 Mahindra CJ4A built under licence from Willy's from the 40's till the early 80's. My jeep has served as a Military Vehicle in the Indian army. The Jeep : Engine: Toyota 3y 2000cc engine Certed Gearbox: 3spd 4x4 high low in 2wd and 4wd yeah its pretty rough regos on hold was going to paint my self but i have no idea LOL so now im fully sponsored by import customs for full show finsh panel and paint The Aim WAS to get this sukka back on the road (as theres only about a handfull of these on the road pretty rare) get a custom fibreglass sub/speaker box to go behind the seats some new buckets steering wheel stereo insteed of the am/fm radio thats in it LOL paint and im rolling But now me and dad have got the idea to slam a sr20det in there or a ford V6 Turbo - but decided to go 1ggte supra twin turbo styles After the paint some rims need to go on as the stock ones look a bit odd MORE PICTURES TO COME: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 More Pics: We repaired the rust in the floor pan and the rear quarter and in the front of the body: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 haha well i got board so was chucking around some ideas for the jeep in photoshop here is one: Standerd: Idea: Imagine turning up to a drag strip with a War Time Jeep With Slicks, and a few hundred hp to boost Hahaha Im going to do a FEW of the things like in the picture like the carbon fibre front bar/bumper etc.. As for progress on this, well there has been pretty much none as i am still waiting on a new petrol tank to arrive from overseas ( bloody hard to find parts for something like this lol ) Should be At Import Customs Getting A Mad Paint Job & ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Latest photo, with bucket seats installed, roll cage/bar fully mounted lol projects taking a little longer than i expected, big delay because of my old petrol tank having holes in it so ordered a new one from india, (was bloddy hard to find but found a new one after ages of searching) so just waiting on that and few other parts for the jeep to need to replace all shocks and leafsprings as it sags to one side lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 lol more rust in the back tray/floor so ripped the whole sheet out a in the process of puting the new floor/tray in pictures: Havnt had a chance to show how the new seats look so here another photo Anyone know who can make custom boss kits ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 hey guys my dad just brought in a some more parts for me8) new light lenses, full orignal decals/badges, full set of brake pads, petrol sensor, fuel cap, joint cross's, lots of new rubber parts (eg, windsreen stops, gearbox seal, petrol seal, side mirrors, bonnet clips and also found a boss kit in there too ( to bad it doesnt fit ) petrol tank should be here by the end of next week too also got some alloys for now, they are 15x8 with 215x60x15r snow tyres on it, if i can find some nicer bigger rims i will keep these for burnouts and drag here is a photo of the jeep with new rims and tyres also dad got me a new HTC S710 Windows Mobile 6 Cellphone from over there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 getting a 1G-GTE TWIN TURBO engine , out of a supra, 210 hp with 11psi of boost i think, can handle up to 15psi on stock turbos, bout 20psi on stock internals with a big single turbo conversion which i am thinking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 hey guys shipping company this morning just droped my motor off today its a 1G-GTE out of a supra Its a Gen 3 so its running about 11psi standard twin turbo intercooled from factory 2.0Ltr Straight 6 about 240hp stock cant wait to see the motor in the jeep pssssst, waaaaa pssssttt here's a picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 heres the photo of the ECU, air flow meter, standerd intercooler, starter & coils thats came with the motor YAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hey guys just got my bellhousing today along with another clutch,flywheel,pressure plate but this clutch is a heavy duty also thrust bearing, clucth fork,slave cylinder and all the bolts Its starting to come together lol parts i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 just trying to find some nicer rims, dont really mind if they are like 15 or 16 4x4 rims as long as there are wide enough for me, and have a good offset and dish so that the rims sticks out like 50-100mm out of the gaurds and but some nice wide road tyres on them and i was thinking lowering blocks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 i got these rims at the moment but they gay cause they are only 7" wide with 215 tyre i want wider i got them cause they are beter than looking at the old solid steel rims the old standerd rims i painted white hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Empty Engine Bay Out With The Old 3Y The Supra Bellhousing Fits The Mahindra Gearbox, Luckly There was a mahindra to W56 gearbox adaptor plate made by the previous owner, was just a mater of taking it off the old 3y bellhousing and bolting it onto the 1G-GTE bellhousing Random Shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 these are a few pictures that motavate me, not trying to make the same jeep but sort of the style, like wide rims/tyres lowered a bit but mine will have a mad paint job what do you guys think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Well just wanted to see how it would fit and what would need modifying to fit the 1G-GTE engine into the mahindra Here are some pics The Engine Still Need to go back more as the flywheel has just reached the front of the bellhousing so hasn't gone in yet Also Bloody Good Thing about working with a jeep is that the side front guards bolt off to revel the chassis frame no gay engine bay side chassis like cars do haha A little bit of the firewall will need to be cut & the battery box either removed or cut to fit the engine After I have Modified The Bits to fit the engine into the jeep, ( not including mounts ) next will be fit of new accelerator pedal box, new clutch pedal box, new brake pedal box along with new brake booster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Had another problem, the clutch i got my 1g-gte flywheel was too big for my mahindra gearbox input shaft, tryed to use the old mahindra flywheel but wouldnt fit inside the 1g-gte pressure plate, then tryed to used the mahindra/3y pressure plate and clutch on the 1g-gte flywheel but the pressureplate bolts were differant So Thats Were I had to spend some money for a new clutch plate that was smaller than 9" and would fit my gearbox input shaft, tryed just jeeps in auckland they had a brand new 8.5" clutch plate for a willys jeep ordered that overnight yesterday got it this morning and it fits Here A Picture Of my New Clutch Plate (Pretty Expensive Too ) My New 8.5" Clutch Plate New One Compared With My Old One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 well got the new hydraulic clutch (the old one was a cable) working & just the rear brakes lines need to be finished which will be done tomorrow Brake Booster & Clutch Cyl Installed The Old Brake Booster New Pedal Set Up This is the new seat i got for the rear its out of a Suzuki Few Random Shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 SPONSORED BY IMPORT CUSTOMS FULL CUSTOM AUDIO INSTALL IN THE HAPPZ 5.38 DIFF BOOST CONTROLLER FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER HKS BOV TOP SPEED OF 198KM/H @ 8000RPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Got a company called Allison Engineering that does onsite Engineering he works from home To make custom engine mounts the engine is finally in the hole with new mounts Battery & Radiator mocked up, with the new radiator i have loads of room I'll get some photos of the mounts tomorrow in the sunlight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARTYM Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 PROJECT MAHINDRA ROARED INTO LIFE :thumright: got it wired by On-Site "Performance Auto Electrical" He did a bloody awesome job too No start up video cause i couldnt find the camara plus the intercooler has not arrived so was not running nice a smoothly and afm was just held on to the intake casue am waiting on the parts to arrive but atleast i know the engine runs So Start Up Video Will Be When All The Parts Arrive Bring On The Weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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