FJ40 V8 mud plug

[117nathanmyers]

what do you think. should I make an fj40? I have a neighbor that ripped the engine and transmission out of a fj40 like two years ago and hasn't touched it. It is in perfect shape. it doesn't have any rust and original paint. the interior is perfect. I am just scared to ask how much he wants for it because it isn't for sale at the moment. It is just so sad for such a great vehicle to just sit there. It also must be one of the few in the US.

[MARCHBALI]

emang bener kata orang, FJ adalah kuda tunggangan yg tangguh n perkasa

[mrcamtheman123]

is that at the waimak?

[fj40jeddah]

Imaging and directed by More wonderful and I hope you more excellence

[DSTNTROADSFJ40]

FNNA!!!

[VidaYVerdad]

I drove an Fj40 in the most dangerous road in the world once a week. I would not drive any other vehicle, well maybe a 1970 WV beetle

[WildAnimalJack]

I did something like this in my FJ40 with the stock F engine! Had never been to that particular mud hole, but decided to try it out anyway, and it turned out to be WAY too deep, I'm surprised I didn't get stuck or suck in water (no snorkel). After I (barely) made it out some dude came up and told me the day before a guy in a H1 Hummer got so stuck they had to call a crane to come LIFT him out of the mud!! Still the greatest glory my "Man Bruiser" has ever bestowed upon itself.

[WildAnimalJack]

Other than the time I pulled a 2500 HD Chevy pick-up towing a 5th wheel camper out the mud (but that time I strapped my rear bumper to a tree and used my winch with a snatch block... And they were just barely stuck...)

[gcollin75]

I don't like you only because you have a chevy sticker on a toyota!.

[corey15469]

far out!! lol  :D

[saulocpp]

Toyota POWER!

[pete401]

@saulocpp Chevy power actually. ; )

[gotmatt2]

@pete401 You know that burst his import bubble

[Myevilstyle]

I prefer coming from the side.

[danboynz]

Nicely done! She's a beast alright.

[V8HlLuX101]

is this at the wiamak?

[pete401]

@V8HlLuX101 Yep.

[GTFORDMAN]

the 80 series Diesel wasnt as brave lol

[wilcothefox]

Why is he driving through the water when there is a road on the left? Bad eyes? :)

[prayb4udie]

what the name of that song

[pete401]

@prayb4udie The song is called, "connected to the rhythm" by, "The Nomad" off their, "Step 4TH" album. ;-)

[prayb4udie]

@pete401 thanks and nice offroader :) i love that sound

[redmr2na]

As Exhibit from MTV's Pimp My Ride once said about the Toyota FJ40, "They discovered Africa in one of these motherfuckers didn't they?"

[MrDano0258]

That is sick!!!

[oskarabr75]

nice land cruiser

[jollyfairdinkum]

dude i was clapping me hands when u pull through!! nothing beats the fj40s!! theyre build to last forever!! thanx for posting..

[cruiser38s]

gotta luv a chev

[Lally0011]

@pete401 dude that's not a landcruiser , it's a watercruiser that thing is bulletproof nicely built

[XxBullyUxX]

Nice ATT: LA FIEBRE

[ibrahimalghamdi94]

@pete401 can we have more information about the truck? model, mods, condition, price, etc...

[pete401]

@ibrahimalghamdi94 Good question. In brief. -1984 FJ40 Toyota Landcruiser -Repowered with 2002 5.7L LS1 EFI Chevy -4 wheel disc brakes -Power steering -5 speed box -35' BFG KM2's -15X10' Alloys -On board air -Near new Super Winch -x2 floor mounted Optima batteries -icom PRS Radio -Marine radio (water resistant) -Custom bars/fenders all round -Power steer cooler -Engine oil cooler -Custom alloy radiator -Air con turned into air compressor. -Rancho adjustable shocks all round. -MORE EXTRA'S

[teamtransit19]

nice driving

[ampb32]

gr8 video i think FJ40 and it's likes are some of the best vehicles toyota ever made

[hanghoodiescum]

wonder if he got wet feet

[Neroscot]

The best Jeep...ever...!

[almarri9]

i love you er car 

[nug163]

thats what i call a yoter

[flyfeind187]

that was fucking beastly. maddd props to you for having such an awesome car

[XXXHilux]

lolol riched i seee you in your 60 series :)

[TrendSonic9800GT]

WOW!! can you beat an elephant 4x4 legs?? LOL

[nbdi1122]

nononono

[dazzaducky]

is that in NZ? and where abouts man looks like some good shit

[imkoolz1]

she's deep!

[toolzi]

no fucking way :)))))) shiiiitt. its beast..

[Romanotico555]

that was fucking cooooooool!

[chance9888]

Chevy logo on an Easter Toyota :D

[needlenitz18]

that is cool, im buying one for sure!

[mk2v8supra]

Weapon!

[blbarlow2000]

that was awesome!

[ndibarra]

Motor sounds sick!

[sebaswhatsername]

you are crazy mother fucker.....

[elflacosteve]

FJ 40 el mejor

[Beaverateer]

Take that 60 thru it now....

[y0h3s]

Hell yeah that's the way to go with your FJ man!

...Wonder if I can mod my FJ Cruiser that far to do the same thing...

[HolandaPe]

cool!!!

[alberta4x4]

Thats a beauty

[fj40ful]

goooooooooood

[donek195225]

凄い！

[OneFabFisher]

noooooo... don't get stuuuuuuuuuck!  yaaaaaaaay!

[redmr2na]

Hell Yeah, Man do I want one of these FJ40s. These are the quintessential Toyota 4WDs! 

[djdavesy]

awesome =D

[jeremys720]

Thats the best FJ ....The new FJ's are pieces of shit!!!!!!

[ANGELBLU2042]

HAHA. Waiting for the sequel! Just love these Landcruisers.

[amrel360]

excellent driver !!

[parazit7]

superb car man!!!! really beautiful colour and style.... and those tires... phew nice!!!

[cierrafischer]

My brother had to use his FJ40 to pull a jeep out of a similar situation. Further proof that FJ>Jeep.

[num1laxplayer]

@cierrafischer yes i did :) have the video too

[franklinXR]

awesome vid! awesome car, wonder if it would be possible to do the same in a bj 40...

[pete401]

I don't see why not. =)

[shortybj40]

@franklinXR just wouldent look/sound an impressive



[Streetsurfer707]

that was amazing

[charalampos100]

fj40 monster

[pauliodotcom]

What a power house! Love how it jumps side ways at the end as soon as it gets a little more traction.

[elchostomo1]

chingon

[floorit001]

awesome fj40, im a patrol man but my dad owned one and i grew up fourwheel driving with him in it, will always have a soft spot for the fj40, and yours is very impressive :D

[pete401]

Wish I started fourwheel driving when I was a kid. Nothing wrong with those Patrol's mate.

[98snakeeater]

Excellent!!

[pete401]

Thanks!

[frankyfruiter]

Nice!  truck sounds great .

[pete401]

Cheers!

[ofys]

it s very sad to hear an adaptation on this machine, not the real legend with a 2F Engine.

[pete401]

wols0003 n ofys. Guys. I hear ya. And I kinda agree with where you're coming from. I thought about reconing the 2F before it was removed. But the current motor in it was to tempting for me. Some guys are straight 6 fans. And while I love my 6 packs to, I just love the Chevy V8 more so. And it's lighter than the 2F, more torque than the 2F and that's where it's at for me. The more torque the better. I did look at the Lexus V8. But the torque factor wasn't there. It's hard to please everyone. =)

[Speedyrolla]

Hi Pete401,

Nice looking Fj40,I am considering to purchased a Landcruiser myself.I have to agree with you on the Chevy V8.I got a '98 Camaro Z28 with the Ls1 engine and the torque is awesome,so I understand why the Chevy V8.

Cheers,

Bryan

[pete401]

Love the Camaro's. The LS1 motors are getting so cheap these days. It's great bang for ya buck.

[wols0003]

It would have been better to hear the straight six torque god roaring! jmo

[Old355]

yep 40 series the real 4wdrives

[hdmccart]

cannot beat the '40 - hardcore!

[itisichief131]

Hell yea dawg! Throttle it up! Props...how come your buddy didn't follow??

[x76yota]

freaking raw

[fiordbla]

kiwi n proud. shit hot

[funkaphied]

you my man are a fuking legend. kudos to you for taking what would obviously be you pride and joy out to do things like that.

iv always loved the fj 40's and am saving up to buy one im 22 now and want to be able to do stuff like what you do.... dunno if ill have the balls tho! LOL nice work man

[vwcaddylowrider]

a weapon to say the least.....amazing

[jdocmedic]

to sum it up "DAAAAMMN!

[Nasa1984]

siiiiiick!! nice sounding beast, love it...

do you get any water coming into the cab when u go that deep?

[freeviber]

nice video! :D and very nice music lol :D

[VickDemise]

WOOOOT!

[ZR2PLD]

beautiful! FJ40 FTW!!!!

[jumiliya]

only TOYOTA BEST CARS

[lowlifehippie]

nice one what v8 fitted to the cruiser?

[pete401]

Lots of different types of V8's fit in the 40 series engine bay. This one is a 2002 injected 5.7L LS1 motor. It's stock apart from a dyno tuned power curve and dual VCM valve springs. =)

[1SICKMJ]

I officially want to move to Australia!

[pete401]

Nah, make it New Zealand. =)

[bcatteague]

wow...

[whabam100]

wow Toyota made that? surprising

[xeluna]

C'est un Toy !!!

[SailorJeep]

that's awesome

[francismiladmissaghi]

how come on the fj40's there is like.. a 30cm space from the front of the car to the bullbar?

i want to get a fj40 but i want to get rid of that/.. is it possible and why is it ther?

BTW

I LOVE UR FJ!.. this video is the reason why i want to get one :)

[pete401]

Cheers! The 30cm in the front you're talking about is because the truck uses leaf springs. A way around this is to go with coil springs if you can afford it.

[racecardriver467]

or you put a winch there and its very convinent to have that room there

[FeralHQute]

oi mate its about 30 cm away so when you got a bullbar on and you hit a roo or a cow, the bullbar doesnt slam back into the front, on other cruisers it will cus there is no gap

[pete401]

This truck has been featured in the May issue of a New Zealand off road magazine called, NZ 4x4 Action. If you google their name you'll go to their website. =)

[hondadude47]

i just wanted to know how you changed it to a front locking diff

thanks

[pete401]

The trucks had ARB diff lockers installed front and back. It's all done buy the flick of a switch. ;-)

[uae30000]

حلييييييييييييله والله ماشاء الله دريول

[tmim8]

لو ما جا من هالغطسه الا هاللي تصور

[iwillfish4life]

wat engine u got?

[pete401]

A 2002 Chevy 5.7L LS1 injected V8.

[midnightluckey]

Lol. The bowtie on the windshield was making me wonder..

[fj40chriso]

nice work! , i've gotta get around to putting some flares on my old rig , end up covered in crap all the time , all fun but.

[supersayinlink]

wicked. its so cool needs some kind of nickname that just screams awesome i dont know what though...

[JohnnyRad205]

i got a 78 fj40 with 38.5 inch tires. those things really are beasts. i just need to get a snorkle though.

[Brian86992DH]

sweet truck and great driving too

[zenithbay]

Dam..! Good driving..

[pete401]

Cheers!

[Levij83]

Hell yah dude! Great driving!

[obzelite]

well done, my bj would have stopped as soon as all fours welles got in.

[pete401]

Nah, not with the same power plant. Your BJ would do the same job. ;-)

[racumareesh773]

Now that's impressive, I like how the snorkel looks on it too.

[redmr2na]

I'd like to put a 5.7 I Force v8 in a FJ, and keep the engine a Toyota unit.

[harkness10]

nothin beats a V8 powerd Cruiser. My dads got a '68 with a 350 small block and a turbo 400 tranny with a 3 speed slap shift. shit will get up and go through anything.

[pete401]

Would be good to see some youtube of it. =)

[harkness10]

i would but my dad is kinda pick about how he lets me drive his baby. but ill try.

[pete401]

That's cool. You got my email addy. take it easy. ;-)

[morito12345678]

Putr it on youtube that would be great (hardcore action)

[Beanione]

DUDE! FUCKING SICK!!!!! loving it.

[khaledster]

OMG! I LOVED THAT! AWESOME!

[pete401]

The good old Chev powered Toyota got me out. Freaked my partner out while she was filming. =)

[elsocioyepeto]

OMG! is excellent

[Troubledmindz]

I thought you was stuck when you stopped, No problem though, lol. Thats one impressive car, I can think of a few busy roads with ponds on the side of them so I may get this car to beat the rush hour traffic ;)

[sojoyful]

Drove one of those for years way back when. Same color too.

Nothing could stop it. Nothing.

Just crawled along patient and faithful.

And that is just how you had to drive it.

I miss her. sniff.

[weldmishref]

This amazing video should be for a Toyota ad, this is cool i like the that yellow 40 moves in the mud and water...its like a submarine.

[Xiber1]

toyota really makes good 4 wheel drives and their other autos are excellent too, they give you your money's worth and a whole lot more.

[churd243]

that thing sounds well

[paulleeks1966]

Hey Pete401

this is a  neat video and good to see you didn't get stuck!

OBTW I am in Wellington

[pete401]

Cheers Paul.

Wish we had all the good offroad tracks that you guys have close to Wellington. Must take the 40 up there sometime. =)

[pete401]

Thanks for watching people n thanks for all your comments. Since this clip I've had some good mods done to the 40. Such as, n air box, rear axle track bar, ARB lockers front and back, extractors exit each side forward of rear wheels, alloy radiator with twin fans, soft top, x8 IPF spot lights, 5 speed gear box, alloy rear mounted fuel tank, aircon pump turned into a air compressor with under floor air tank, twin Optima dry cell batteries to name a few things. I'll get some more utube of it soon.

[davieg57]

that shorty40 rocks man.

did the doors leak water or do they seal good?

[pete401]

It's a lot of fun!

The door seals aren't the best. We all go wet feet but that's all part of the fun. =)

[minator3]

i see a lot of the fj40 have a slant 6 in them, are the engin mounts the same as in a old jeep? becouse i have a 76 jeep with a great slant 6 i could use in my 1980 fj40

[pete401]

Not sure about the engine mounts. My FJ40 has an injected 5.7L Chevy V8 in it. So the engine mounts are different than stock. The 2F original 6 cylinder motor is good, just heavier and uses more petrol than the V8, not to mention down on horsepower. =)

[cAsCrApSkY]

Whatsup with the red chevy sticker on the windshield dude??????

[pete401]

It's power plant is a LS1 Chevy. =)

[cAsCrApSkY]

LEGEND

[Niteryderdotnet]

You can't stop an iron pig..

[pete401]

I'm getting some more mods done on it this month so I'm hoping it'll be even more unstoppable. =) I'll post some more vids of it once it's done.

[josephdelrio]

that land cruiser is a beast

[pete401]

CHEERS!

[mattieb3152]

That is a sweeeet sounding 40. Nice driving. By the way, WE were the original 'down under', we've even got a cheezy song to show for it!!!!!!!!!!!

[pete401]

I like the cheezy song! Hey the 40 will be sounding even better in the next few weeks. Subscribe to me videos and you won't miss out. =) I'm really looking forward to the new mods being done right now. I'll upload some video as soon as it's done.

[MYTANK84]

awesome 40 Mate! LS1 sounds like the way to go, would love to put one in my 60!

Dan

[pete401]

Cheers. You'd have lots of fun with one in a 60!

[wardie550]

thats one nice car! pretty nice mud run. what countrys that. but nice videos and keep it up mate.

[pete401]

Cheers! The county is New Zealand/south island. NZ is south/east off Aussy, Even more "down under" than Aussy is. And the people are more down to earth here in NZ. =)

[duppygun]

very cool!

[pete401]

THANKS! =) It was my partner filming. She did get a little worried there. But I knew we'd get through it. I'd seen another 4X4 pass through it the day before. Just, they didn't have four kids on board.

[DCWEAR3]

yeah no fucking pussy ass jeep could of done that!! FJ40's RULE!

[pete401]

FJ40's rule alright! A friend that owns a Jeep recons he'd do it. =) I do think Jeeps are cool, I just love the FJ40 more so.

[Robachino]

Way to not give up when you were almost stuck there! I've been offroading with my friends but never had my own rig yet. I'm building up a CJ7 and Scout II right now. Whichever is done first hits the mud and rocks first :) Right now the Jeep is winning. My second choice for a rig was an FJ40 but I came across my CJ7 for 400 bucks!

[pete401]

Cheers. Good luck on the build. Don't forget to post some youtube of it. ;)

[us2nz]

That was great. Anywhere close to Christchurch? (Yea, right.)

[pete401]

yes it's 10 minutes outside of Christchurch. =)

[us2nz]

The Waimak? North or South? Reliably wet and muddy?

[pete401]

The Waimak is in the South Island 10 minutes north of Christchurch. It's only reliably wet in the winter months.

[cutiepie9596]

I wish we could do that again dat was so fun.... Suprised we even got thru. dat was really fun

[R2REE]

Don't you just love the sensation of water gushing in..

Videos like that keep me going with my building projects. 12ht being installed..

[pete401]

Awsome! Post some video clips when you can. I'd be keen to see the progress.