AMU's Amigo (aka MU)

[NastyAMU]

gomulletgo wrote:Is that SR20DET plate for real? Can we have a pic of the engine bay please
Yep, the SR20DET plate is for real, in both manners.
It's an actual registered plate, and here's the engine pics from the install:



There's still a lot more to do to it, but it'll come along. But it has been running since the end of August... two days before it was put into it's shipping container.

[NastyAMU]

Well, I'm back after a short vacation. Ended up going out on a trip right before leaving, went out on a really good trail. Looking forward to going again. Also, since I'm back I finally changed my rear spring bushings and the shackle.

First, here's a few pics from the outing before the vacation:

Here's a hill top we took a break on, coming down I decided to take a different route... Here's the path I chose:

Just taking a break on the trail:


After getting back home, it was time to get the rear leaf spring bushings replaced with polyurethane ones. While doing that, I finally switched out the rear shackles. I'd already installed Calmini HD shackles a long time ago, but when I was in Japan I picked up these extended shackles from an MU in a junkyard (the Calmini one's on the right, the new one on the left):

As you can see it's a much longer shackle. Considering the Calmini one is already a little longer than stock. Here's the shackle installed, you can see just how much more lift it gave:

Here's a pic (granted a bad one) of the new stance. I also cranked the front torsion bars up a little bit more to equal it out:

[Captcol]

a noticable difference, looks good!

[NastyAMU]

Well, I've been having some rough idle issues, on occasion missing and hesitating a little under throttle. I've already been through new cap/rotor/wires and plugs (twice on plugs and wires). It made thinks better, but slowly degrades. So I've been wondering about my coil, and wasn't sure what options I had. But I decided to get the Accel universal super street coil and installed it:

So far it's straightened out my idle and the hesitation.

[NastyAMU]

Well, I've been feeling like a change, so this weekend I felt it was time to switch the tops again. So I took the UK top off, rear roll bars and seats out and put the Japanese top and third brake light back on:


I touched them up with some bed liner, so the top matches better than it did before.

[MattWest]

Did your truck have a factory steering stabilzer or was it an aftermarket kit? Just looking in to it now as Im having issues with steering wobble and am thinking/hoping the addition of one of these might fix it....any thoughts?

Great cars by the way!

[geeves]

Lifted wagons can suffer bump steer.A replacement center arm I fitted to my wagon had the mounts for a stabiliser but the original did not

[NastyAMU]

MattWest wrote:Did your truck have a factory steering stabilzer or was it an aftermarket kit? Just looking in to it now as Im having issues with steering wobble and am thinking/hoping the addition of one of these might fix it....any thoughts?

Great cars by the way!
Sorry, been gone for a little while. Mine actually can with a factory steering stabilizer, even though whenever I look for parts, the stores don't list it as having one. But there are the kits available for models without it that should bolt right in.

[Captcol]

I talked to a few suppliers and they say there is not any listed kits for my truck

[rod31]

oh ive seen that truck before over on the planet zoo. shes looking well. i have a lot off frends over in the uk that would kill to have that pick up bed cover you should join here http://www.fronteraowners.co.uk/forums/portal.php and put your build thread up im sure it would get alot of intrest.