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V8 Lexus Conversion

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Hi

I want to change my d/c 2.4 to v8 lexus,

I know that Fana from Adaptor and Conversions in PTA does it, has any body done any of these conversions at Fana? Is there any other gusy that do it, maybe JHB -PTA region

I would like to use the manual box, what do you guys recoomend?

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Hello Pieter.

"n vriend van my in Bloemfontein het die "Kit" gebou vir die conversions. Hier is sy telefoon nommer as jy hom dalk wil bel. Sy naam is Attie, Sel no: 072 178 3111. Laas toe ek met hom gepraat het, het hy gesê dit sal 'n build-on conversion op die V8 Lexus wees.
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Ek het volle vertroue in Attie, nog nooit slegte of verkeerde raad by hom gekry nie, het hom al baie gepla vir raad. As hy nader was het ek dalk ook al 'n Lexus ombouing in gehad, hy is een van die min wat ek sal vertrou met so 'n ombouing. Hy is my Suster se swaer, weet nie wat maak dit hom van my nie.
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3RZ wrote:Ek het volle vertroue in Attie, nog nooit slegte of verkeerde raad by hom gekry nie, het hom al baie gepla vir raad. As hy nader was het ek dalk ook al 'n Lexus ombouing in gehad, hy is een van die min wat ek sal vertrou met so 'n ombouing. Hy is my Suster se swaer, weet nie wat maak dit hom van my nie.
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Is daar iemand wat my met 'n ombouing in Kaapstad kan help? Ek het 'n 2.2 wat vervang moet word met meer krag.
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Hi Niel, contact Hoppy on this forum, you won't be sorry!


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Chris Mod is Pretoria doen 'n uitstekende ombouing.
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probeer gerus vir allen venter-hy is 'n hilux boffin in kaapstad sel: 0 seven 2 one 2 nine 11 six 0
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Baie dankie, ek sal kyk of ek hom in die hande kan kry. Ek het meer krag nodig.

Wat doen ek om die standaard remme vir my 2.2 te verbeter met die ten minste die helfte van die rem afstand? Ek weet ek kan nie versnelling met die slak beplan nie maar ek moet my rem beplan.
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Pieter

I saw one done by Chris Mod from Pta;

V8 Lexus (1UZ-FE) with Auto Gearbox - very very flippen nice :P

Cost him in the region of R70K, IIRC

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Hi Pieter, ek het by Fana al flywheel's en bellhousing gekoop nog nie probleme gekry nie, jou vraag oor manual of auto, ek het 33 inch mt ' s gehad met auto op standard diff ratio 4.875, vir my was die bakkie dood, met 31 inch bande is hy beter dis nou as jy reeds 4.875 ratio's in het. as jy wil auto gaan moet jy jou ratio's verander , die Lexcus std ratio was 3.3 tot 3.7 volgens lexcus SA maar onthou sy wiele is baie kleiner as 31 of 33 wiele. Manual is definitief beter maar dan moet jy mooi ry of sterker ratkas insit. Sterkte ps std ecu
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