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yeah, all that extra torque to play with. It will be interesting to see how much this Series 2 we're doing weighs once the glass is put back in. The cage probably weighs about the same as all the guff we've removed, so will be nice to find out.

that's pretty damn close to the factory weight. The Series 1 came out at 2,420lbs (manual trans), which is about 1100kg. Add some gas to that, and I'd bet they'd be almost identical.

Cheers Marcel, thanks for the offer. Chris has got a polished stainless steel catch can that'll be used as a washer reservoir so we should be right; it's just a case of mounting it and a small external pump. Some other things to add to the to do list above (seeing as I can't edit it): -...

progress pics Hi all, here are some more progress pics on the RX7. The first two show the car assembled. You'll have to excuse the crappy paint scheme, it will get a full cosmetic makeover once it's been track tested and certified. The next two show most of the engine bay. You'll have to...

Looking real nice Celos, well done.

Jake: here's some pics of a later model elec MR2 that I posted a few years back: http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?p=47904#post47904

Yes indeed. I've found a supply of new regs for about $100 +gst. I'm going to check them out today to make sure they are the correct type. I could also get them for about $30-$50 delivered from China, but that's risky at best and will be my last option. The car seemed to handle like what I'd...

Well, they wanted $453 plus GST for that part so I guess I'll be heading to the wreckers to get one...

Well, it's been about 6 weeks since my last post, and so it's about time for an update. The engine is now running perfectly, the smokey exhaust colour was residual oil in the cylinders left over from when it was stored (I think). The larger injectors on the standard ecu give the 1UZ a much...

This guy sells them on trademe: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=518336 We bought a W series one for the RX7 conversion and the fit was pretty good, it only needed a little tidying up in a couple of places.

I'm using a Hilux master and slave cylinder. If you're having shifting problems, and you've tried to increase piston stroke, make sure that you've adjusted the master cylinder piston stroke (screwed rod between pedal and master cylinder) so that with your foot off the clutch the piston can...

There are some pics on here somewhere that show a front sump fitting in with minimal mods. Here's one of Phil's ute:

The engine in my ute originally had a mid sump, and a rear sump wouldn't have worked. I didn't use a front sump because it meant that I couldn't get the engine back as far (or as low) as I wanted. Most of the conversions I've seen just lift the engine up a bit and go forward, it keeps sump mods...

2wd or 4wd? most 2wds use a front sump, and I think 4wds without IFS use one too, small mods needed to sump bowl for clearance.

by the way, you'll need to log into that site to see the pictures.

There's heaps of info on this site, just use the search function. Also, I wrote up an article on my 2wd swap on uzswap.com, you'll find it here: http://www.uzswap.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1a267a963a68809b934d85b3660fe368&topic=134.0 There are heaps of different ways to do the swap, that...

it does have something of a miss at idle, but I don't think that its run long enough to foul plugs yet. I've just read your post about fouled plugs here http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7973 and will take a look at them this weekend. Muzz

very nice. What was your peak HP?

Howdy all, we've made some slow progress lately, my laptop haemorrhaged so haven't been able to post any new pics (I'm on my work pc at the moment). Basically its got all the bits on it to make it go, stop and handle well, it's just a case of finishing things off. Going from the pissy little...

Have you had a look at these links: http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5975&highlight=radiator+hilux http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4806&highlight=radiator+hilux