what'll run a 1gr-fe?

[briney]

hi guys. i have an st141 corona which is begging for an upgrade. i'd initially thought oneyouzeenoshit, because i'm allowed 4L n/a. spoke to a guy the other day who's pulling the 1gr out of his hilux to fit an ls2. which led me to thinking this would be a good conversion instead. it's auto, but i'll likely go manual due to the immobiliser/bcm/whatever hassle with the stock ecm.

can anyone shed any light on what'll run this engine? i've looked at adaptronic, the e1280 ran the sprinter dude's ae86 no worries. it didn't seem to run all 4 cams though? haltech doesn't seem to have enough crank trigger inputs (assuming i'll need 5?) even the fancy megasquirts don't look good.

[JZK25]

Elite 2000/2500 can run 4 cams no problems but the 1GR is inlet only anyway. They aren't the most impressive engine though, I would use a 1UZ VVT.

[briney]

ok. cool. i thought the later versions were all variable? lied to by wikipedia i guess. not impressive in what sense? low rpm torque? reliability?

[Guido]

Elite 2000/2500 can run 4 cams no problems but the 1GR is inlet only anyway. They aren't the most impressive engine though, I would use a 1UZ VVT.

Why is that? Cheese rods? You turbo'd one didn't you?

[Jason Broadhurst]

Haltech elite series doesn't run the cams without a fair bit of electronic trickery and fucking around.

It could do now if they have upgraded the firmware?

[Jason Broadhurst]

Here are some videos of my R&D which may help.

[Jason Broadhurst]

[jasonp1977]

A link G4+ Storm will run it if you convert to cable throttle, if you want to retain DBW then their Fury or Extreme ECU's are options

[briney]

so i realised later that instead of asking here first i could email people. emailed haltech and adaptronic. 2500 elite and the m2000 wire in deal can both run the cams, with the haltech doing the dbw as well.

[perthdrivers.txt]

Hilux 1GR is about the lowest spec GR engine available hence not very desirable. Prado 1GR was better, Aurion 2GR better still, IS350 GR best of the bunch

[Sloth]

i have a 2gr tarago. goes like stink. in a sub 1200kg car will be fun

[briney]

Hilux 1GR is about the lowest spec GR engine available hence not very desirable. Prado 1GR was better, Aurion 2GR better still, IS350 GR best of the bunch

the guy selling the motor said something about this too. he then mentioned using thinner (trd?) head gaskets to up the compression and liven them up. it makes sense, a workhorse engines are usually set up to be low comp, retarded and pig rich so they'll survive being overloaded. you'd hope with aftermarket management and the timing/mixture/cams optimised it'd liven up?

[Do the safety dance.]

Can't see you gaining too much comp with just a head gasket.
Even with the engine being free, surely you're going to over capitalise getting it in and sorted compared to the usual options.
If doing it just because, fair enough.

[Jason Broadhurst]

I actually really liked the 1GR I tuned. Made a good amount of power and had heaps of torque. Keep the boost below 7 PSI and it'll make 400 HP all decade.