Californian TE31 with a 1UZ

[ae85 fiend]

Hey,

Its a left hand drive TE31, with a 1UZ Sitting in it. Was bought in from the states and lived in Invercargil for a wee while.

Was originally running a 2TC when it was road legal here.

How I got it:

*TE31. Full mint interior. Currently has the shitty interior in it.
*Hilux diff, drum brakes. Hubs turned down to suit 13 inch modgies
*1UZ-FE import with auto box, all mounts made up.
*Driveshaft made up
*Wiring started
*Standard front struts with SW20 calipers on vented Nissan disc?
*Starting of exhaust made up.
*13x7 Modgies


Has cool little things on it like red indicators behind the rear doors, different license plate lights, and some fancy lights/ switches in the car.

 

http://i.imgur.com/gHVwILBh.jpg

Also has original radio too, which is pretty choice.



Plans:

*S14 Rear brake upgrade. Have got a SEMI bolt on kit which doesn't really fit at all...
*Put factory mint interior back in
*Finish wiring for 1UZ
*Eventually W58 + Link ECU
*14X7 Gallop Racing Mesh wheels. Flipped.
*Slightly flared guards - metal not fibreglass
*Tow bar - to tow my fun car around.
*CERT, WOF AND REGO BEFORE UNI STARTS BACK IN 2014.





Trying to keep it as standard as looking, however we adjusted the 1UZ today, to the center of the engine bay. Was out towards the left side by 30mm, as we had a massive clearance problem from the exhaust bolts sitting on the steering box and there being no room for the Brake booster/ cylinders.

Now the bonnet doesn't shut, and by the looks of it, going to have it cut out the center and put a scoop or something on it.







Discuss

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[ae85 fiend]

So I got a new storage unit. 

 

We put the front struts after buying new springs and shocks, we chucked em back in after I spent a stupid amount of time with a wire brush and sandpaper...

 

Painted and cleaned the wheel wells, front and rear, struts, hubs, plates and leaf springs..

 

http://i.imgur.com/FgyOC5dh.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/lq8uEwIh.jpg

 

Pulled out the diff, and found out why it was so tight. The guy who 'shortened' the diff didn't do it very well...  The axles are kinda warped now and don't spin anywhere near true...

 

Luckily I've had a spare shortened Hilux arse end minus the mounts that was going to go into my ke36... The S14 brake kit i've got bolts onto this one as well which is a bonus - didn't bolt onto the last Hilux one which was weird.

 

We are making the mounts for it ourselves over boxing day/ new years. 

[ae85 fiend]

Holy Hell.

Its been a long time, and car has had some different things happen to it.

Went and had all the rust cut out ( sat outside for like 6 years and completely rusted out the doors / around screens / guards etc. )

I put a 4AGE in this, one of out my old SR coupe, found a T series disc brake rear end for this one, got it running yadda yadda. Then stripped it to get panel and painted.

Its now white, with all the chrome / bits and pieces done in black.

Also went and got the sump on my new bigport dipped and plated, alternator bracket, water pump pulley, spark plug cover etc all done ( gearbox crossmember too with new mount ) plus some light surrounds and random bits and pieces to make it look a tad nicer, excuse the old pics, have chucked in new bolts everywhere.

Brand new door rubbers

Brand new door cards 

New alternator

New high torque starter

Have just wrapped the exhaust and chucked that in tonight

First time in 7+ years the car has BOTH window wipers and a wiper motor now. 

Got some Bathurst Globes for it which i'll sand up and chuck on.

Hoping to have running by the 17th for the japanese meet, and then cert and sell...