Finally....Da new rig..

PORTER · Feb 24, 2017

Your Toyota is taking shape Mike. Question tho, are you going to rub the bumper with your tires at full turn?

crash2 · Feb 24, 2017

PORTER said:
Your Toyota is taking shape Mike. Question tho, are you going to rub the bumper with your tires at full turn?

Good question--never thought of that.. I will have to measure. Worse case I have to redo it and just make it match the chassis width more closely.

boxboy · Feb 24, 2017

PORTER said:
Your Toyota is taking shape Mike. Question tho, are you going to rub the bumper with your tires at full turn?

Isn't that always the question id something is going to rub...

Jay W · Feb 24, 2017

Which part is Toyota?

ChrisStewart · Feb 24, 2017

Jay W said:
Which part is Toyota?

His whole drivetrain came from a 1st gen. :awesomework:

crash2 · Feb 24, 2017

Yup everything came from my first gen toyota :bbbball::cheer:

Jay W · Feb 24, 2017

Toyotas owners wish for 60s. Usually they get them when they switch to a jeep.

crash2 · Feb 24, 2017

Jay W said:
Toyotas owners wish for 60s. Usually they get them when they switch to a jeep. ��

lol--dork.

TreeClimber · Feb 24, 2017

crash said:
lol--dork.

you've got more jeep parts than Toyota parts

POR · Feb 25, 2017

Jay W said:
Toyotas owners wish for 60s. Usually they get them when they switch to a jeep. ��

No they don't!! they have longfields their "stronger than 60's" and they weigh less and have more diff clearance for snow wheeling..
:haha::haha::haha:

crash2 · Feb 25, 2017

POR said:
No they don't!! they have longfields their "stronger than 60's" and they weigh less and have more diff clearance for snow wheeling..
:haha::haha::haha:

You can make a toy stronger but will never be stronger than a 60...

1982cj7 · Feb 25, 2017

And I think I have most of your toy powertrain.

POR · Feb 26, 2017

crash said:
You can make a toy stronger but will never be stronger than a 60...

I know.. you must never hear the toy is just as strong arguments, or that toy is better than 60's because they're lighter and have more diff clearance so they snow wheel better arguments. Toyotas are like Jeeps imo, once you get all the Toyota out of them their pretty good :redneck:

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

POR said:
I know.. you must never hear the toy is just as strong arguments, or that toy is better than 60's because they're lighter and have more diff clearance so they snow wheel better arguments. Toyotas are like Jeeps imo, once you get all the Toyota out of them their pretty good :redneck:

All the time on pirate :haha:

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

So I got tabs made and the rear shocks were pretty simple and straight forward.

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

Now the fronts--that turned out not so easy. I didn't realize the top of the body was as wide as it was and the outer tubework on the shock mount kinda hit the shock--really good. So I went and lopped the outside of the mount off and worked on rebuilding it around the shock body this time.

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

So I got the tube work all redone and ya can't hardly tell but then again it was only 1/2" wider lol.

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

I made the lower tabs and this is where things really started looking like something. Pulled the lower frame holding fixtures and raised the chassis off the ground. Sat back and just stared at it for a while and realized what I had....

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

Checked the rear and yup no clearance issues but I figured everything should be just dandy back there...

crash2 · Feb 27, 2017

The front had no issues except what I figured and that would be the front driveshaft. I toyed with it and ended up raising the pinion angle which of course threw my caster off--just glad I only tacked the knuckles on.

So there is no way for a 1 piece front shaft--even at 1" wide it will kill the edge of the tranny so I have a line on a guy who did a front 2 piece shaft on clarks bravo 2 chassis and it worked out perfect. Till then the front can sit and move onto getting the rear shock mounts burned in and a couple cross supports done.