![]() 11/30/2016 at 13:03 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Found 6 new Toyota Denso injectors, but they aren’t cheap. a set of 6 is nearly a grand.
I could get remanufactured for ALOT less but thats a mixed bag in my opinion.
What are your thoughts on remanufactured injectors?
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Cummins swap time.
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Doesn’t your LC have a UZ? Are these not for your LC or do you only need 6?
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LSX swap!
make off-roading great again!
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Not so legal where I live.
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mine has the 1fz, not the V8
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you can do it cheap...but not really. People who are much more skilled than I spend a minimum of 3-5 grand on an LS swap. Temping though. Plus in Utah I would have to get a GM e-rod engine for it to be legit so there goes the budget.
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Does it have to be Denso? Having never replaced injectors on a Toyota, but having replaced plenty of other parts, are there quality issues with the Standard ones, for example...
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Yes, so even more painfully expensive injectors can be bought.
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I don’t have any experience, but I do generally trust the name brand stuff more than the off brand stuff. Looking for advice. I found a place that sells reman. Denso from “ low mileage Japanese cars” for a great price...but...I have reservations.
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I’m in the pay to play/ buy once-cry once camp..
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Solution: live somewhere else.
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Why not get the ones you have serviced? I did that for the wagon. Mr. Injector
They were all above 97% after 280k miles.
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I once bought a “used engine from Japan” to replace the 1.8L engine in my Subaru XT. While it worked it felt underpowered compared to the old engine. I would be very tempted to go with the used injectors if they come with a warranty or return guarantee. Since I don’t know how hard the work is, or how long you intend on keeping the LC, I would factor that into consideration. If I was going to keep a rig for another 10 years I would buy new Factory OEM parts no questions asked, if it was going to be around for another year or two then used or remanufactured.
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no
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Yes, but in something that will last even longer than the 1FZ, and propel it at a quicker rate. I was actually just joking, but if you can afford it, it’s worth it
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Me too, generally, but tis alot of moneies .
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I didn’t say it was the correct solution, just a solution. Does Utah have strict emission requirements?
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Tons and tons of people buy injectors from shops that specialize in them. I would check into a legit performance type shop that will refurb injectors and flow test them and do all kinds of stuff to match them as a set. I think this would be a totally reliable way of doing it.
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I had that done at RC engineering about 30,000 miles ago. They were all about the same. The one isn’t clogged, its solenoid is dead. Those services can’t predict or mitigate against that.
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Weighing that. I’ve been thinking about moving to a 100 series for a little while. What I really need is a car I can take to work that is cheap so I can avoid putting so many miles on the cruiser...but that fund is a lot healthy these days.
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I haven’t used these guys personally but they made it into a bookmark for my engine research, might be worth a search and look:
From their website so they have at least dealt with Toyota stuff at some point.
Denso - Coil windings will increase in resistance.
90's Toyota (various top colors)
Verify the resistance is within 10% of each other. Normally 12-14 ohms.
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Let me ask you this: If a couple of injectors fail while you’re overlanding, how boned will you be?
I don’t honestly know the answer to that, but it seems like something you should consider.
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yeah, we have a geologically amplified pollution issue so its pretty locked down.
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I put out a couple of feelers to shops like this, we’ll see what I can find.
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there we go, logic and common sense prevails again.....
booo
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I have. They were great. However they don’t fix bad solenoids.
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oh, I’m considering it. BONED! To get to the injectors requires lots of steps and would be a miserable field repair, even with the right spares.
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Assuming it was a 12 valve swap (most affordable which is a relative term) the 1FZ might be faster stock vs stock.
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good luck. finding parts can be the suck sometimes.
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I used a shop like this to flow, repair and balance the injectors that are in there now. They flow great, but the solenoid on #2 died and would need to be completely rebuilt. I could do that, I could just replace the one...but...its a matter of WHERE I could be if another one failed.
I’m leaning towards a set either way.
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Yeah probably safer for the piece of mind.
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Did not know that.
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Trust, me...I’ve mulled it over. You get way more power, less weight and better mileage with an LS swap, but I dislike the hodgepodgy nature of those and to do it right is more time and money that I want to think about.
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given that this is what about 1500 of my annual miles are in this car...its more than likely it would fail in the worst of places.
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yup, like China bad.
Its a cold air inversion where the mountains lock a pocket of cold air in the valley that prevents pollutants from escaping.
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Here’s the thing, if you ever want to sell it you will get the money back if you put in the right parts.. if you cheap out now you have nothing to back up the price you want to get out of it.
If you were buying right now and had two rigs, once cost more but used the right parts, the other cut corners with remans.. I know the one I would pick every time.
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Cheapest I could find on a quick search for Toyota part # 23209-74080 is $119.87 each
here
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Supposedly these are a set of OE Denso ones from an Australian seller for $279 USD. They do at least have good ebay feedback.
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Probably best to just suck it up and buy the new ones then, painful as that is.
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Thats not bad, better than the other place I found them.
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always go custom
http://fuelinjectorclinic.com/
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Nah, surprisingly not a huge weight gain, not much hp loss, and nearly double the torque gain.
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With an incredibly limited powerband though.
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Is there no interchange? I know my TPI camaro ended up with mustang take out injectors when the originals went bad.
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Regarding breaking down on that lonesome dirt road. Akin to your fridge quitting on Black Friday. At 10 PM. And that just happened to me. So I have no doubt that if there was a crucial failure, it WOULD BE on a lonesome dirt road. At night. In a snowstorm. But that’s just my luck. Buy 6!
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Man talk about bad timing. Sorry bout the fridge though.