Ended up with a crate 4.6 short motor for $2200-
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Ended up with a crate 4.6 short motor for $2200-
There's no more, or I'd already have offered it for sale (at 3000-)
You're right sorry, transcruiption of information error. Major advantage of these engines are despite being oversquare, there's room to go further.
Also their big ends are larger than SBC so you can destroke and overbore, reduce rod angles and bearing speeds all in one.
The vvti can be played with (via Autronic) but you need to be brave and cut two sensor lobes off the cam. The lobes are at 0 and +/-135deg and it was impossible for to crack a solution with the guys at autronic. So we just used a single reference and it's simply on/off. You should see the curve change at 8000 when the vvti hits.
Yes, having had a 1UZ in a LS400 and now a LS430 I am very impressed with these engines. I am also very happy with their factory performance and efficiency, but amazed at how far aftermarket fiddling will take them:eek:
Any more info / pics etc on the 1/2/3UZ mods you have been involved with? I am interested in how 11,600rpm will sound:p:o
JC
quick hijack for justin.....
I remember years ago in street machine mag that a yank put a 4L lexus in a home made kit car. He had a whipple supercharger with 50psi (yes 50) boost, making somthing like 2000hp. The bottom end was mainly stock too. If you search the interweb for it, i think it was called the GROUND FIGHTER LE1, as it had the windscreen from a fighter jet.
Hijack over......
P38, put a LS1 in it, heck john davis motorworks did it 10 years ago. Overfinch did it when they were new. Cant be that hard. I am told MARKS do a bellhousing between an LS1 and HP24.
Andy
I realise that you've purchased a crate motor now, but for the others who want to do such a complex conversion, then i suggest that you build your own ecu, might sound tricky but, megasquirt II is pretty good, and should cover all bases
factory 200kw in stock form is pretty good for the quad cam lexus v8's
The ECU s not an issue IF you get the right donor. Not all the toyo/lexus models have the same ECU security. Look on ToyMods Car Club and Toyota 1UZ-FE & 2UZ-FE V8 Technical and Performance Forums and you'll find info on what donor to ask your local engine importer for.