Thread: 12 valve /24valve

Having sunk many many thousands of dollars into a 80 my advice would be dont buy one unless you know its owner and service history and you would trust him not to shag your wife if for some reason they were stranded together for a year.

The 12v can easily be made to make much more power and tourqe but the bottom end is weak and they will crack pistons if over fueled. Autos are big dollars to fix and most of em have done 5-800k km regardless of what the speedo says.
Every part on a land cruiser is 1.5-3 times the price of the equivalent part on the same era hilux and having twice the power and weight wear them out with alarming regularity.

Dont get me wrong I loved my 80. For a 25 year old diesel 4wd it went like fuck was comfortable quiet handeled heated seats fridge and ice maker etc etc etc but matainace costs and running costs were astronomical.