toyota 1uzfe v8 into an old Malibu

Replacing my turbo 267v8 with a proper motor ;)

This is going to be fun to reconstruct...

Stock manifolds, less the big bulky cat flanges will work for now

Probably reuse the airbox too...because it flows fine for a stock motor

Holy Shizuoka, that’s an unexpected - and cool -swap.  Please, do continue. 

Nice!!!

That's rad! Do you know what the end game for this car is?

That's definitely out there... I'd never expect to see any kind of Toyota engine under the hood of a Malibu.

I love the silky revs of those toyota v8s!

Yeah, whats the end game? Another turbo?

A Toy-Let?

Oh what?  Totally cool project.

What was the turbo 267 like?  Seems like stock compression is good for a turbo.  Interesting stuff going on.

can I have the old transmision? 

The 267 was disturbingly fun.  8psi was good for 13.9s launching soft to keep the 7.5 together.  Made 260/320 at the wheels...figure in rough flywheel conversion...i was making 320-330ish...which is basically tripled the stock flywheel rated hp. And nearly 400tq O.O

The end goal was to have smooth power and drop 200lbs off the nose of the car.  Boost may happen...but not the focus right now.  The car has been apart for a year now. 

I want a very balanced drive with utmost reliability.  Im going to put regular tags on it once its street worthy again, so I can drive it anywhere and all the time. 

Going to keep the bench seat and column shift for as long as I can.  Eventually I want to do a 6spd cd009 trans as well.

That is awesome! On the CD009 are you thinking kit or making your own adapters. I can cnc cut steel plate (or AL) if that is the route that you want. 

Didn't realize you were so close to me.  Cool car/swap.  I noticed the notching of the crossmember and had flashbacks to the project I'm currently working on, pushig a BBF back 6" in the frame.  

In reply to singleslammer :

Thanks for the offer.  A few companies already make adapters...and Im not smart enough to make or design my own.

Its a pretty expensive route...plus the aftermarket clutch pedal kit for the car is not cheap.  I work for myself...and I barely get by as is.  Projects take longer for me now.  My Tercel build just happens to be taking the bulk of my available slack at the moment 

In reply to malibuguy :

Got it, if you thinking of anything else that I can cut for you just message me. 

Jordan

Soooooo what'cha doin with that turbo V8 and trans...

That cross member might require a bit of re-enforcement before you call this done.

Got any pictures that show how this all came together?

I've been watching Youtube videos from The Skid Factory recently (they're the guys who work on a lot of Mighty Car Mods projects) where they're putting a turbocharged version of that engine into an Aussie market Ford Fairlane.  https://www.youtube.com/user/mcmtv2

That's gonna make the purists real angry. Carry on. 

I sold the turbo 267 to a friend but still sitting on the 200r4.  Ill probably give that to my dad if someone buys my grey malibu.  If that sticks around...it will get it and some gear..

Crossmember is still as is.  I began sizing some steel square tubing to fit in there and I need to grab some cardboard and figure out the filler panels.

My biggest delay was I wanted to reuse the factory aluminim "arms" to mount the motor.  But its just not practical.  So I'll have to make custom steel brackets with little rubber isolators I guess.  Trans mount is going to be pretty easy.

I also plan to make a brace that spans between the rear lower control arm mounts that should fit nicely between the oil pan and trans bellhousing.

Nothing new.  Been slammed at work and I will probably wait to do much more until after I move my business to its new location.  Its just to the other side of the building.   After that Ill have the car hauled over and I will finish the metal work there instead of hauling my crap back & forth to my home garage

hopefully soon I can haul the car to my shop and reconstruct the crossmember and get the motor and trans mounted

Are those Southern Ways?

mndsm said:

That's gonna make the purists real angry. Carry on. 

"purists".  Ha!

It'll make some of the drag racers cringe because the engine doesn't have a bowtie.  But unless it's a Grand National or t-type or Hurst Olds or other special limited edition...there aren't many g-body purists in my experience.

Cool project.  I missed it when you started it back in the winter, I guess.  I can't see any photos except for the most recent one.  I am in the process of my own g-body engine installation...but I chose the easy route.  

In reply to malibuguy :

Those wheels look hawt!