Stevo's 06 Supercharged 4.0L hilux minitruck project
Posted: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:47 +0000Hey so over the past 18 months iv been gradually building up my hilux. Bought in 2011 completely stock, but now im pretty happy with it! got a few more things on my list for it but for now, here it is:
Straight up i went straight to the tinting shop and got 5% tint installed on back and side windows.
Next thing was the 20's. Picked them up for a good price but were only temporary until i scrambled up enough cash for new wheels.
Next I lowered it with superlow king spring coils in the front (2inch drop) and 3 inch blocks in the rear with a 1inch tray drop
I then did some spray painting of the grille, LED lights, and of the mirrors all white
Also installed a fog light kit and a 35W HID headlight kit at 10,000k
This is also about the time i had the Cat-back exhaust system done.
Next came the 22's, along with the rest of the exhaust system in preparation for the supercharger. I got pacemaker headers with pre-cat deleted, 2.5" pipe headers back.
Then came the airbag rear setup. Its only "air-over-leaf" so its basically just a load assist kit, but i managed to mod it a bit so i can get it to sit on bumpstops at bottom, and can get about 5" lift.
The original air tank and compressor setup came with pneumatic controlled pressure but the air lines were too long, giving it a fairly slow response, so i moved the compressor and air tank to directly over the rear axel, hooked up to electric controlled air solenoids, meaning my air lines are kept to a minimal length. The response to fill and dump is dramatically faster!
The ride quality from these bags have also dramatically increase compared to standard leaf springs. Its a lot smoother on bumps, and doesnt bounce around as much. This is only possible if you remove a few of the leaf springs so the airbag can take most of the hits. The remaining leafs are basically there to just hold the axel in place and provide a bit of support to the airbag.
These ones are rated to carry up to 2000lb. I dont really use my ute to carry anything too heavy. Usually just my tools and occasionally a dirtbike. However if you were wondering how well they hold up, once or twice iv loaded it up to about 600kg no worries and still had heaps of clearance and handled great (with only two leafs).
And most recently came the fully inter-cooled centrifugal supercharger system from Raptor Superchargers running about 6psi boost. The kit took me a couple of hours to instal. Unfortunately i havnt been able to drive it yet as it is currently being tuned up, so i cant give exact figures for a few days but will hopefully get a ridiculous amount of power out of it!
*pioneer DVD/CD player
*pioneer 4 channel amp
*pioneer 12" sub
*pioneer 6x9s (behind seat)
*pioneer 6.5" splits in doors
Thanks for looking!
Any questions/criticism/suggestions are very welcome and i will try to respond to any questions.
I can also get other photos of anything else if anyone is interested.
Straight up i went straight to the tinting shop and got 5% tint installed on back and side windows.
Next thing was the 20's. Picked them up for a good price but were only temporary until i scrambled up enough cash for new wheels.
Next I lowered it with superlow king spring coils in the front (2inch drop) and 3 inch blocks in the rear with a 1inch tray drop
I then did some spray painting of the grille, LED lights, and of the mirrors all white
Also installed a fog light kit and a 35W HID headlight kit at 10,000k
This is also about the time i had the Cat-back exhaust system done.
Next came the 22's, along with the rest of the exhaust system in preparation for the supercharger. I got pacemaker headers with pre-cat deleted, 2.5" pipe headers back.
Then came the airbag rear setup. Its only "air-over-leaf" so its basically just a load assist kit, but i managed to mod it a bit so i can get it to sit on bumpstops at bottom, and can get about 5" lift.
The original air tank and compressor setup came with pneumatic controlled pressure but the air lines were too long, giving it a fairly slow response, so i moved the compressor and air tank to directly over the rear axel, hooked up to electric controlled air solenoids, meaning my air lines are kept to a minimal length. The response to fill and dump is dramatically faster!
The ride quality from these bags have also dramatically increase compared to standard leaf springs. Its a lot smoother on bumps, and doesnt bounce around as much. This is only possible if you remove a few of the leaf springs so the airbag can take most of the hits. The remaining leafs are basically there to just hold the axel in place and provide a bit of support to the airbag.
These ones are rated to carry up to 2000lb. I dont really use my ute to carry anything too heavy. Usually just my tools and occasionally a dirtbike. However if you were wondering how well they hold up, once or twice iv loaded it up to about 600kg no worries and still had heaps of clearance and handled great (with only two leafs).
And most recently came the fully inter-cooled centrifugal supercharger system from Raptor Superchargers running about 6psi boost. The kit took me a couple of hours to instal. Unfortunately i havnt been able to drive it yet as it is currently being tuned up, so i cant give exact figures for a few days but will hopefully get a ridiculous amount of power out of it!
*pioneer DVD/CD player
*pioneer 4 channel amp
*pioneer 12" sub
*pioneer 6x9s (behind seat)
*pioneer 6.5" splits in doors
Thanks for looking!
Any questions/criticism/suggestions are very welcome and i will try to respond to any questions.
I can also get other photos of anything else if anyone is interested.
