We had this 2001 Toyota Aristo V300 in with us recently for a ZF 8 speed conversion. The car itself is running basic modifications running about 360bhp.
We used the Domiworks conversion kit which makes the ZF 8HP70 gearbox a bolt in job with everything included to fit it into the car. We used the excellent Turbolamik TCU to control the gearbox which taps into the OEM Toyota ecu to pick up the signals to allow it to work. The TCU only needs to see tps, map and rpm for it to operate so its a really easy installation. Once the wiring is done the TCU needs calibrating to suit the car and it only needs basic adjustments to complete the job.
As you can see from the video below it transforms the gear shifts from the 1990’s slush box to the latest fast shifting gear changes drastically improving the performance of the car.
Please get in touch if you’d like a ZF 8 speed conversion done on your car, we can do it on most RWD cars and some 4WD cars.
The Domiworks Aristo ZF kit can be found here Domiworks Toyota Aristo Lexus GS300 ZF 8 Speed Gearbox Conversion – Garage Whifbitz and the Turbolamik TCU is on our website here Turbolamik TCU ZF 8HP Gearbox Control Unit – Garage Whifbitz