Hello new member from co.wexford!

[jim1410]

well hows it going a new member here from gorey co.wexford! this is my first land cruiser as an owner but im definatly not new to them especialy the 70 series as my father bought a 3.0 swb brand new in 1995 and he still uses to this day as his main vehicle! ive recently bought my self a one owner bj70 its a 1985 on an old irish cork reg! its a swb model which originaly had the 3.4 3B engine but will be swaped out for a 1kz-te in the future! the shell is quite rotten but im buying a good shell along with the jeep!

[ADAM J]

Welcome to lcoc
Best of luck with the new bj I have one myself with the 3b and its a great engine! If you put a turbo on 3b it would be a better engine than the 1kz!

[Garfieldus]

Welcome Jim.

[jim1410]

Welcome to lcoc
Best of luck with the new bj I have one myself with the 3b and its a great engine! If you put a turbo on 3b it would be a better engine than the 1kz!


Welcome Jim.

thanks lads! adam j its jim1410 from ae86irl also here! as i siad on there the 3B unfortunatly was sold out of the jeep before i bought it! but you never know i might refit another 3b engine back into it!

[ADAM J]

ah not so bad thought i seen name somewere before haha

yeah thats a shame but you will still have a nice jeep at the end of it

have you got any pictures?

[Nailer]

Welcome to the forum Jim.
1hd/1hz fits nicely into those heavy duty models.

[BOB]

Welcome to the forum Jim

[jim1410]

Welcome to the forum Jim.
1hd/1hz fits nicely into those heavy duty models.


Welcome to the forum Jim

thanks lads! nailer i am cosidering fitting one of the big engines also but it would have to be turbo and the 3 litre are tursty enough i can only imagine the 3.5 and 4.2's are absoulte sow's on diesal? i will be using the jeep mainly on the road pulling trailers so i dont want to be broke putting diesal into it!

[Nailer]

Not as bad as you might think with a manual box. 1pz/2h/1hz/1hd can all achieve 30mpg in a land yacht. Probably slight better on fuel that a 1kz.

[ADAM J]

yeah i managed to get 31mpg out of 24valve manual 80 series

[BJ74]

Welcome Jim. Getting 27 to 28 mpg without trailer, 19 mpg with trailer 1 tonne to 1.5 tonne loads with 13B-T.

[jim1410]

Welcome Jim. Getting 27 to 28 mpg without trailer, 19 mpg with trailer 1 tonne to 1.5 tonne loads with 13B-T.

i suppose that would be good enough considering the age of the engine and the weight of the jeep chassis ect..