NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Lol, you must be an archery hunter too.

 

Does anyone here know of someone that knows anything about Toyota Diesels? I have a friend that has a 1992 toyota surf with a rebuilt 2L-TE. Has new injectors, rebuilt injection pump, swapped, ECU all new sensors.

The problem it is having is cold hard start runs like shit dumps fuel once it warms up and cleans up a lot but not perfect.

He Lives in Colorado but was asking if i knew of anyone around Washington that might know what's up

 

you could try contacting these guys, I haven't had work done from them but i've heard good things http://www.specializeddieselconversions.com/

 

its not a diesel conversion. its a stock diesel Surf, but ill pass it along.

also, their website says they only deal with domestic

 

Could try calling the folks at Javan Imports out of Portland. They import these things all the time and have a maintenance team.

 

Why was the ECU swapped? Was it to address this same issue or did the fueling issues start after.

 

not sure. gave you all the info i was given. but i am pretty sure its been the same issue since he had the engine rebuilt. wasnt running when he got it. dont remember if blown head gasket and/or cracked head.

 

The problem as describes sounds like an ECU issue is why I asked. At least on a gasser Tacoma, the ECU manages fueling with the help of various components, the IAC for start up and idle, and the MAF for fuel trims.

 

Looking for recommendations on getting an Archive shock relocation kit installed. I’ve read enough of the Archive threads to have a false sense of confidence about setting it up myself, but even then I couldn’t weld to save my life.

 

Be wary of any shock relocation setup that puts both shocks on the same side of the axle. Shocks are on opposite sides to mitigate axle wrap, moving them to the same sides can have undesirable axle wrap effects.

 

have you bought anything yet? I’ve got the whole sua setup for sale.

and I would argue against that just due to valving being the only thing kind of helping but could also be argued it’s trying to twist the axle…but any thicker pack will also negate any axle wrap.

 

Axle wrap is from driveline acceleration, attempting to hold it with a single pivot point on one side of the axle isn’t nearly as stabilizing as holding it from opposing sides. We chased this issue on @White lightning boosted truck after he did a shock relocation. Ended up having to install a traction bar to control it, but ended snapping the welds. Some don’t have issues, but it is something often overlooked in consideration with doing the relocate.

 

yes. consider all his points as they were factors.

 

I'm not disagreeing that axle wrap could be an issue with shocks on one side of the axle. From my understanding, it does seem like @White lightning boosted makes gobs more power than my stock 3rd gen, which has to factor in under hard acceleration. I would think that thicker/stiffer leafs and stiffer shocks would help offset it a bit. I'm on Icons at Option 2. There seem to be a quite a few folks on similar setups without really bad axle wrap. Or at least without knowing about it.

I saw your setup posted while lurking on one of the LT threads. Would have jumped on it but I already had Fox's and SOA springs in hand with the rest in the mail!

 

Traction bars need a virtual pivot point at the front to allow the arm to move forward and backwards while pivoting instead of a fixed location.

 

.not a fan of trac bars as mine tore a hole in my rear 3rd. id sell mine. i just cant use it for my ride.

 

give example of gobs of power. i can hit way over 100mph in 4th. when roads are wet i can do 55+mph drifting.

 

Yes, it was on a boosted truck making much more power than 3rd Gen.

It had pivot points. Axle wrap was so bad it broke the welds at the pivot.

 

and probably 2k in payload with boost. oops.

 

hence bigger packs. my 539/540 hd pack had minimal if any axle wrap with the ls.