1UZ-FE Pros and Cons

[striker]

Life expectany is the draw back in higher reving motors...

another Pro of the 1uz, it can rev pretty high, safe for longer than most stock v8's.

on the other points, gearing is key, in the end the working force is all the same to accelerate 1 kg to 100mls an hour. I just don't see many people change the gear ratio's very often, instead they always up the power instead of select the best ratio's...

promiss i'll really stop now.

grtz Thomas

 

[jibbby]

Striker mate we both must stop...Forum junkies no dought...I can't help it as this is my hobbie and I get fired up from time to time...I am still learning stuff from the heads of this forum... So I must continue on this note:

Yes gearing is so key... If the gearing isn't matched correctly you can lose alot of potential speed in your vehicle...

Torque converter stall rate for automatics is huge, differential gearing is big, even tranny gearing... It all matters...

PS: I have an excuse, I am in Mississippi now visiting my brother for a few weeks and man there is nothing to do over here...I mean nothing... The deep South bible belt...:kabong:

 

[Mat Grant]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

 

[lexboosted]

Reading back through this thread is funny in hindsight. Some of the calls here aged well and some aged badly.
Anaema's claim that you couldn't build a 1UZ using totally aftermarket parts was reasonable in 2006 but it's not true anymore. We have forged internals, multiple turbo manifold options, standalone ECUs that tune these cleanly, and even billet parts available now that nobody imagined when this thread was active.

The "underpowered compared to today's V8s" argument also looks different two decades later. The 1UZ is still down on stock power compared to modern stuff, but the parts ecosystem has caught up enough that getting to 500-600 wheel reliably is a known recipe, not a research project.
What I'm curious about, for anyone still reading: which prediction in this thread do you think aged the worst? Bango's read that we'd all eventually be running 25 psi felt optimistic in 2006 and now seems conservative.