LS1 in my 98 Lux

[whitels1ss]

Got the gearbox issue sorted. After chasing the wiring for the whole day I looked at the VSS and noticed that the machines hole in the housing seemed a little small because the VSS oring was showing. So I pulled the oring out and the sensor sits closer to the reluctor.
Man the Hilux is quick lmfao.

Still lots to tidy up but she's on the road

That was quick work!

Fantastic stuff mate!

Any more pics?

[Camos]

Wiring taken care of... For now. Have rolled it all up and pulled the inside out of the upper glove box. The PCM is in the lower glovebox all outta sight. Need to remove a ton of unused wires then pull the dash out and tuck it up and away in there somehow. Might be quite a few pondering beers that weekend


Engine bay is still a bit of a mess. Lots of tidying up to do there. Rerunning 4wd vac lines etc


The air box is in serious need of attention. My efforts at plastic welding to the existing box, although totally awesome lol, don't give her the air to breathe when stomping on the skinny pedal. It starves and dies in the ass. Nearly turns the air box inside out in the process.
I am thinking of fabbing up a SS or ally box with big OTR style intake and a butterfly to switch to snorkel when needed.


Still to successfully get the stock temp gauge working so flying blind a bit at the moment and making me a little nervous driving.
It overheats sometimes and I thought it might have been an airlock. Lots of bleeding and filling I think I have it but still taking it easy and staying close to home.
The radiator I had to drop about 100mm so the intake could fit on. Not sure if having the radiator so low could be causing some issues there also.


Clearance is pretty tight so don't have much room to move things around down there.


Still only a 2wd ATM, the front prop shaft hits the sump of the 4l60 so will do a diff drop to give some clearance
All in all it is coming together and is sooo fun to drive now. I took it for a squirt down our street with the Mrs. And there was a woman at the bus stop on the side of the road when I planted it she put her hands over her ears

That is a big tick in the success box

[Camos]

Overheating issues I believe are now sorted. Drove to Blacktown with the new temp gauge normal and no overheating.
On way back I pulled over to double check and went to put back in D... Nothing. WTF!

Turns out you need to put the torque converter in the bell housing when mating it up to the engine and not the other way round.


Result...


Now back in the garage and attempting to pull the box out from underneath to swap out the oil pump.
Note to new conversionists, put the torque converter on the bell housing first.

[Camos]

Thanks for the liking my ute on the back of a towy guys lol.
Well gearbox is out and it's only 245am, easy done.

Would have been so much easier to do with engine, box and Tx case on the floor.
Those torque converter bolts were a bitch. The plastic cover around starter wouldn't come off and wasn't able to get the starter bolts off. Had to drop the sump and access it through the crack with 4 extensions and a socket.
There were 2 bolts on the Tx case that weren't accessible so the whole lot had to come out in one piece. Had the floor crane through the shifter hole and a jack under the sump. A shit load of wiggling lifting pulling grunting cursing and beers we got her out.
Not looking forward to the install.

[Camos]

The bell housing torx bolts are my favourite.
Got them all out bar 2




Here is Camos rooted oil pump. He is now noting the 2 broken tabs and see where they locate into the notches in the TC





Been speaking with a transmission guy in Girraween who has been such a help with getting the girl back on the road. Vey knowledgable and wish I had the same conversations prior to doing the work. Live and learn though.

[whitels1ss]

Good to see it won't be a hard fix mate.

You would get some puzzled looks driving that around with the V8 sound theme going on.

[Micks]

Your not the only member here to xp that swapping in & out of A4's

[jc_sv8]

Your Giraween must be different to ours. Ours would knock it off not just talk about it...

[Camos]

Picked up the parts today and raced home to continue operating on the girl. Pulled an all nighter finishing at 5am when the alarm went off to get up for work. All done and dusted, ready to take to work.

Only problem is didn't have enough O pos to fill her up
Going to steal the Mrs car, going to be pissed about walking the kids to school after coming off night shift

[Camos]

After topping it up with oil she's as angry as ever and back on the road, very happy bowt that.

I'm now planning to lift the radiator and make an air box so did some googling for inspiration and came across an ls1 Hilux.
The throttle body was bolted to a 90deg elbow so it came out to the side rather than facing forward and using the bent intake pipe.
This put the bend at the intake manifold rather than 20-30mm after the throttle body giving significant clearance at the front. Every mil counts

The donor car worked for marks and was an R&D project for future kits etc so I called and said it wasn't something they went on to manufacture but had one on the shelf. Was after $325 ish for it and I politely declined. Anyone know what this part is called and where I might be able to source at a more reasonable price?
I have d my little ass off but came up empty handed, probably because I am not using the right term.
Cheers

[whitels1ss]

Good stuff mate!

[feistl]

did some googling for inspiration and came across an ls1 Hilux.

Care to share the link? Would be good to know exactly what you are referring to...

Cheers

EDIT - http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/...e-elbows.shtml

Alternatively, if you've got a pic i reckon it would be pretty easy to weld something up. Buy a 3.5" mandrel bend, cut some plates out (using the TB as a template) and weld onto the end. If you were in Melbourne id give you a hand...

EDIT 2 - Im thinking something like this but much less crude...

[Micks]

I'm certain you could get one fabbed up, but whether it would be keener than $325 is another thing?

[Camos]

That's the sort of thing I'm after.
I was looking at the Edelbrock elbows. They are for a carby intake to mount an Ls TB onto but was going to try to modify it. The TB is a 3 bolt and looks like it has a few bolt hole patterns on the TB side. The manifold side is a 4 bolt and might be able to be modified to work.

Here is the link anyway: http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/vi...?f=22&t=152142

And the pics in question






This is my current setup with the existing air box




I am in Sydney but have fam down in Melb and would consider heading on down to make it up if your keen. Call me weird but I would rather make it up than buy it off the shelf, even if it costs the same or more to do. Love the learning experience.
Yep... Weirdo lol

[Micks]

What's your idea for the Rad fix?