ToyRover Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:00 am
Ja nee, the only thing you can call a Landy with Hilux axles is a ToyRover I suppose......
I'm busy looking for a Series 2 or Series 3 Landy pickup. I love the shape and the appearance. The vehicle will be used for farm work and overlanding with an aluminium canopy.
Now the old Series Landies weren't known for strong axles shafts even when new, and now that those axles are getting to be over 30 years old......wet spaghetti is maybe a good description. But I'd like the axles to be able to handle anything up to a grade 4 trail.
The Landy series vehicle can be upgraded to a Salisbury (Dana60 copy) at the back, but these are flipping scarce these days. And lockers aren't very easy to find.
So the plan is to buy a set of SFA Lux or leaf spring FJ40 Cruiser axles and swop them into the Landy.
At the same time, I'll be wondering whether I should go for the 5-speed Lux gearbox and the Toyota transfer case as well?
Anybody done some of these swops so that you can help me with diff ratios, etc?
Is the rear axle diff pumpkin centered or offset on the SFA rear axle?
I seem to remember that only the FJ40 series was offset and the Hilux was a center pumpkin?
I assume lockers or LSDs are available for these diffs?
By the way: engine will NOT be standard Land Rover: probably a Jap turbo diesel.
I'm busy looking for a Series 2 or Series 3 Landy pickup. I love the shape and the appearance. The vehicle will be used for farm work and overlanding with an aluminium canopy.
Now the old Series Landies weren't known for strong axles shafts even when new, and now that those axles are getting to be over 30 years old......wet spaghetti is maybe a good description. But I'd like the axles to be able to handle anything up to a grade 4 trail.
The Landy series vehicle can be upgraded to a Salisbury (Dana60 copy) at the back, but these are flipping scarce these days. And lockers aren't very easy to find.
So the plan is to buy a set of SFA Lux or leaf spring FJ40 Cruiser axles and swop them into the Landy.
At the same time, I'll be wondering whether I should go for the 5-speed Lux gearbox and the Toyota transfer case as well?
Anybody done some of these swops so that you can help me with diff ratios, etc?
Is the rear axle diff pumpkin centered or offset on the SFA rear axle?
I seem to remember that only the FJ40 series was offset and the Hilux was a center pumpkin?
I assume lockers or LSDs are available for these diffs?
By the way: engine will NOT be standard Land Rover: probably a Jap turbo diesel.