1uz into GX81

[dannyboy]

howdy all ;D

not really the forum for this tread but anyone every dropped a 1UZ into a GX81? I have a fairly tidy supercharged MKII Grande, 1GGZE that has blown the head gasket, can get a head set from Japan but it has done 280k. The water pomp stuffed out about a month a go and it got hot, replaced it and did the cam belt and thought I got away with it but no.

Being factory supercharged it has the 8 inch inderpendant rear end with large vented rotors, all set up with adj camber and castor front and rear.

just wondered if anyone has done something similar??

[crazytim]

I'd consult oldschool.co.nz... Mikuni or Zep will know if any of them have done this yet... quite a few Toyota peeps on there anyway... (get another chevette!)

[dannyboy]

would be keen for another chevette, need something for the ms to drive to work now the grande is dead.
if you see a tidy one without a silly price tag let me know

[mikuni]

You could try a pm to the user dontswaphands on here, as funily enough he has put a 1UZ into a GX71 Cressida/Mark 2. I'm not sure of the differences, but it would at least be a start. His conversion looked fantastic also, used factory air box etc from memory and looked like the engine came fitted to that vehicle from the factory.