Thread: 2.4 Litre Hilux Motor

The 4WD club member often upgrade to bigger engines and offload the standard unit, see if there is anything here
http://www.hiluxclub.org.au/

Originally Posted by Iain

The 4WD club member often upgrade to bigger engines and offload the standard unit, see if there is anything here
http://www.hiluxclub.org.au/

in the "NT" a highlux with a 308 and big 3 3 tires is called a Rolllux"

Found a damaged one (rolled) on ebay.

Amongst other goodies it has

wait for it

High Lift Springs.

I wonder why it rolled?

Don't muck around, chuck a holden V6 in 'er!

Was wondering about the hotrod idea!!

But I don't feel like updating the entire drive train

I put on an ARB aftermarket suspension on my 80 series about 2 years ago and was told about all the mods I would need, the clowns were horrified when I said I 'didn't' want it jacked up off the ground 6 feet, just a nice suspension that won't sag and suitable for towing heavy loads, the same height as stock standard.
They just couldn't believe that I didn't want the wank pack.
What you can't get clowns to believe is that #1, high lifts make the vehicle unstable #2 high lift does not give ground clearance, unless you can get the diffs up a bit higher.

Hi Bob

If you havent already grabbed the wreck

AND

you are planning on keeping it for a goodly length of time check out a replacement long motor from Toyota. They almost halved the price of a lot of the hilux motors a couple of years back. Still not cheap but will do another 350k at least.

cheers

Give the pen turners a hoy.

Maybe they could whip you one up on the lathe!

I might take the head off in a coupla days & have a sticky,
who knows - maybe its rebuildable

Petrol or Diesel??????

petrol

Bah chucka 350 chev in it... and give it some balls(see Blueys ute world for the balls...)

Edit, blueys dont seem to have them, I thought they did... found some not in oz tho http://www.bullsballs.com/

Bob,
it's possible to fit a holden V6 without upgrading the drive train, there;s a local mob here who's done countless conversions. I had one with a warmed up 3.5V8, standard drivetrain and the only problem I ever had in the 5 years I owned it was a broken rear half axle. Happened as I was chugging down the main street at a pedestrian pace, it's been known to happen with the standard motors too. There's a groove machined in the axle which takes a bearring retainer. The groove has square shoulders (stress point) and it just sheared through the groove. Mate of mine has a 4.2 V8 in his and has been hammering it for 15 years without any breakdowns.

It may be possible to buy a suitable new motor from one of the import places. I know that I can get a brand new motor for my current ute (Rodeo 2.8 diesel) from an importer on the gold coast, for less than what it would cost to get a full rebuild done on mine.

Mick