quick question. Planning to use the 1gzfe as a ratrod's engine. Can you please suggest what's a good Standalone ECU / engine management system that I can use for it?
@@Tabletop-Newtype anything good for a 6 cylinder really (double up for injection and ignition), as always, Haltech if possible (decide what one suits you best) in my humble opinion Haltech is the best bang for buck ECU on the market for both functionality and user friendly-ness.
@@Tabletop-Newtype the haltech nexus would be perfect as it will do 12 cyl sequential injection/ ignition and dual E throttle. It’ll also run all of the body control items such as lights, wipers, fuel pumps, fans etc via the inbuilt PDM.
@@Tabletop-Newtype Watch The Skid Factory V12 Landcruiser build, that will give you a good idea with the ECU and wiring, learn from the master himself, Turbo Yoda!
Whoever is doing your editing/post production: keep up the good work with the music! I love that it's not the same stale tracks I hear on every other car-tubers channel. Great content, as always, as well!
Having done the plugs in my ez30 liberty twice now, I’d rather do the job on the v12, atleast then with all the time you spend you know the cars completely freshened up, rather than 4 hours (I know, super slow), just for 6 spark plugs.
I think I speak for most pepole in the comment section. Would love to see some intakes on this thing and a mic thrown under the bonnet for max intake noise.
Nice work Benny and crew. Always loved these older cars. Chasing a couple of similar era car at the moment my self, keep up the great work and top content.
Nice job, hard to work on rare old cars with lack of parts. I’m curious did any of those electronics clips break when you unplugged them? Haha 😆 all 1990’s cars the clips break as soon as you touch the engine bay normally
Whenever you reuse hoses, and you have those deposits on them, get like 3 fist sized lemons, peel them, drop them in about ..eh ~2 liters of water boil them twice, and then put the hot water (not at 100c) in a container that can take the heat and fit those hoses, and drop the hoses in. Once the water is easy to handle, you can give them a rinse and the deposits should be gone (mostly for hardwater, but it does clean other types of crud too).
I think fuel on your Junk is the worse pain. I accidentally got some on me one time filling the tank up on my motorcycle. I had to race home and stand in a Cold shower for 2 reasons. 1 to cool down my junk and 2 to mask the tears streaming out of my eyes. LOL!
you can see why those plugs were never changed. that looks more of a mission than my sport bike . (radiator out airbox out) they would have put iridium in from factory tho because of difficulty
the simple fact that you can do this and all the parts and components look like normal car parts in places that normal cars have those parts is insane. . .
Nice work Ben. Rather you than me though. All those hoses look really annoying. I lived in Japan for a while and used to see cars similar to that one cruising around all the time. They looked really cool. I think they were 6 or 8 cyl models though.
Hi just brought a 1997 with 65k km but I'm a nervous reck while driving it as there is no information on the v12s reliability. I love it but can't afford it if it brakes down. How reliable is the v12 or should I just park it up
wait what DHL can ship from JP to AU in 3 days I did this just last Thursday and mum already got the box , and its Wednesday.... only thing you have to drive to DHL to collect the box and then back to drop it off... its expensive but shit quick as....
More people should watch this video so they know what they're getting themselves into when they are influenced by all these other videos titled "the best luxury car for 20k", etc., etc. You have to get parts for it and maintain it. That's something Doug Demuro never talks about when he reviews these "great buys". I'm sure the Century is a great car but all cars needs maintenance.
Fairly basic service on that engine looks a fright! I still wonder why they spent all the money to create a V 10 when they already had hits V 12. And bless Tristan's pointy head, he's on the right track putting one of these beasts in a Supra!
That thing looks cool but I wonder how stiff it really is? I would think the round tubes of a more traditional strut bar would be better, but it does look cool as hell and it could be customized with some sweet engravings.
These cars have massive electrical issues regarding the batteries, alternators and jump starting. A potential nightmare to deal with even tho its a Toyota.
I think you missed something when putting it back together, lots of @#$% and &*!@. Japanese cars and their vacuum lines, what a #%@^. Yes Nissan V6 Maxima, I am looking at you 😳
Benny I love the show but the music is crap please fix it. Also personally I think you are at your best when you are working with other people e.g Mighty car mods crew or Scotty from Haltech. If you had guest appearances or a colleague on the channel I think it would be better. Keep up the good work
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quick question. Planning to use the 1gzfe as a ratrod's engine. Can you please suggest what's a good Standalone ECU / engine management system that I can use for it?
@@Tabletop-Newtype anything good for a 6 cylinder really (double up for injection and ignition), as always, Haltech if possible (decide what one suits you best) in my humble opinion Haltech is the best bang for buck ECU on the market for both functionality and user friendly-ness.
@@Tabletop-Newtype the haltech nexus would be perfect as it will do 12 cyl sequential injection/ ignition and dual E throttle. It’ll also run all of the body control items such as lights, wipers, fuel pumps, fans etc via the inbuilt PDM.
@@BennysCustomWorks thanks for the suggestion! Now to save up for it. Lol
@@Tabletop-Newtype Watch The Skid Factory V12 Landcruiser build, that will give you a good idea with the ECU and wiring, learn from the master himself, Turbo Yoda!
That was a big job ! That's why nobody had ever changed those plugs. Century is lookin sweet Mr. Stancy Pants
Yea imagine if you owned it and had to pay a mechanic to do this job. Labor + parts would be pretty pricey haha and this is coming from a mechanic
Reminds me of the 1JZ MCM did with Benny years ago. Fuel Filter was right up near the starter motor from memory. "Thanks Toyota."
@@narumi69 Yeah, this is the type of job that I would tell the customer a really high price just hoping they will say no. lol
Whoever is doing your editing/post production: keep up the good work with the music! I love that it's not the same stale tracks I hear on every other car-tubers channel. Great content, as always, as well!
I'll never complain about doing the plugs in my EZ30 Outback ever again
Having done the plugs in my ez30 liberty twice now, I’d rather do the job on the v12, atleast then with all the time you spend you know the cars completely freshened up, rather than 4 hours (I know, super slow), just for 6 spark plugs.
Otsukaresama desu, as they say. Such a cool car. Great to get that insight into it
Hopefully we also don't need those gaskets lol...
Car looks mint mate!
Thanks mate :D
I think I speak for most pepole in the comment section. Would love to see some intakes on this thing and a mic thrown under the bonnet for max intake noise.
Love the music on your videos Benny, it makes so much difference and obviously the content is, as always, top notch 👍🏻
yeah the "welcome back" then drops into a filthy beat.
only thing i remember from my mechanic days was petrol down the arm and onto your nuts,worse than just under the arm.
That was such a big job, you should get a droid head made up for next time. "Roger Roger."
After seeing the size of that job I won't bitch about what my mechanic charges for a service
Congratulations on 100K Subs !!!
Nice work Benny and crew. Always loved these older cars. Chasing a couple of similar era car at the moment my self, keep up the great work and top content.
Sick tracks Benny 👍
Love the Century content.
Hope you doing well champ.
Such a cool car and engine, genuine dream car for me. Thanks for the video!
I’m loving the music, cheers mate
I know the parts arent in Australia and you may already know about Amayama but you can get almost any part available in Japan from them
Thanks mate, we have great contacts in Japan so most of the time buy direct.
Thats cool OEM spec!!! Only seen the modified ones nice Benny 🍻
great video, thankyou. something very different.
Nice job, hard to work on rare old cars with lack of parts. I’m curious did any of those electronics clips break when you unplugged them? Haha 😆 all 1990’s cars the clips break as soon as you touch the engine bay normally
The coil plugs did :( same as 1jz though so easy fix
Whenever you reuse hoses, and you have those deposits on them, get like 3 fist sized lemons, peel them, drop them in about ..eh ~2 liters of water boil them twice, and then put the hot water (not at 100c) in a container that can take the heat and fit those hoses, and drop the hoses in. Once the water is easy to handle, you can give them a rinse and the deposits should be gone (mostly for hardwater, but it does clean other types of crud too).
That is the longest cam belt I’ve ever seen!
( accessory belt)
Wow, I thought changing the plugs on my small block race car was hard, will not complain any more!
Damn V12's are always such a faff to work on !
2 X 1JZ for the win !
I think fuel on your Junk is the worse pain. I accidentally got some on me one time filling the tank up on my motorcycle. I had to race home and stand in a Cold shower for 2 reasons. 1 to cool down my junk and 2 to mask the tears streaming out of my eyes. LOL!
Respect, how does he remember how all the parts fit back together?
Any info on the anodised impact driver sockets please
Love this car!
Any more content featuring this Century?
man that car is just too awesome. ultimate daily for sure.
What size are the welsh plugs that you plug the intake tubes with?
If I can't change a plug in it in less then 5 minutes, I sure as hell won't buy it. Benny you are way more patient then I will EVER be.
I've never known the horrors of armpit fuel, and now I know to watch out for it!
Where do you get the coolant funnel Benny?
Sparesbox actually sell one pretty similar to the one I have .
@@BennysCustomWorks thanks 👍
Just an awesome car mate. Thanks for sharing.
That's a ton of work to do plugs!
So plugs on century or starter on LS400/Celsior? For sure You will spend just as much on gaskets and shit.
Nice Video Benny ! Thanks for Sharing. Question: What is that adapter on your drill is it some sort of torque limiter?
I think it's a bit holder for the sockets (they're Japanese ones. ¼" hex) Marty from MCM has talked about them before
would like to see a engine rebuild on this beast
Benny, anymore videos with the Century? Also, what are parts availability like for the Century?
may i ask whats the upkeep like annually and is hard to get parts if i wanted this as a daily driver?
Hello, does the centre console get in the way of your left arm when driving?
Speaking of fuel on your arm remember the engine swap in Marty’s Subaru rs turbo wagon
Good car mate which year of model
I missed why you needed to remove the rocker covers, were the gaskets leaking?
you can see why those plugs were never changed. that looks more of a mission than my sport bike . (radiator out airbox out) they would have put iridium in from factory tho because of difficulty
Would you like 355mm De Walt cold cut off saw with two blades one new?
Man i love this car! to bad we have nothing like it in the US =[
How much are do they go for
Anybody have any real world experience on the fuel mileage of these things? Is it the equivalent of driving a V8 half ton?
I’m getting 12-13 litres per 100 km now so it’s about the same as my falcon.
Not gonna lie, these japanese cars are fucking awesome!
the simple fact that you can do this and all the parts and components look like normal car parts in places that normal cars have those parts is insane. . .
Nice work Ben. Rather you than me though. All those hoses look really annoying.
I lived in Japan for a while and used to see cars similar to that one cruising around all the time. They looked really cool.
I think they were 6 or 8 cyl models though.
Sorry but i laughed pretty hard at the fuel on your armpit! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But i know the feeling! 😫
Transmission fluid is pretty bad also.
nice one bro
I always run on 2 caps
Hi just brought a 1997 with 65k km but I'm a nervous reck while driving it as there is no information on the v12s reliability. I love it but can't afford it if it brakes down. How reliable is the v12 or should I just park it up
Should get 400-500000 km out of it easily
Lynx premium
HI BENNY
SMART MAN LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS HAVE RAA roadside LOL
car is looking real clean cool still doing hight 8s or 9 sec still ???
wait what DHL can ship from JP to AU in 3 days I did this just last Thursday and mum already got the box , and its Wednesday.... only thing you have to drive to DHL to collect the box and then back to drop it off... its expensive but shit quick as....
The kit was in Australia
Is that motor twin dbw throttle bodies and c-o-p ignition? If so, it begs an Elite 2500 ;)
Elite won’t ( properly) run 2 e throttles, nexus will though .
@@BennysCustomWorks Time to call Scott H.?
More people should watch this video so they know what they're getting themselves into when they are influenced by all these other videos titled "the best luxury car for 20k", etc., etc. You have to get parts for it and maintain it. That's something Doug Demuro never talks about when he reviews these "great buys". I'm sure the Century is a great car but all cars needs maintenance.
Nice
Hell yeah!
I was gunna say your doing that right because its in your armpit.👍
Oh yea
@10:12 Anyone who laughs about fuel under your arm have never experienced it. Fact.
Wanna guess WHY it’s not fun? Petrol is corrosive for a reason.
"...yay..."
Ngl, I like the way stock centuries look, with that dark blue/purple. The white makes it look like a drug dealers car.
These came in white in S2. They’re all normally bland darker colours so it’s nice to be a little different.
@@BennysCustomWorks True, it could grow on me.
Where are you guys road trippin to?
Yay.
Id raise that ride height a bit for road tripping.
It’s airbagged.
Fairly basic service on that engine looks a fright! I still wonder why they spent all the money to create a V 10 when they already had hits V 12. And bless Tristan's pointy head, he's on the right track putting one of these beasts in a Supra!
I need one of those (bonnet) strut clamps in my life 🤯
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That thing looks cool but I wonder how stiff it really is? I would think the round tubes of a more traditional strut bar would be better, but it does look cool as hell and it could be customized with some sweet engravings.
@@mikeoliver3254 I'm talking about the clamp he puts on the bonnet strut to hold it up . Not the strut brace between the towers 🤣
@@CryptoShark888 nice 😂 my point still stands though.
lookin sweeeet
Look that car 👌🏻
Yea, unleaded up the arms not fun... probably a nice red mark for a week too..
Still better than in tank filters 🤷♂️ I’ll cop some armpit fuel
Depending on tank location, I’d take intank any day
Was thinking of buying one, then watched this, too hard to work on
These cars have massive electrical issues regarding the batteries, alternators and jump starting. A potential nightmare to deal with even tho its a Toyota.
Fuck yeah volleys bra
That armpit fuel thou 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤢🤢 worst feeling ever
That car is so cool man! But the servicing is a job and a half 😢
I think you missed something when putting it back together, lots of @#$% and &*!@.
Japanese cars and their vacuum lines, what a #%@^. Yes Nissan V6 Maxima, I am looking at you 😳
We werent laughing, honestly. How much for a gasket set? holy shit. You think they'd have some sympathy knowing what a nightmare job it is.
Petrol in the armpit is bad, nuts are far worse.
That's a ridiculous amount of work in order to change the plugs.
You should stick that v12 in a AE86
👍🏻🍺
A1. Too pimp
Moist
Looks a bit like a Mercedes
That music is fucking painful
First.
Benny I love the show but the music is crap please fix it. Also personally I think you are at your best when you are working with other people e.g Mighty car mods crew or Scotty from Haltech. If you had guest appearances or a colleague on the channel I think it would be better. Keep up the good work
The so called music ruins the whole show, volume down.
Then up to hear you.