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Old Mar 20th, 2020, 17:52   #21
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Dear Pals.

It failed but not badly.

- front NS tyre
- bulb
- track rod end

Whilst it is all stuff I could do myself (not tyre actually), I want the mot garage I use to be there once this chaos stops.

For a reasonable fee including labour and parts and test I can have it back on Monday.

750ish for a 12.month mot car seems OK to me,with the added bonuses that it has a plate I like and forms the basis for v8ing.

Thanks for all the interest. I am really glad to be back. I'll edit the videos together and publish it for you.

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Ps. It. Is NA not. LPT or HPT for those discussing mods and merits.
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Dear Pals.

It failed but not badly.

- front NS tyre
- bulb
- track rod end

Whilst it is all stuff I could do myself (not tyre actually), I want the mot garage I use to be there once this chaos stops.

For a reasonable fee including labour and parts and test I can have it back on Monday.

750ish for a 12.month mot car seems OK to me,with the added bonuses that it has a plate I like and forms the basis for v8ing.

Thanks for all the interest. I am really glad to be back. I'll edit the videos together and publish it for you.

Fred.

Ps. It. Is NA not. LPT or HPT for those discussing mods and merits.
That's pretty much a pass or would have been if you'd owned it a bit longer - no doubt you would have sorted those things if you'd had more of a chance to do so.

My mistake, i thought i'd seen somewhere it was an LPT. The turbo route becomes more difficult going from n/asp to blown, that said i'm biased and thin the 1UZ would be the way to go!
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Dear Pals.

It failed but not badly.

- front NS tyre
- bulb
- track rod end

Whilst it is all stuff I could do myself (not tyre actually), I want the mot garage I use to be there once this chaos stops.

For a reasonable fee including labour and parts and test I can have it back on Monday.

750ish for a 12.month mot car seems OK to me,with the added bonuses that it has a plate I like and forms the basis for v8ing.

Thanks for all the interest. I am really glad to be back. I'll edit the videos together and publish it for you.

Fred.

Ps. It. Is NA not. LPT or HPT for those discussing mods and merits.
All minor faults and easily sorted. I bet more modern cars fail on more!

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That's pretty much a pass or would have been if you'd owned it a bit longer - no doubt you would have sorted those things if you'd had more of a chance to do so.

My mistake, i thought i'd seen somewhere it was an LPT. The turbo route becomes more difficult going from n/asp to blown, that said i'm biased and thin the 1UZ would be the way to go!
Rightly, I was ribbed for not checking the bulbs. I do not know how easily a v8 will go in. My head calculations lead me to believe the sump will need work, the brake servo will need moving but apart from that the 'does it fit' conundrum seems to produce the answer, 'Yes!'

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All minor faults and easily sorted. I bet more modern cars fail on more!

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They certainly can and do. Can't wait for it to be back OTR.
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Rightly, I was ribbed for not checking the bulbs. I do not know how easily a v8 will go in. My head calculations lead me to believe the sump will need work, the brake servo will need moving but apart from that the 'does it fit' conundrum seems to produce the answer, 'Yes!'
The Bulb Failure warning light should have lit up every time you hit the brakes, if it didn't, there's a very high chance the bulb failed during the test. Many moons ago a colleagues works van failed the MoT on the rear foglight not working - bulb had blown.

He got plenty of ribbing for that and then i put my car in for an MoT a couple of weeks later.
Despite testing all the bulbs on arrival at the test station, both rear fog bulbs failed during the test, hence a failure! Two new bulbs and a pass certificate was issued.

I also got some ribbing at work over that until i pointed out i had checked them before i left the car at the test station and all was good.
Simple fact is bulbs can fail at any time so i wouldn't worry about it.

Fairly sure the brake servo won't need moving for the V8, plenty of videos on YouTube showing the installation of a 1UZ V8 into 2/7/9xx cars, most are LHD but a few RHD as well, none seem to have moved the servo. This one shows a 240 with a 1UZ in it, brake servo is in the same place :

https://youtu.be/nrDgAitsOrE

Plenty more on there, just that vid shows a nice underbonnet shot. Don't forget it's a 90 degree V8 so each bank is canted over 45 degrees from vertical unlike the original redblock which is 20 degrees to the right from vertical. That means the head will sit below the servo. There's more room in the 7/9xx engine bay than the 2xx but gives you an idea.
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If your gonna go to the effort of fitting a V8 you might as well go for a T6 or 2JZ and then have turbo too.
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If your gonna go to the effort of fitting a V8 you might as well go for a T6 or 2JZ and then have turbo too.
Those ideas have their merits Luke but unless i'm mistaken, they also have the added complexity of VVTi whereas the 1UZ is straightforward 32 valve V8 and 250+bhp but either way, the 2JZ is quite a long lump being a straight 6 so might be a bit tight lengthways - a tape measure would confirm.
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Those ideas have their merits Luke but unless i'm mistaken, they also have the added complexity of VVTi whereas the 1UZ is straightforward 32 valve V8 and 250+bhp but either way, the 2JZ is quite a long lump being a straight 6 so might be a bit tight lengthways - a tape measure would confirm.
There's plenty of 2JZ and T6 2/7/900s on YouTube Dave so I believe fitment wouldn't be an issue.
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If your gonna go to the effort of fitting a V8 you might as well go for a T6 or 2JZ and then have turbo too.
I hear you but Ultimate power is not my goal. I love the idea of smooooooth V8 and I have a serious affinity for the 1UZ.

If you use an early 'thick rod' engine, they take forced induction very happily.

I just like the idea of a brisk, torquey, sonorous, practical, reliable estate that looks nice.

I don't think I'd like to do the bodywork on it, I love how the car wears its mileage.

All subject to change of course...

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Just slapping together a video for you all.

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