Outer Limits 4x4 Board

G'Day,

Nope, not dead yet. I haven't been here in a long while. I got a notice about a thread that I was watching years ago and found that there were PM's about axle swaping.

That is some OLD pics of me truck. It is still on the road and doing well every day. It now sits on 35's, is 3 linked in ...

G'Day PV glad to see you're still around. Last I heard you were selling the Rocky and getting a hotrod.

2roky will send you a couple of piccies tonight which is actually tomorrow over there. Was going to take some new pics today but we had a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow...sent us home from ...

PS: My avatar is when I had 33" tires

That would depend on how good you are at fabricating. Brackets would have to be made for the front and rear of the radius arms, brackets for the track bar, the track bar itself with Heim joints, shock hoops etc..

If you do leafs in the front you are still going to have to do some fabricating and ...

Yes I'll email you some pics. I lost all of my build up pictures in a hard drive crash.

The rear suspension is the stock Daihatsu leaf springs over the axle and some longer cheap shocks. The rear axle is from a `91 truck and the front is from an `85 4Runner. Newer front suspension is Range Rover ...

G'Day All,

Nope...not dead yet.

2rocky: I get that look a lot. Did the Toyota thing in mine. It is expensive but so is a car payment. I spent two years gathering parts before I swapped engines and stuff. So lt wasn't an expense all at once. Did the SAS two years before and that wasn't too bad ...

No on the exhaust manifold. Most of them seem to crack at some point. I went with extractors from New Zealand via Oz. Even the cast iron manifold on the swapped in Toyota engine had a hairline crack...went with headers off of Ebay. I suppose that the crack can be MIG'd or TIG'd to get you by.

The ...

G'Day Dave...Glad to see that you are still around. With the Feroza down you have'nt been breaking things Best busted third that I have ever seen.

Hey Crowey...good to see you here also!

You've done a lot of work so far. I don't know how you turn over the 35's with the stock gearing. I had to go down to 5.71's with 33's and that put it a little better than stock tires/ gearing.

With the 4.3L and Daihatsu axles :oops:

I've said this before here: Look for a body damage wrecked ...

Any engine conversion will be expensive as a lot of parts will have to be fabricated. Like engine mounts, cross member, drive shafts...plus re-wiring and a lot of other problems that come up.

I have a Toyota 2.7L 4cyl and really love it. I wanted to keep the truck and not worry about getting parts ...

You might want to look at Fox airshox. I have been running them for almost a year now with NO springs at all on the front. I have an all 3/16" steel bumper and a Warn 9000 winch. No problems changing ride height or spring rate and they are completely rebuildable. Very soft ride and they make ...

Can anyone tell me if they have any slop in the back of the gearbox where the drive shaft spins in?

I believe that if it is a front to back slop then it is the pinion gear in the diff. Maybe a crush sleeve or worn bearing. If it is rotational it's gear backlash. All diffs have a certain amount of ...

When I changed from part time to full time 4WD I had problems getting the tranny in. The pilot shafts are different sizes between the two. I also believe that there are different siz pilot shafts in the different years. My part time tranny took a bearing and the full time took a bushing. The full ...

The easiest way to get lower gears, is to swap a different driveline into your car.....and then buy the 'off-the-shelf' reduction gearset for the box you swapped in. :D

Right :!: Or put in dual transfer cases with a reduction set in the rear case...then change the differential gears...and then ...

Two ARB's, 5.71:1, lines, valves and switches run off of CO2...eat your hearts out. I'm waiting on some 5.29's before I put them in as the 5.71:1's that I have now are just a little too low. Hopefully in a few months. Locked and loaded

I know...go away

These don't separate. They are on the engine swap but something similar could be made for the 1.6L. I was supprised that there is very little vibration. I noticed that there is more torque going to the wheels with these.

I tore the stock left engine mount which took out the tranny mount also a long ...

They go negative arch real well at tuck and drop well when they are supposed to.

DVS-4x4 wrote:flatter the better more flex!

I agree. Mine seem to have a good arch when they are hanging and go flat with weight on them.

HotFourOk: Not necessarily awesome but fairly well built. I need to do some more work on it but it gets down to -20* F this time of year. I really need to wheel it and get something besides ramp pics. I don't have a garage and it's cold. Waaa I know I'm a wuss.

BundyRumandCoke: Not bad at all ...

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I think that I responded to your original post but...

I am totally sold on the 3RZ. It has OBDll which covers all operating perameters. An auto tranny is considered the best for rock crawling over here. There are around 6 manual transmissions that will bolt to the W59 bell housing. The G52, G54 ...

Was the 2.7 a hard swap? Did you use all the Toyo bits (like radiator, etc)?

Any engine swap will be difficult even for professional mechanics. There are a lot of things to work out while you are doing it. Like power steering, brake system, ECU electrical, body electrical, exhaust system, cooling ...

Toyota 2.7L 4cyl. Keep the W59 bell housing and any W or G series 5 speed will bolt up. Conservatively rated at 150 hp but more like 160. Ram pod, headers and hotwires around 180hp. Will chirp 35" tyres from a stop. Gets about the same gas milage as the 1.6L Daihatsu as long as you can keep your ...

I've had a hard copy parts catalog for years...thought that everyone had one along with the 2" thick FSM

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So u're trying to say the more "/" like the 1st pics the less dampening effect and u'll feel the rear " roll" more? I dont understand how by changing the angle the damping effect can change. How about retaining the original position but ...

I never did like the stock rear lower shock mounts. They hang down too far and get snagged. I had my old shocks (BlackDiamond) angled at the top and you do get more travel. Having them angled as much as I did there is very little dampening and more body roll. I have since spaced the tops at about 14 ...

elliot,

I just finished putting in another Toyota 3rz and the owner of the first one said it's "mechanically sound". Actually it was a freak event that caused it to go out. I only got to drive it for five months. I was just getting ready to put in a new/ used transmission. First 3rz: $1200.00 ...

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