Recent content by bskati

yeah! Bought the engine today :) Feeling excited! Now I just have to get it home somehow...

hey again, I've been doing some research and according to what I read, there is no flywheel that is a direct fit. Is this correct? I'm not a big fan of the idea modifying a cast flywheel, so I guess I will have to make my own billet (meaning have my CNC expert friend do it for me). Does anyone...

thank you for that, but since I live in Iceland I am not got to order parts for New Zealand. It is extremely expensive to ship this long distance, and the stupid laws in Iceland say I will have to pay import tax of price of the items + shipping. So $1 in New Zealand is probably around $2,5-3...

Thank you for the advice. I think I will replace the oil seals on the crank and take a look at the cam belt. The plan at the moment is to run it on megasquirt and get it running and tuned before I fit it in the vehicle. A mate of mine is a tuner and he has a engine dyno, so the engine should...

Hello I'm in Norway now and took some pictures of the engine. I have found out that this is a 1989 engine according to the spark plugs. So I guess this is an engine for a 1989 LS400 for europe. This engine was a display unit and then it has been sitting in storage for some 20 years. What do...

Ok, I will do that next time I see the engine, I'm in Iceland and the engine is still in norway :P

Hello I'm new here. My name is Baldur and I come from Iceland. I have a 2003 Toyota Hilux that I have modified a bit: I'm planing a 1UZFE swap and could use some help from the community here. I have an un-used 1UZFE from a Lexus, this engine came to Toyota Norway as a demo...

Hello My name is Baldur and I live in Iceland. I have a 2003 Toyota Hilux with the stock 2KD-FTV engine and the stock R151F manual transmission. I have modified the Hilux alot; long travel suspension with bilsteins coilovers front and rear, tacoma rear axle, custom wishbones at front, 38...