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Thanks everyone. Not much going on in the garage, I have been keeping busy helping friends with projects. If you have a tire mounter and balancer in your home garage, don't let your friends know unless you want to keep busy doing favors: Anyhow, a bit of fuel has been laid out...

Thanks peeps. I decided to clean up the 1UZ auto bell housing, and test fit it installed on the engine for the next drop in. Once the engine was installed again, the bell housing fit without any issues. The intake however does not have enough clearance to allow for the engine to sway...

Thanks everyone. A quick teaser of the new progress: Hopefully I will have alot more updates tonight! -Mike

No expansion joint in the works. I think there should be enough length and support to allow a bit of expansion/contraction in the system without having to wory about sealing or welds breaking. 4U2, how long is the lead time on one of your aluminum flywheels? I purchased the Quantum-Auto...

Thanks, but I was able to get one from lextreme (David). -Mike

do you have the pre-2005 Tundra units? Those are what I really wanted, but couldn't find a set for sale. Cribbj, thanks for the input! -Mike

I decided to go ahead and start the fab work I can without the engine in the car. I haven't finalized the location for the turbo yet, but was able to begin routing the manifolds and crossover pipe. By suggestion from some of the peeps on Lextreme.com, I sourced a pair of Tundra manifolds...

Ok, it’s been a bit since I have posted updates. I was hoping to receive my transmission adapter and update the fitment last week, but alas I am still waiting for it. I have kept plenty busy however with lots of smaller projects. I committed to the location of the trigger wheel teeth in...

That is what I thought also, but was just curious as to how Cribbj's crank key and the VR tooth are perfectly 90 degrees apart. The material is very thin where the trigger wheel wraps the crank pulley. I think I will rotate it to where I want it, and drill a few new holes in the outer...

Thanks everyone. I received my bellhousing and crank trigger setup, and was happy to begin sorting them out. A bit of oddness on the crank setup: No instructions were given for the crank trigger I purchased from lextreme.com. Needless to say, it is a very high quality two piece set...

David was very patient with me, and sold me a bellhousing and 36 tooth crank wheel at a very good price. (even considering shipping the bulky package). He was even kind enough to toss in the needed bellhousing hardware, even though I never asked for it. Thanks so much David, these were the...

I cleaned all the undercoating off the frame rail and inner fender on the passenger side, and began to lay out how I was going to cut out a patch panel for the big hole. I will most likely weld in a patch for the 3" IC pipe hole I previously used, but will wait until I know what I am...

I have been slowing down on the updates. I purchased a 1UZ auto bell housing and the W58-1Uz trans adapter, so hopefully they will be here by mid-next week. Then I can really get going on fabbing everything, and judge my shifter/driveshaft options. While I have been waiting for more parts to...

Time to take care of the ignition! There is not a big aftermarket scene for performance 1UZ wires. Most that are available are way overpriced, and would not do me any good since I need custom length wires with Ford EDIS tower ends. I decided to make my own wires using one of the generic V8...

I haven't heard back from David (lextreme) in a while. Hopefully he will get back to me when he has time, but if anyone else has one of these I need it to keep my swap moving along. Help a guy out! :-) -Mike

Not much happened this weekend. I had to babysit a pretty bad hangover for a majority of Saturday. :( I took my time this weekend and fabricated a coil mount for both of the EDIS-4 coils. I wanted to secure them to the engine (not engine bay), so I decided a good place to mount them would be...

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions folks. The traffic on this forum is alot slower than most I am use to, but all the feedback I am receiving is very helpful and smart! I will have to debate the manifold situation. I think I might purchase the stock tundra manifolds, and try to make...

What has shown up so far: This should keep me busy until more parts arrive. :) -Mike

Thanks for all the replies gentlemen. What year range Tundra manifolds should I look for? It seems the pre 2005 models are a log style, and so are the 05-06 models which also have an EGR tube that run across the length of the primaries. Either way, they both seem like they would work well...

For the little power I am looking to make, I think these will work ok. People have made well over 450 WHP on stock flipped units, and I don't want to make near that power. Yes, they look quite ugly, but I will be radiusing a few of the bad primaries and most likely have them ceramic caoted when...