Archie's 1JZ truck. Don't hold your breath.

[SD202]

Hell yeah dude mad respect! love you're truck those numbers are impressive for an auto. Do you drive with full handcontrols ? Why are you in a wheelchair. Im a T8 paraplegic myself I was injured back in 2004 when I was 16. Love seeing another person in a chair rocking a slammed/ stanced whip. Even if you are half way around the world. Im not alone ! Even more stoked that you do most of your work. I also do most all my work on my car, that is why my build is so damn slow. LOL

[hinrichs]

I like where this is going, always a pain when wiring is done like that tho.

[archie.]

I bought it with the conversion done, whoever did it cut some corners with the auto-electrical side of things though. It has one constant power circuit for everything, so if i blow a cabin light fuse, the ECU doesn't get power. Dodgy shit like that is the reason I want to rip all the wiring out and get it fully redone by someone who really knows their shit, ie not me. I've got a mate further north who's got a spacecab one of these with a coilover/4-link setup. Slides it all day long, it's bodydropped with a turbo LS1 in it. fkn insaneeee.

[Isuzupickup]

Wow. Just blew my KA out of the water, haha. What did you do electrically to get the two harnesses to agree exactly? I also debated an s13 IRS, i've seen hardbody guys do it.I just want to 4-link the rear end instead. That 40$ paint setup looks pretty good, I wouldn't be mad at that.

[archie.]

Hey, so I'm gonna start a build for my long-term project.
To give you a bit of background, this is my daily, 97 Holden Rodeo, bought it as my first car in '06, bog stock. We've had some ups and downs, and I love it to bits, but it's time to take things up a notch. The bottom photo is as it sits now, cracking sumps on a set of 16x8 Rays P-Volks, with the plaque stating they were made in '92. Probably my most prized possession right now, and the first set of real wheels I've owned.



The thingy in the back is a crane for my wheelchair, I'm restricted to driving an auto truck of some description, because I need to carry my chair in the back, and I don't do clutch pedals.

Anyway, a couple of years ago I got myself a project.

$8500 bought me a farm spec 1990 Rodeo with 300xxx k's, a mis-matched alloy tray, a bench seat in the front and a free Fear Factory CD in the head unit.





... and a fairly fresh, single-turbo vvti 1JZ under the bonnet.



It's auto of course, running an ebay turbo, Power FC, upgraded fuel pump and injectors of unknown size, and it made 268rwhp on 17psi with a dodgy tune and a horrible exhaust (clogged cat, close to 90-degree bends in it).

It's a start.

Swapped the stock buckets from my daily into it, so I could take a corner without sliding across to the driver's side.



Got sick of looking at the hand controller for speed readout, got me a speedo (I live in a rural town about 600km north of Brisbane, the shop only had this 300km speedo in stock).



Trans cooler is going to end up smashed, I just know it.



Sacked it, flipped leafs, tortion bars wound down, zero dollars spent, worst ride quality ever, zero surprises there.

Also got a styleside tub.



Since then, Ive done little bits here and there, but I'm really just biding my time.

Gave it a paint job, with a $40 electric spray gun. Rattle cans would have come out better, but you live and learn. Got a purpose-built front bar from Stillen in the US, noone here has ever seen one before. So stoked with it. Also some fresh d-window steelies, 17x9, zero offset. Load-rated tyres on the back cos the 5-0 are anal about that in my town. Here's how it sits now.



Put a camel on the side, cos I grew up in Alice Springs in the dead centre of Australia. So the desert is in my blood. Or something. My buddy took it for a drive to the seaside. The windscreen wipers come on when you boost it.



This thing purrs around town, and doesn't mind being thrashed on private roads... But it has some serious electrical issues. Im thinking of getting the whole thing rewired and probably ditching the Power FC for a Haltech.

Plans are being put into motion for coilovers all round, hopefully an S13 IRS grafted into the rear, big brakes, 5-stud conversion for rim choice, a proper coat of paint, put my wheelchair crane in the back and daily the shit out of it.

The next pics I upload will hopefully be of it sitting on a chassis bench, prepped for suspension surgery.

Progress is slow because I can't do too much of the work on this thing myself, but bear with me. I'd love to hear your thoughts, and I'm probably gonna need your advice/help/criticism/shoulder to cry on down the track.

Much love,

Archie