Hey, V8 Lexus Galant Build, Hope You Like

[speedster694]

Hey, been away in a cave for a while and i am part way through my Galant - Lexus V8 swap.

Its a 1979 galant E, been thinking for a while what to put into it and i just couldn't make my mind up, so i decided to go a bit crazy and put a v8 in it. I looked at numerous v8s, 350's ,308's, 254's but none really had what i was looking for, they were all heavy power lacking anchors.
So i asked a few people and they recommended the Lexus v8, Light with all alloy block, plenty of torque, and heaps of hp which i liked,but i didn't want a bar of the wiring and all that bollocks.

Anyway i got talked into it and here is is bit of it so far.























Hope You Like, Im Welcome To Any Help/Advice anyone can give.

Will Be More Picts Soon

Thanks Richie, Auckland, New Zealand

[TUFSIG]

thats the 1UZ yeah ?

[C_Fernance]

Yep. That's a 1UZ.

Can you give us any more details on what is required to fit it? I can see that it is a front sump, but what engine mounts, headers, etc are you planning on using?

I've wanted to fit one into a Scorpion for a while but don't have the money to spare at the moment.

[Torana68]

well I like it....

[ISKA8]

hey mate,quick question,why do you call your car a galant when its a sigma?not being a smartass or anything?
but i must say whatever it is,thats fuckn wild..great work.hope it all goes smoothly

[75wagon]

He calls it a Galant, because that's what it's badged as in New Zealand.
speedster694 probably wonders why you ISKA8 call yours a Sigma...

Dave...

[81GL]

well I like it....

It may not seem like it... but that is an overwhelmingly big complement

Bloody love it too... should be a very fun car when you've finished her!
How heavy are those toyota thingo's ? will openly say I don't know a thing about them

Nick

[speedster694]

Thanks Guys for the feedback.
Yes it is a Toyota/Lexus v8 4.0L 1UZ-FE.
As 75wagon Said this was New Zealand assembled and is badged as a Galant E.
To fit it was rather easy, had to take brake booster off to fit and that's about it. I have some pictures of the mounts and stuff.
As for the headers, i have not got them on the engine at the moment because i will have to remove engine, fit headers then put back in to see if they are going to be clear of the chassis rails and the steering coulomb. If they don't fit i will probably just have to get some dirty short log type headers for now. Basically i just want to get it running and all sweet before i go for custom extractors and all the bollocks.
It weighs about 175Kg so you get a fairly high power to weight ratio with its 200kw (260HP) and 363NM of torque.

At the moment i have the engine in and mounted
Followed by bell housing
Lightened billet flywheel
Heavy duty exedy clutch
W55 Gearbox from supra Mounted

Here are some pictures.







Followed By w55 5spd out of supra.


Gearbox Mount


Beautiful fit between the sway bar and strut, No mods here.


Shifter For Gearbox went right into original hole, bit of luck involved there.


Hard to see but that shows the power steering thing and the distance i have for extractors.


And yes i am going to remove engine, steam clean, sand, and respray engine bay.
If anyone has any ideas on suspension,brakes,diffs that would be a great help.
cheers

[ted]

F%#KIN LOVE IT!!! a mate of mine has a supercharged 1uz in cressida and it is a spastic bit of gear!!!
Keep us updated! i was thinking of dropping one of these in or a 302 windsor!!

[81GL]

Thats scary how everything seems to be lining up...

Just one thing though... have you changed/altered the engine cross member??
-Its a lot different to the one in my GH
Your engine mounts seems to sit near on horizontal, where mine are pointing in and would be near on a 35 degree angle ?

Love it though...

Nick.

[C_Fernance]

If you look closely at the pics (especially the view from underneath) you can see that the top of the 'dome' has been cut off and a flat section welded on.

[shuggy]

this conversion is making me tingle in my pants a little, well done

[speedster694]

Thats scary how everything seems to be lining up...

Just one thing though... have you changed/altered the engine cross member??
-Its a lot different to the one in my GH
Your engine mounts seems to sit near on horizontal, where mine are pointing in and would be near on a 35 degree angle ?

Love it though...

Nick.

Yea it has been altered for the mounts to sit flat.

[ted]

Youve got me sold!! as soon as i pick my galant up in 2 weeks im doing it!! haha

[speedster694]

haha mint, what kind of galant u getting?

[ted]

a gc bud!

[speedster694]

If you live in NZ by any chance and need a hand id be happy to help.

[ted]

Nah bud im in victoria, aus! cant wait to have a V8 in a galant!! and thanks for the offer man!! keep us updated im keen to send the end result!!!

[Galant_GT0]

I think if I was going to be jamming a V8 into something that was never meant to have one in it, (Sigma or Galant) I would be looking for a Rover 3.5 Efi V8.
They are cheap
They are Efi
They have a massive range of hot up parts
They are all alloy - so wouldn't weigh much more than a Astron anyway, if not less
There would be room in a Sigma for twin turb's
And so on, lol

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ROVER-SD1-3500-S ... 4a9f2b1b01

[ted]

I Have to work on an old rover with a twin su'ed 3.5 v8 i dont like working on them, i also work on the 1uz and as far as performance goes there are a mile ahead of the pack
they also are of all alloy construction so light and powerful and there is a mountain of performance parts available, was thinking a 302 windsor for it being a tighter degreed v8 (more room) but as you said too heavy!! so i think im going to go for the 1uz.

[astronturbo77]

1uz-fe are a far superior engine than a rover v8, they are quad cam and all alloy, massive tourque and reliability and a fair few hot up goodies available.

[webby]

If you do indeed have a W55, it's not from a Supra. W55's are a Celica 'box, Supras had the W58 (MA45-MA61-MA70-JZA80 non turbo), the R154 (JZA70R) or the Getrag 6-speed (JZA80 TT)
The W5x 'boxes will shred themselves behind a 1UZ unless you drive like a grandma, so get yourself an R154 and save yourself some pain down the track.

I like it by the way, nice work

[stealth]

ive smashed 3 w58 's
cheers stealth

[ted]

haha 3 58's? good work what are they behind? if worse comes to worse i'll just go auto haha

[speedster694]

i been told the w55 are pretty solid, but i guess ill soon find out lol.

[shuggy]

what other small V8s are there??

Toyota 1uz-fe (4.0L)

the 253

Buick 215 (rover 3.5l)

andd is that it?

[ted]

there is the 2uz out of the landcruiser its a 4.7litre and a 302 or 351 windsor (but there heavy)

[nosakifaki]

what other small V8s are there??

Toyota 1uz-fe (4.0L)

the 253

Buick 215 (rover 3.5l)

andd is that it?

I wouldn't call the 253 a small V8 fair enough it is small capacity, and a great little engine too.
But physically it is a bigger engine than a small block chev or windsor.
I was considering Rover V8 for a build until a friend put a 220kw version of the 1UZ in his E30 (85 3 series) BMW with a T5 behind it.
Simply a fantastic engine and waaayy over engineered all alloy, quad cam, 6 bolt main bearings, off the shelf supercharger kits available.
Sounds awesome and absoloutely flies,
I'm convinced

[webby]

265 Chev, VH45DE, 3UZ-FE

[ted]

hey bud!! any progress?