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  1. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Is this in my future? A Neil Racing Bracket Powerglide? And a Neil Chance torque converter? Maybe. The cool thing is that Dellow Automotive (Australia) makes a bellhousing for a"Toyota Lexus V8 4.0L to powerglide (with detachable housing)" . . . . . hhmmmmmm . . . . . looks like a lot of...
  2. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    I am leaning very strongly to getting a race powerglide and high stall converter now. I believe the old addage, "You don't know what enough is until you have had too much," is true: I have reached the horsepower limit of what a Toyota A342 can take . . . without modifications that are more...
  3. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    I hired a Thai mechanic, Khun Somchai, to help me remove the broken transmission today. Somchai did all the heavy lifting and back-breaking work. I am old now. The transmission was very reluctant to be taken out from the bottom . . . with the motor still in . . . but we did it. This is...
  4. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Thanks guys for your time and interest . . . and recommendations. With the small Vortech V9 supercharger making only 8+ pounds of boost or so in the 4000-6800rpm band, I want to stay in that rpm zone as much as I can throughout a 1/4 mile run, so the three-speed auto makes more sense to me...
  5. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    WOW! With a good tune on it, the new supercharged 1UZ really made huge power. More than I had anticipated.
  6. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    PLAN 'B' I have been weighing my transmission options: a race Ford C4/TH350 (with adapter, slip joint, trans brake, and therefore, a new rear-end too comes in at around US$5000.95), or a rebuild of the existing transmission with stronger parts and a spring in the 1-2 accumulator instead...
  7. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Actually, that AU$3,800 complete package race C4 from A1 is not such a bad price, now that I think about it. If it includes every part I need, it is actually pretty good. If I were to order the parts separately from the USA it would be about the same (excluding shipping, of course): Race...
  8. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Ouch! Those prices are a little high (example: US$ 1700.oo for a fully upgraded competition C4 with brake) . . . especially since the US Dollar is weak now. Yes, the 1.80 Powerglide looks like a good option. My thinking, however, is that the three-speed would be better with my little Vortech...
  9. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Thanks XR8tt. I have contacted both. Are they reasonably priced?
  10. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Yep, time for a stronger transmission. I made 100+ 1/4 mile runs on that Toyota A342 trans with a best of a 10:53 without failure, and won lots of trophies, so I know they are strong. I am looking at a race C4 trans for the replacement: they can be built strong, are small enough to fit the...
  11. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    And the Test & Tuning ENDS! Yep, the new motor is now tuned to perfection: huge horsepower, titanic torque, splendid sound . . . . but too much for the transmission . . . . which promptly broke. Oh well. I now have to think through my options . . . another built A340, a C4, or a...
  12. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    I hope you all enjoyed the YouTube clip from last week ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awql4...er_profilepage ). All of my 'brain trust' will be at the track this Friday evening for a real test & tune sorting-out-the-combination session. I have to say, "Oops, I forgot!" about my last...
  13. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    My good friend Khun Mac dropped by my race shop today and we had a look at the PCS (transmission controller) and discovered we did not have a signal from the TPS . . . so it is not going to shift until we get that sorted out. However, it was a good chance for him to take a few quick romps to...
  14. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    I finally got around to getting a look at the busted rod. Here are some better photos for the amateur metallurgists to sink their teeth into! Yep, there's your problem!
  15. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Back Home Thanks, yes, I got the drive ring idea from the Castlemaine web site. I picked up my racer yesterday and trailered it to my drag strip garage. I made one on-and-off blast down the quarter mile at the deserted drag strip to see what the new package felt like. There needs to be some...
  16. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Drive Ring Complete Among the many technical decisions I had to make along the road of this %##@% project was how to mate the race 1JZ auto box and torque converter (TC) I already had to the 1UZ engine (using a 1UZ bell housing). Since nothing comes easy when fabricating a unique...
  17. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Everything is back together now and the "new" motor has started and checked for leaks -- all good. It runs and revs like it is suppose to. Unfortunately, I am off to The States for the next three weeks so will not be able to strip tune it until the new year. Oh well. Happy Holidays everybody.
  18. HarperRacingBangkok

    Project Thread Supercharged 1UZ Bangkok Drag Truck

    Since I am waiting . . . . . I have never been really satisfied with the way I decided to solve the torque converter mounting problem (1UZ bell housing to mate my1JZ torque converter and race modified 1JZ A342 trans). Since my racer is [still] down getting another short block put in, I felt...


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