CHEAP STAND ALONE ECU for 1UZ Swap!

We are getting closer and closer with the Toyota Pickup rebuild! Today we get the 1UZ V8 Swap running with my favorite stand alone ECU and harness from Spitronics. Then we try and fit the transmission.
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[@ARC-Spitronics]

Thank you for the shout out!! Drop me a message when you have it ready to run so i can do a quick remote session to check everything is working like it should.

[@cyprianmukelabai3386]

How much was the setup

[@cmac956]

Hi , if it was easy we wouldn't do it . hang in there , when it's done it will be great and you will get to play with it. great job .thanks for the info and the entertainment.

[@yotarip]

Those aftermarket 1uz manual bellhousings are huge. I never have clearance issues using the adapter plate/ automatic bellhousing kits. The automatic bellhousings are smaller

[@Jimmybay]

Going to do this to my 1986 hilux here in Australia. Suoer handy having the info youre providing mate!. That ecu setup is a life changer, did you make the engine mounts?

[@stanwardoshiro]

Too bad your sponsors can't purchase a detached workshop building for you with a 2 post lift.

[@DirtGarage]

@stanwardoshiro Haha I dont have any big sponsors like that 🤣

[@DirtGarage]

@stanwardoshiro Haha I dont have any big sponsors like that 🤣

[@curtism7203]

Such an improvement in the shop! Going with the white is the right decision, It was so dark before. what an improvement moving the tool box too! not you have some width in there!

[@nemesis851_]

He’s alive ! Back from the desert ?

[@justin_v_soogrim3728]

The 2 in body lift was functional

[@DirtGarage]

@justin_v_soogrim3728 it was. But glad its gone.

[@ronb4493]

Hey, it was great seeing you on fab rats with your buddies. Very cool.

[@nemesis851_]

Wow 😮 that engine start up !! Top fuel dragsters look out ! Got an angry Yota, on the horizon

[@dlansburg2673]

Shop looks great,always enjoy your videos, thanks

[@DirtGarage]

Thanks 👍

[@scottbartlett4853]

2:10 that is the cold start injector temp sensor. Only used on very early 1UZ. The plug you have should go into the sensor you broke and the cold start one isn't used.

[@Thexkidd]

Loving the shop bro 😎

[@lamarzimmermanmennonitefar5269]

Ive seen ppl use an air hammer to reshape a trans tunnel. It looked like a great idea.

[@DirtGarage]

That would work if you only need a bit of movement, but I have to raise it alot haha

[@avianaviator1570]

Just wondering if you did anything special to get your tach working on the spitronics setup? I double checked that I hooked mine up correctly and made sure it’s outputting in the software and still don’t get any needle movement.

[@cyprianmukelabai3386]

Where can i order the kit?

[@justin_v_soogrim3728]

The funny thing is you could of just added 1 inch body so you can retain all this

[@DirtGarage]

@justin_v_soogrim3728 But then Id have a 1 inch body lift.

[@walkingintranquillity9071]

Now I want swap out my 22Re, on my 92' 4runner, for a 1UZ.. I have to stop watching your videos

[@lukeahrnsbrak1687]

i’m in the same boat, it’s a eye opener tho, shows me a lot of stuff i didn’t think about

[@dandorris8531]

Does that spitronics system work the same way as megasquirt with wasted spark and batch fire efi?

[@ARC-Spitronics]

Sequential injection with wasted spark

[@1188dale]

You should’ve just got a body lift

[@DirtGarage]

@@1188dale No, i took it out.

[@mattmatt2822]

Are you related to Uncle Tony's garage by chance? You kinda look and talk the same. We appreciate the knowledgeable vids btw sir!

[@DirtGarage]

I have no idea who that is! Haha, but thanks!

[@marcoss4563]

Hi dude, where I can buy the adapter to 151r to 1uz ?

[@DirtGarage]

Bought mine from eBay

[@SpaceRanger187]

Just put the radiator in the bed

[@SOLDADITO76]

If you remove your front tires to pull an engine it will make your life easier. Like not dropping an engine and transmission at full boom height. My ceiling in my garage is low and unfinished like yours. with and now without a 3" body lift not ounce did my hoist hit the ceiling joist. Your probably right about modifying the flor board to get things to fit, but I would say should also try measuring before your final decision. If you think about it why not just a 1" body lift, that's as tall as 3". Then modify the tabs on the bellhousing and probably fit with or without messaging the floor board. I personally would have came up with more ideas to avoid modifying the floorboards. It is always best to have your transmission and t-case bolted to the engine and installed by the crossmember. Your engine needs some angle for oil drain back, you don't want you engine level. Also need to take into account how you rig sites at ride height and how it sits, because that will be your angle from which all other angles will derive from. I took measurements and angles when I did my 3.4l swap with also taking into account of suspension travel with no body lift. I'm actually thinking of adding a one inch body lift for an intake modification that will raise the intake plenum 1". The 1" body lift will give clearance for the plenum and the hood, it will also let me raise the t-case an inch. Only thing I need to take a closer look is the fan shroud and radiator.

[@DirtGarage]

The one and only motor I dropped out of the dozens of engines I've pulled and installed was on small tires. The height is very low in the shop, and everything barely fits in the door. And the whole point is NO BODY LIFT. I'll modify everything else to make it work, little bit here, little bit there, and eventually I'll fit. I want this truck to be as low as possible in the end, and don't want to build bumpers and sliders and everything again to match the body lift. I had the 2" body lift for years, since it was the supercharged 3.4, and now I'm over it.

[@SOLDADITO76]

I look at it like suspension geometry, change one and everything else changes. You can't have one without the other. You want stock looking (believe me I've tried) go back to stock. There is a middle ground, but trial error sometimes play apart in finding it.

[@brodycoast3176]

where is the link?

[@DirtGarage]

@@brodycoast3176 in the description

[@Hillside-Hotrods]

My vote for the colour of the shop would be grey with a red strip. I spell colour with a u, it’s correct for my country

[@DirtGarage]

@Hillside-Hotrods Colour is with a U here in Canada.

[@Hillside-Hotrods]

@@DirtGarage I know it was for our American friends.

[@dlux132]

This video gives me ls swap PTSD. Still trying to figure out bulletproof cooling. Not much room in there for fans.

[@DirtGarage]

The LS fits better in so many ways. I love how small they are compared to the 1UZ. But they definitely don't leave you for much room in cooling department. I do have a possible solution for this I am going to try with this build.

[@dlux132]

@@DirtGarage I'm excited to see what you guys come up with! Next step for me is pushers, then rebuilding the front end with tube for more room for a big rad and fan.

[@nemesis851_]

Awhhhhh 😂

[@monette44]