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About 3 years ago I had a 4Runner 3.0 intercooled by Allard Turbosport in Monmouth. I think that the person who did the job left to set up his own business doing a similar thing. Generally speaking I was pleased with the results but I had to go over the installation carefully, holes not deburred that would cut the hoses, the hoses blew of the alloy pipes regularly until I added extra jubilee clips and reflared the ends of the pipes. I would agree that the tuning methods were not too scientific, when I came to collect the vehicle from the premises the performance was crap and nobody knew why. Looking at it later at home, I found that the pipe connected to the top of the boost compensation valve on the injector pump was disconnected. Refitted it- transformation. But -a bit of a schoolboy error. The intercooler and a freeflowing s/steel exhaust greatly improved the performance with no fuel economy penalties plus the price was good.
So what's my point - look under the bonnet of a 93 4Runner and a 97 HDFT . The HDFT , with all those vac pipes / vac and pressure solenoids is far more complex. Cutting the crossover pipe between the turbo and the inlet manifold leaves a lot of plumbing / electrics unsupported. The safari kit is expensive but it provides replacement cast alloy connections to the turbo / manifold. That will be my chosen route.
Rolling Roads / diesel tuning - a lot of garages say they know what they are doing - reality is often different. Any personal reccomendations ?
Does anyone want to buy a 93 4Runner ? It's sitting in my garage in need of a new owner now that I have my Landcruiser. E- mail me offline if interested.
Regards Gareth Jones.
'97 - 1-HDFT GX Newport S.Wales
So what's my point - look under the bonnet of a 93 4Runner and a 97 HDFT . The HDFT , with all those vac pipes / vac and pressure solenoids is far more complex. Cutting the crossover pipe between the turbo and the inlet manifold leaves a lot of plumbing / electrics unsupported. The safari kit is expensive but it provides replacement cast alloy connections to the turbo / manifold. That will be my chosen route.
Rolling Roads / diesel tuning - a lot of garages say they know what they are doing - reality is often different. Any personal reccomendations ?
Does anyone want to buy a 93 4Runner ? It's sitting in my garage in need of a new owner now that I have my Landcruiser. E- mail me offline if interested.
Regards Gareth Jones.
'97 - 1-HDFT GX Newport S.Wales