1UZFE into 80 series cruiser

[sticks236]

hey all

im wondering if an 80 series cruiser wagon would be too big and heavy to bother putting in a 1uzfe? or would the factory straight 6 turboed be better?
im trying to decide what 4x4 to do my conversion with and i have no idea
except that i dont want to use a hilux/surf/4runner cause the engine bay is too small

cheers
sticks

 

[jen3ss]

I think an 80 is too heavy for a 1uz, I would look a supercharging the 6, or something like a LS2.

 

[sticks236]

how well do they fit in the patrols with the 3 ltr motor? anyone tried that?

 

[gloverman]

I would go with a 2UZ or an LS motor. Cheers

 

[jen3ss]

A patrol weighs about the same as a cruiser, you would be better off with a LS2. If I was doing a patrol I would use a 4.2 diesel, there is plenty of power to be had from them.

 

[sideshow]

go ls2 but be prepared to spend abit
I've wired up plenty of 100 series 1hdte motors into earlier
land cruisers and they go good

 

[jen3ss]

Those 1HDFTE's are a nice engine, it's too bad they didn't put them into the 105 series.

 

[sideshow]

yes I've done about 15 of them
and if u get the latest 4x4 australia magazine
with the red Nissan patrol on the cover
I wired a 1 hdte into it
best thing u can do to a patrol hebehehe

 

[jen3ss]

That one will leave a few people scratching their heads.

 

[mshawari1]

I would prefer a 2UZ or LS1 on that 80’s

 

[samsdad]

Sticks I think that we've already had this discussion on other forums.

Hilux/Surf engine bays are big enough for 1/2UZ and the UR engines. The issue is the exhaust manifolds and also the steering boxes on the live axle models due to clearance. But these aren't really an issue if you know what you are doing. For an 80 I'd even not what most want to hear on this forum go LS1 or LS2.

Today I have completed a conversion on what I call "The black bitch", It's black and a girl owns it. It's an '01 Hilux with a 1UZ in it and looks and functions as if it were a factory build right down to an OEM style bellhousing (KS racing in Thailand) and factory clutch. The engineer loves it aside from one O2 sensor in the wrong place which is a cockup on the part of the crowd that made the extractors. This one is the "prototype"(my build) of this model and even the factory scanners talk to every bit of it.

The girlie that owns it wanted the meanest Hilux in Perth and bugger me she's got it. While it don't give you a punch between the shoulder blades the damn thing is so smooth and quick. Stick the boot up it and the speedo is off the clock quick as look at you before you know it

 

[sticks236]

my head feels like its about to explode from all the different stuff im hearing about the 1uz mostly good but the bad stuff is ppl comparing them to landcruiser engines and how a petrol v8 wont have any torque so itll be shit but then when i look on wiki it has the same torque as the landcruiser 1hdt engine

 

[jen3ss]

The difference is that a 1HDFTE makes its 380nm of torque at 1400rpm

 

[sticks236]

and the 1uz makes like 350 doesnt it? 30 nm isnt that much surely? like 3 kilos of pressure or something like that if im converting it right?...

 

[jen3ss]

It's more about where the torque is made then the total, the diesel makes it's torque at 1400rpm, the 1uz at around 3500 rpm.

 

[sticks236]

ah ok then so it just makes more difference when low range 4x4ing? needing to rev the 1 uz more than the 1hd?

 

[BlackUZZ31]

add a slightly higher stall converter to get around the issue if its an auto

 

[sticks236]

i couldnt bring myself to put an auto box on a v8 XD especially for 4 wheel driving