Roaming Lost: x3 Locked 1990 Toyota HDJ81 (80 Series)

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I'm really hyped on this one; I picked up a 1990 HDJ81—triple locked, 1HDT diesel motor.

The first drive home was 8 hrs, and did it with no issues. It's pretty wild that a 33-year-old truck runs like a dream!
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The first thing I had done was a PDI intercooler and trans cooler.
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Waiting on gauges, I had to put an EGT gauge in for now so I'm using a GlowShift. I'll be swapping to REDARC gauges hopefully soon. And I have them in a SAAS a-pillar mount.
Also added some One Stone armrests. pretty easy to modify to work with any 80 series.
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Most of the stuff on my short list is maintenance. So, I'm currently getting my front knuckles rebuilt. But while they're apart I'll be upgrading to the later 80 series rotor and calipers for some added braking power.
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HPD Catch can from AUS
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Gave the steering wheel a upgrade yesterday.
Momo prototipo with NRG hub and gen 2.5 quick release

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The knuckles got rebuilt, so while it was apart, I had them upgrade the rotors and calipers from a later 80 series. The difference is pretty noticeable in person.
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Got the Sherpa La Sal rack on. Pretty easy to install. I was able to do it myself.
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scored a used ironman bullbar
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Updated the front end with some Stedi Type X spotties and Nomad Sahara / Firestone MT2 315/75/16s
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I got my redarc egt/boost gauge wired up and it’s 10x better than the glow shift one I was using
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Since I got the boost gauge in. The Turbosmart manual boost controller was right after. Turned the boost up to 14lb
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Finally swapped the stereo to something with carplay and a backup camera. I also have input for the front camera that'll be installed later.


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Next week, I'm finally swapping the turbo for a Gturbo green wheel. along with all new gaskets, and I'm also getting the intake gaskets replaced. trying to get this thing refreshed for spring!

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Upgrade day. I was battling doing a rebuild on the trusty CT26. But ended up going for more performance... couldn't help myself. I ended up going with the Gturbo green wheel.
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I got my Stedi Surface 6 rock lights wired up. They are pretty slick, being RGB, and they have an app you can mess around with.

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SHES ALIVE!

Alubox 60L with x2 Expion 120AH batteries, Redarc SBM, and a Redarc Rogue Redvision. I still need to button it all up, but so far, everything seems to be booted up and working.

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You will love this rig. The 80 series was designed at Toyota finest hour. We have one since 1998 and it went through a few transformations. We love it. Put 90K miles in the last 5 years since the 1HDFT/H151 transplant. We take it on 2-9K miles trip at a time.

cheers mate!
 
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