smokeysevin
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What shift kit are you going to use?
Sean
Sean
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The Transgo HD2 setup for “truck”. I keep reading the “hot rod” absolutely slams gears.
Electric fan talk. With the V8 going into the Tacoma, I will not have room for an engine driven fan. I have to do electric.
After lots of reading and research, I’ve landed on a the factory fan out of a V8 Camaro. It’s made by Spal and is 800 watts. A similar “universal”
Spal fan is like $600+. The Camaro units can be had for around $150-$200…..they get wrecked a lot! The fan can do 4000+ CFM turned all the way up. Should be plenty to cool a mild V8.
This cool little controller has the ability to use the factory sensor to turn the fan on and up depending on temperature.
If there is something cooler out there you guys know about,. Let me l know.
https://gkgoodcheapparts.com/products/fpm-brushless-fan-control
After lots of reading and research, I’ve landed on a the factory fan out of a V8 Camaro. It’s made by Spal and is 800 watts. A similar “universal”
Spal fan is like $600+. The Camaro units can be had for around $150-$200…..they get wrecked a lot! The fan can do 4000+ CFM turned all the way up. Should be plenty to cool a mild V8.
This cool little controller has the ability to use the factory sensor to turn the fan on and up depending on temperature.
If there is something cooler out there you guys know about,. Let me l know.
https://gkgoodcheapparts.com/products/fpm-brushless-fan-control
Installed the shift kit in the Tundra trans, not as bad as I thought. The kit is universal to like 8 different versions of the A340, so it’s weird having parts left over. It was also strange pulling check balls out of the valve body, but I was super deliberate and double checked like 5 times.
Picked up a Camaro brushless fan in lovely Compton CA last night on the way home from Disneyland. The wife was super pumped with me when I told her we were stopping. Luckily the seller was waiting for us, fan looked great and the whole transaction took probably 2 min.
Looks like it is going to fit perfect. Some aluminum flat stock to bridge the factory shroud mounts to the new fan will be pretty easy to fab up.
Picked up a Camaro brushless fan in lovely Compton CA last night on the way home from Disneyland. The wife was super pumped with me when I told her we were stopping. Luckily the seller was waiting for us, fan looked great and the whole transaction took probably 2 min.
Looks like it is going to fit perfect. Some aluminum flat stock to bridge the factory shroud mounts to the new fan will be pretty easy to fab up.
smokeysevin
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On the headers, use oem gaskets for the block to header connection.
I have some stainless header flanges where the cats connect already cut if you want them. They are 3/8" or 1/2" thick iirc.
I really like the remflex gaskets for that flange. Ill see if I can find the part number I used.
Sean
I have some stainless header flanges where the cats connect already cut if you want them. They are 3/8" or 1/2" thick iirc.
I really like the remflex gaskets for that flange. Ill see if I can find the part number I used.
Sean
Toyota gaskets already purchased and ready to go. I’m going to have to chop off the 3 bolt flange and doing a weird extension to clear the rack/steering shaft. I’m probably going to to do V bands instead of flanges. Thanks though.
smokeysevin
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It always a little scary making a perfectly running driving truck….not that anymore. I have all the parts I need to put the V8 in. I’m going to push hard to get the motor mounted as that is really the thing that dictates so many other fitment things.
the bodj
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Straight through the core support NICE!
Sometimes 2 min worth of cutting and welding saves hours of work.
I may have to modify the core support/radiator support to mount the new radiator/fan combo anyways. Cutting that one little support bar made so much more room
for motor swapping activities. The V8 will have to go in and out at least twice, probably more.
The new 3 core radiator is real thick compared to the OE one. I don’t want any cooling issues.
4xFoorOffroad
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Did you get an OE fit 3 core rad or custom mounting a generic one?
A 3 core designed for a diesel surf. The version we don’t get in the states. The inlet/outlet are in the correct spots for the V8 and it bolts into the core support. I don’t know if they will be enough room between the front of the motor and the new radiator to fit a fan. The Camaro ZL1 fan I got is pretty shallow, but this is a lot of engine in a little truck.
the bodj
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Oh I wasn’t dissing it I think it’s smart and the right way to go.
All good. My response was reaffirming what we both said. Sometimes internet talk without facial expressions or inflection can be misinterpreted.
Also, I love a compliment from the lord of nun kills
It fits! But there is zero room for anything else. Definitely going to have to run stock exhaust manifolds or do lots of work to the china headers.
I was really hoping the factory transmission location was going to work for ease of cross members, mounts and driveshafts. Nope! I had to move the drivetrain back a good 4 inches to make everything fit. The oil pan is a weird shape to clear the front differential. The motor can only really go in one spot, the oil plan kinda forces you.
Next step is to build a new transmission crossmember. 1.75x .120” tube strong enough?
I was really hoping the factory transmission location was going to work for ease of cross members, mounts and driveshafts. Nope! I had to move the drivetrain back a good 4 inches to make everything fit. The oil pan is a weird shape to clear the front differential. The motor can only really go in one spot, the oil plan kinda forces you.
Next step is to build a new transmission crossmember. 1.75x .120” tube strong enough?
