Carnage - We Tear Down The 1UZ... It's Crazy What We Found!
In preparation for our 1UZ swap over we tear the engine down to clean it up and prepare for some upgrades, and we make some shocking discoveries.
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That engine turn on the stand was the best I've ever seen. Ten years as a Toyota mechanic, I've only ever replaced two starters in that location, they're there on the 1VD too. Very reliable motors.
"She's a gusha" love it. Those heads looked pretty good considering the later part of that UZ motors life. I really looking forward to the end result. Top stuff Scotty and Crew.
That engine looks like something out aliens v predator and Scotty is going all Steve Irwin on it 😂
Scotty gladi to see you've been intouch with the boys from Skid Factory, Al's knowledge of UZ conversions will be great help.
Oh scotty you crack me up. Your a bloody great bloke.
Love to see those bearings and the main contacts in the starter solenoid. Brilliant engine. 👌
Loving this mate. I'll be learning a lot. I dare say inspiration for my LS400.
Always love the random shot of the KT26s. Iconic shoes
Loving this! People dont realize how much of a PAIN it is to get the wiring, intake manifold off. I spent the better part of a day getting all that off to do a starter one time. Took me a few days to replace the starter, needless to say I opted to buy the most expensive starter I could find!
Great episode. Well presented.
Good video, looking forward to subsequent. As a 1UZ-FE engine owner, I'd be re-building the starter for sure, it's common for a few little parts in it to wear out, it will begin to intermittently click and not engage then it will give up the ghost altogether. Same with the alternator, common fault on these after a while is that the power steering pump o-rings fail and fluid drips into the alternator.
I had one of these 15 odd yrs ago with itbs, hurricane headers 2.5 inch exhaust and single coils with a tune. never set the world on fire power wise but the sound of the Itbs was amazing. could have used bigger cams and a bit of a head job but didn't have the money at the time. Good to see another engine in your garage.
So many projects, great work Scotty 👍👍
Great stuff as usual Scotty I,m Loving this 1UZ build
Most Aussie teardown I've ever seen. Love it
Sweet. Was waiting on this.
I’ve been looking forward to seeing you crack on with this project Scotty and I really can’t wait to see what sort of power she makes once installed into her new home.
I have had a set of those dual action sockets (that you have )for more than 7 years, and use them everyday in the automotive trade. I have just broken the first one the 10mm deep socket. they are the best socket set i have had the pleasure to own in the 33 plus years I have been working. as a mechanic. I have no complaints for the service that it gave.
Great work as always Scotty! Love your vids, always fun and educational (mostly heh). P.S. I have one of those Ryobi vac's and they are fucking great, literally the best vacs to use for anything like this. Keep up the good stuff mate!
Plenty of pics on that cam timing set up, well id forget, looks quite the engine tho..love this project.
Love your videos man keep it up
Beautiful soarer said no one ever hahaha. Definitely keen to see how this project turns out
Keep the videos up Scotty! great work. I remember adding longtube headers to my 1UZ Soarer back in the day, they sounded awesome and made it a ton more responsive - those factory block hugger extractors are really awful. Seems to me Toyota choked these engines up, adding FE heads rather than GE, adding an overly restrictive exhaust setup too. They were going for smooth and refined - but they can be woken up!
In Japan they have strict government HP restrictions, so detuning their engines via restricted bolt-ons is/was very common practice. That's why JZ's and RB's can be woken right up with just bolt-ons alone.
1uz ge would be awesome, I wonder then if 3sgte heads would line up on one
@@twentysixhundred7813 Hell, you used to be able to make an SR20 in an S15 200SX/Silvia go from ~150 flywheel kW to ~250 wheel kW with just a turbo-back exhaust, a front-mount, an intake, a set of injectors and a fuel pump, winding the factory boost limit up to 21 PSI, and a dyno tune for 98 octane. And as long as you didn't decide to be a diftyboi and limiterbash the thing all day long, you'd get a good long life out of it if you kept full synthetic oil and a quality filter on the engine every 5000 kms.
Hi. When you pull the sump on a used engine it is always a good idea to do it with the engine the right way up. that way any debris stays in the sump instead of falling back in amongst the moving parts like the crank and rods etc. Cheers MD
Those starters aren't too bad to change in situ. At least they last forever, unlike a Cadillac Failstar.
Back when Toyota made a good product 👍
@@DATONALKY they still do, but not everything is a billion dollar development. I've not owned a Toyota that has been a car where I wouldn't trust it to drive to Jupiter and back several times.
Starter situation is frigging nuts! Also you have some white friggin knees mate! I mean I work nightshift and my knees aren't even that white 🤣 good luck with the build buddy 🤙
Oh, and trust me, I've broken almost every one of my 3/8 to 1/2 crossovers trying to use a 3/8 socket on a highly torqued bolt when I should've went straight for the 1/2 socket...lol
Ahh, luv ya Scotty! Anything that's not pushrod Mopar is 'weird' lol
Steve Erwin. Was also trying to find the platypus. Krikey. 😂👍
Toyota oh what a feeling !!! 😜👍🇦🇺
I only hope the starter on my 100 series don't give up the ghost ....! Looking forward to seeing the end result on this one, great stuff.
I remember when auto V8 Soarers were like $2500 landed, complied, licensed and registered back in the early-mid 2000s, they were fucking EVERYWHERE. With their drivers absolutely baffled trying to figure out the Japanese labels for the HVAC and entertainment systems in the car and just giving up and plugging in a Discman to listen to tunes! They were fairly nice bits of kit until the air suspension died though, great cruisers.
(bp plan looky, Ankh uh?;;;;;;iuu
Very entertaining Scotty
Love ya work bro 👊👍👌
It's all fun and games and lots of laughs while you disassembling the engine. We'll see how funny it is on reassembly. Yeah. Lots of laughs then. ... LOL
Interesting video are you going for shimless buckets? And are you going twin turbo or single turbo?
Thanks Street Machine for signing off on Carnage budget to build this motor 💪🇦🇺👍 Imagine if Toyota did this back in the day even without a turbo. We are looking forward to see what the TRD boys should have taken on as their first entry to the race-bread/ performance car market.
You think that starter motor location it bad Scotty, my 92 Holden Jackaroo has the Isuzu 6VD1 3.2L V6 and the starter motor is attached to the side of the engine, and with the lack of space the quickest way to replace it comes down to 2 choices, remove the engine or the gearbox. I've had the gearbox out twice now and it "looks" easier to remove the engine instead. Good car to drive, not good on fuel. Absolutely kicks you in the ass if you have to work on anything but oil and brakes, replacing the alternator was a mission, rocker cover seals were a several hour mission (involved removing intake plenum, raising the back of the gearbox a bit and removing clutch master cylinder). The timing belt wasn't too bad, I wish the alternator had shit itself just before I did the timing belt cause I had all the room in the world to do it then.
Hey I have a few ideas for this build, Name: Lexen Majesta could adapt the cool soarer instrument cluster and shifter into the car? extra bonus points if you can use the soarer wheels
Hey Scotty, what kinda mileage do you get on the KT-26s? I came across a pair a couple of years ago and they ended up nowhere as good as they used to back 30 years ago.
I had to change the starter in my Lexus SC400 , did it in car , omg that was fun !
Mmmmmm, Turbo 1UZ 😊 Shame it's going in a Commode 😛 Might be worth whacking new bearings in the mains n rods just so you're starting with the least amount of oil leakage in the bottom end.
make sure you preload those scissor gears before the exhaust cams go back in, rotate the spring loaded part and there's a spot for you to install a bolt to hold them in position while you install them, otherwise they will rattle forever
What you reckon rods and bearings would be worth since you’ve gone this far? 280k on motor plus I can just see it as a paddock basher foot to the floor bouncing off cut out with questionable oil (because who cares about decent oil in a paddock basher) sucking down dust. If it’s being boosted with a ton more power might be worth going that step further to avoid heartache
Definitely worth getting Al and Woody's engine builder mate to give the engine a good going over with a set of rods and pistons, that way you can be sure it'll make and take 800 flywheel horsepower and limiter bash all day long.
Truthfully, I do admire your ability and confidence in disassembling an unfamiliar engine. How do you remember where all the little bits go?
Starter under the inlet manifold is fine - when was the last time you changed the starter on a Camry? Yeah, didn't think so. If they're specced right a starter should last as long as the engine, half a million kays easy.
I have a feeling the 'Lexcadore' is going to be an absolute ball-tearer!
Youight be able to put a cooler on the intake. Air over water so you can hit the boost.
Hey scotty your should get sponsored by dunlop for those green runners,always seen on most videos
21:48 I had a giggle at the totally unnecessary 'SUPPORTED BY RYOBI' as if that wasn't clearly evident throughout the video. Great job though, thoroughly entertaining and very relaxed approach.
What a year it's gonna be. The sexen lexen. Any update Scotty on the Rota Ranna?....... 😉
Heyyyyyyy Mona, Ohhhhh Mona!!!!!!!!
Scotty you should watch the cartune company's vidos they do alot of 1uzs and also the dizzy/coils fire cylinders on each bank and also the starter is not hard to change lol
Crocodile Taylor, dodging them stingray barbs again.
Crikey; man that cracked me up 🤣. That oil looked disgusting. Definitely a good engine choice, can't wait to see how it goes with a bit of boost.
I see your safety boots are non other than a well worn pair of good old Dunlop Volley's... Good match, they're as indestructible as the 1UZ
They are KT26's - could almost be called modern compared to Volley's! I actually have a pair of volley steel caps in black, the choice of roofers everywhere !
Think you need a Motion Raceworks throttle body and associated hardware for that hi-ram intake…
...Northstar V8 Mechanics are getting unpleasant flashbacks with that starter motor location.
There’s a water drain on both sides of block that will prevent water getting into bores when disassembling
starter motor on my audi a8l and s8 are between manifold and block and frame and engine mount. Takes 5-7 hours on the ground to do it. Done one at 432 000km and mine at 554 000km . So thats pretty much forever. Dunno about the toyota reliability though. Would have been heaps faster under the intake manifold!
Watch more of nugget garages videos of turbo 1uz you may add a fair few extra parts to your list
Interesting to see how Toyota made these V8, where you see Ford / Chevs / Holden / Mopar etc looks simple compared to them. Looking forward to see your work on it Scotty! 👍
Are you gapping the rings as long as it’s this far apart?
Hey Scotty the LandCruiser v8 has the starter motor in the same place
That's because it's from the same engine family
@@STREETMACHINETV yea I didn't think about the petrol but the diesel V8 ones like that as well, all interesting
Hopefully with all the work on studs, gaskets, cams etc the a340 will be hitting the bin and something more durable in its place?
Please do a turbo iron lion in the torana Scotty 5L are cheap like Barra motors 👌🏽👌🏽
Looking like you need a bigger workshop space, chaos with all the benches of project parts around
Scott, I assume single turbo and exhausts co-mingled? Decided on an ECU for it?
We have an Elite 2500 for it
Engineers weigh up the probability of having to replace the starter (rare) vs packaging into multiple vehicles which is infinitely harder. Great vid and awesome engine.
well there goes that plan for the project, prob 15k+ now for a sc400
Scotty Irwin! 🤣🤣🤣
👍❤️😁 I love it
7:00 Not really, when space is tight at the bottom of the engine, the empty valley is a good place for the starter. Having the starter at the bottom of the engine next to the cat is going to be worse due to heat.
Sadly the starter motors do not last forever - mine failed at 150,000km - it's not impossible, but it destroyed my back and legs leaning over the car - took me a week to recover and this was when I was in my late 20's - so I guess now I'm 47... yeah it's impossible.
Oh, it's surprisingly decent on inside, for a neglected engine. By the way, 1UZ isn't that bad, as some Porsches have their starters inside transmission bellhousings.
Wow
Even the VDJ v8 diesel is in the same spot. Manifolds come off reasonably regularly for a clean due to egr soot. They aren't bad to do
@@juliangraziani7299 1VD-FTV
Every cam is a turbo cam - Richard Holdener.
LOL
Scotty your going to pull crank etc out are you.just cringing surely or going to gap rings for turbo?Peace
Nope
I'll say a prayer to engine gods for ya .Peace
It will gap the block ,boost,heat,bang💨
Is there going to air con and power steering?
Hopefully
Hey mate what’s that green torana in the background what is that a future project who’s is it cheeeeers
Look up Episode 32 and 33
thx buddy im getting it so this is a fuc-- u toyota this is the mortor you should of used ? lol love it lol
I actually think it is in pretty good shape considering the mileage Certainly was a bit of work to strip and who puts a bloody starter motor in that spot I bet it is engineered to last the life of the car Nice shorts Scotty they go well with the kts 😂😂👍👍👍
Lmao@ Scotty Irwin...
Nugget garage has a pretty sick 1uz supra which I'm pretty sure u already know about
may as well do bearings , oil pump , rings when you are that far apart. maybe even pistons.
Nah, it's tempting but once you go that bit further the cost jumps significantly
Ok but labour to pull them apart and put them back together has to be a big chunk of the $$. There is a Guy in Rotorua NZ , O’Connor Race Engines that makes a mean one of these for the Speedway stockcar racers. But I’m thinking not much change out of 60k plus
@@STREETMACHINETV gasping rings is a good option
And wouldn't we all have jumped a bit if something did poke its head out of that nest?...😆
please get the starter motor rebuilt to save on the future headache
You got to give Toyota credit where credit is due their vehicles are so reliable because of the over engineering and often their designs are ahead of their time and have been for a long time but I would say one thing where the starter is located is a bit of a silly position and if it were me refreshing that engine I would invest in either a new or reco starter to save headaches in the future but most certainly those 1UZ's are strong gutsy v8's
😂 I've never seen anyone vacume the water out of the cyl when doing a headgasket or something... 🤔 Why not, I suppose if you have a wet/dry vac... Most people in a workshop setting just use a bit of compressed air, but I can see the upside to not having to clean up any mess
It worked amazing
@@STREETMACHINETV Yeah, I noticed! 😉
Scotty, can I buy that rear sump set up off you please !?
Turbo taxi is probably coming up in the next few episodes
I dont know much about Lexus's so this is all new to me.interesting.2 much scotty..still getting shit done
I had a toyota afe.i noticed it had the same single cam with sprocket off2 second cam.this engine went hard.practicly a twin cam?Yamaha had something to do with this
"No breaking cams..." You hope. 😬😬 Also, no normal CARNAGE intro? 🤔🤷 Gotta love those damn Denso connectors snapping whenever you breathe on them. 🤬👎 Good luck bro. 👍
Is there anything you can put on the plugs to rehydrate them so you maybe have a chance of getting them off before they crumble?
Hey 👋 Maf !!! Hope everyone is doing great mate !!! No vids lately slack ass !!! 😜👍🇦🇺
@@jungofett Not really because once plastic gets brittle, it's basically it as it's lost its tensile strength and flexibility. Best way to see this is get a storage container, leave it out in the sun for a few weeks and then try and grab it and watch it snap in your hands and make a mess across your yard. 👎
@@gemini3558 Doesn't help when the laptop you had all your edits and everything on dies on you. 😭 2021 kicked the living F out of me, just 🤞 that 2022 is going better. 😎
@@MafiaboysWorld cheers for the reply I replaced mine anyway but if I had of got it off a bit better I would not of had such an issue finding a replacement.
Duuuuuude?! Were you using your torque wrench as a lever bar?!
It's an old torque wrench I have three of them
@@STREETMACHINETV ahhh… still!
Soarer/SC400 are a "rear" sump, Crown has a mid sump
Well there's another sump that's more rear than this one apparently. We're getting a front sump to go in the Lexcen.
@@STREETMACHINETV nah def nothing more rear in early 1UZ sumps That why I used exclamation marks on rear because Soarer/SC400 sump is referred to as "rear" but in reality in only a bit rear of the Crown mid sump.
Looks like dirty worn engine. Will you be rebuilding the bottom end like new pistons, rings, bearings ect to take the newly boosted top end?
Low compression is probably a good thing for a turbo conversion, less chance of heat seizing so a bit of honing and that'll be near enough maybe?
It looks dirty but it's actually in pretty good shape
@@Ade_1 Yes but wouldn't adding boost (Assuming the rings are stuffed) Cause heaps of blow by if that were the case?
@@TheAussieFloof that's what catch cans are for bud
Didn't find an 8 Ball in the valley?
Ok note to self...stick to old school v8 power lol. Damn I would get lost in that motor lol
chuck some new bearings in
if you think the starter is hard to do on a 1uz try a 1vd
The similarities to Attenborough is scary... Just sayin!!! I never noticed before!!!