zukijames

Not sure where this fits in but i'll post here and hope you guys don't mind too much.

I'm james and my suzuki is ending up with a lot of toyota parts.

this is my rig before i started the latest swap
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heres how it was 3 years ago..


then i put yota leafs and axles on it and stretched the wheelbase



i always wheeled with built toyotas so i was always modifying trying to keep up with them and my short wheel base was killing me on climbs

i linked it front and rear and went to 113 inch wheel base


moved to moab for a year and wheeled a bunch



the rig took a beating over the year.. and motor was worn out.. so i was going to swap in a 22r with dual cases.






then i found a good deal on a lexus 4.0 v8 and decided to basically just rebuild the whole rig

zukijames

zukijames

starting at motor working back:lexus 1uz-fe/toyota r150f 5 speed tranny/ 2.28 crawl box/ tcase with 4.7




started working on the link mounts a little bit:





got my ruffstuff front housing


it uses a rear 9.5 3rd member and the big 80 series shafts and birfields

mini axle birf vs 80 series birf:


the only problem is very limited high steer options.. i went with some awesome knuckles from hellfirefabworks



waiting for the next batch of knuckles to get done from machine shop so i can get a pair.

if there is a problem i think i will just get some reid racing knuckles and c's and turn my axle into a hybrid toyota/ dana 60


the front suspension is going to be pretty hard to get any up travel out of
i want a 4 link but i think i can get a better roll center radius arms and a panhard but we will see

its kinda hard to see the tape but i taped off a dual trianguled 4 link. I i will be modifying the end of the frame, also will try to get a little more triangulation on the lower links





just had surgery removing kidney stone that had been giving me problems since september. So right now i'm sore and not getting much done !

hope to have it done so i can race the moab w.e. rock dirt riot in april

dropzone

iTrader: (6)

Nice combo..did the Lexus engine bolt up to the stock R150 bell housing? I would love to stuff this thing into my '81

This thing is more Toyota than Suzuki so I think we can make an exception in your case

zukijames

no i have an adapter between the bellhousing and tranny.. the adapter wasn't bad but the flywheel/clutch/throwout is a pain..

i think its a aw4? found in jeeps but made by asin .. it bolts up but i didnt want an auto..

if i were to start over i would do that and then bolt an atlas right to it

thanks for checking out my build man!

zukijames

moved the rig once again so i had to take it apart since it wasnt together enough to move it the way it was

so it sat out in the weather and has been rusting away behind the neighbors house..

but my girlfriend got her land rover running and pulled it out of the way so i brought the zuk home and got started again fianlly

here rover when i used it as a daily drive..

dana 44's locked front and rear 5.89s chromo shafts in both axles and ctm ujoints



heres her rover after she took the 14 inch gas powered cut off saw to it.. on tons and 40 inch stickies






got wiring harness and got most of the motor stuff plugged in













working outside kinda sucks but i finally got the zuk home and unloaded.

rear suspension is all welded on on the frame side and axle side is tacked up pretty good but not burned in solid yet

my 40 inch good years are alot bigger than my 37inch treps








i dont know what to do about the front still.. my pinion is rotated up 8 degrees with knuckles at factory angle..

if i rotate the axle down i can get about 5 or 6 inches of up travel before drive line hits on oil pan

but that puts my knuckles rotated back pretty far and i think my tires will flop side to side instead of turning..


i dont want a panhard but i dont know if i can get enough triangulation to get away with a 4 link




sorta got things figured out so then i played with the calculator a little bit







so this is what i think i can fit in the front
rough estimate on weight and cg height











anyone see anything horribly wrong? I worry that thats not enough triangulation to keep the axle under the rig..also not much vertical separation



fancy throw out bearing.






drive line wants to hit on oil pan

zukijames

sorry pictures in the dark dont work too good
axle vertical separation




triangulation


vertical separation at frame and adjustability



clutch and master cylinder showed up today.. flywheel wont be here tell next week

Stevesk88

Just needs a yota body with a lexus logo. Maybe even fancy headlights? Seen a few crawlers here and there with newer car or truck headlights and kinda fancied it myself. Just not sure if id wanna pay for new ones after i broke one. Give it a thought? The yota body that is ....okay ill admit. Im only messin with you cause your motor has twice as many cylinders as mine and almost three times the ponys i bet NISE TRUCK! Suzuki i mean !

westjohns yota

god that thing is beautiful! if only she was streetable! gonna be a beast finished

zukijames

Been awhile seen if been on here not much progress
I bought a stock landrover, then trimmed fenders , tube rear bumper, sliders , welded rear diff and added 33s

took it to Moab did hells revenge, steel bender (twice) flat iron Mesa , PRICHETT canyon, some of strike ravine, and the bypasses on greenday


Everyone at the end of prichett
Jeep with 42s, jeep with ls1 and 38.5' yota with 37s. And land rover with !no lift and 33s


Also I got my girlfriends landrover buggy converted to propane and running and out of the garage

And got the zuk in the garage

zukijames

Thanks you guys are awesome

No fancy lights but I am running a Lexus grill and I'm looking for a trunk from a 2000 Lexus gs 400


Motor is not getting spark , tested ignitors, coils, crank sensor, cam sensors

So it's either the ecu or the guy who did my harness (same guy who sold me "running" motor and ecu) messed up

zukijames

A million years later
Maiden voyage for big green and angel and first trip on Maddies buggy since she used and abused her buggy in Moab so we weren't to sure how it would turn out


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The end of the trail it started raining hard and got real slick





Maddie got a flat on the way down tire was low and going fast around corners burped it out
My nephew had a blast even though his glasses were all muddy


Thought this pic looked cool



Made it home with minimal issues (for us anyways) and a few mile hike at 5 am Maddie got 2 flats and the jb weld on her air shock let go again,

My new output seals leak like crazy front and rear , front axle seals leak like crazy !


The captin rob racing/lowrangeoffroad Toyota needs a new wiring harness

A Sami might have caught on fire

But we make it home safe and muddy

zukijames

When not if












A few more

zukijames

more 1uz fun
1uz,r150f,dual ultimates, fj80 axles, front uses a rear 9.5 diff

october 6th first moab trip


october 13th first sand hallow trip




both of these were solo trips so i didn't get too crazy not wanted to get stranded in the desert the day i was heading home






last october


october before that





october or november before that