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Re: does anyone know of an easy conversion for a 79 hilux
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:35

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appreciate your point but a 3TC is just about bullet proof. Check out juzzo'z thread on his toyota stout ute, it's up for sale. It's using a 3TC and no complaints there. Just so ya know, I used to mock 3TC's until I drove a KE rolla with a turbo blow thru carbie conversion 3TC, it fkn hammered. The stock carbie 3TC I have in one of my T18's just did a 1300km nonstop trip doing 130-140km/hr. Cost me $115 in fuel.
Even NA, 3TC's can make very good horsies with just porting, cam and extractors. Very tuff motors. Pushrods are unfashionable and not as cool as twinkies. However, most full on drag motors are pushrods, why is that so do ya think? Cos they breathe better than a twinkie ever will. For a ute I'd say it's all about the torque (3TC=115ftlbs@3500?) , economy and reliability. However, the example motor given as a likely transplant was a 4AGZE. Not a cheap motor nor a common one so I dunno.
FYI I have got a twinkie 3TGTEU powered T18 as well and I love it.
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does anyone know of an easy conversion for a 79 hilux
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rockin rollaz | Fri, 27 May 2005 00:44 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 00:58 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 01:35 |
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ra_28 | Fri, 27 May 2005 01:40 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:07 |
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Skip | Fri, 27 May 2005 01:45 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:12 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:15 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:22 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:35 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:42 |
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brett_celicacoupe | Fri, 27 May 2005 07:16 |
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JFAllen | Sat, 28 May 2005 07:37 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:45 |
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flyinwall | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:52 |
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EMP-2TG | Fri, 27 May 2005 02:56 |
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bunkyT18 | Fri, 27 May 2005 03:00 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 03:02 |
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EMP-2TG | Fri, 27 May 2005 03:03 |
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Ta22lover | Fri, 27 May 2005 03:45 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 27 May 2005 04:01 |
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Skip | Sat, 28 May 2005 06:14 |
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baldrocker | Sat, 28 May 2005 03:01 |
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Ta22lover | Sat, 28 May 2005 22:36 |
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sxr01r | Sat, 28 May 2005 15:01 |
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rockin rollaz | Sun, 29 May 2005 07:57 |
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rockin rollaz | Mon, 30 May 2005 03:34 |