Been working on this on and off for the last few years. My old man had been helping some but passed very suddenly and I didn't touch it for over a year.
When I bought it
Swapped it on to a Dakota frame. If I did it over I think I would have just put a mustang 2 front end on the stock frame, oh well.
I was going to run a ford 5.4/mustang t45 in this truck but in the end I couldn't get the steering/header/oil filter/upper radaitor hose to play nicely with each other. Also I lost a lot of cab room to that huge bitch.
So I yanked that all out and sold it off. Found the engine I was originally thinking about using in this truck before I ended up with the 5.4. Toyota 2JZ. Trans is a Chevy AR5 manual.
I was able to fit back almost all of the factory firewall save for a small bump out on the drivers side. Tons of room to work with now also.
Random stuff
Dodge 20's
GTO seats
And that is where I'm at now.
When I bought it
Swapped it on to a Dakota frame. If I did it over I think I would have just put a mustang 2 front end on the stock frame, oh well.
I was going to run a ford 5.4/mustang t45 in this truck but in the end I couldn't get the steering/header/oil filter/upper radaitor hose to play nicely with each other. Also I lost a lot of cab room to that huge bitch.
So I yanked that all out and sold it off. Found the engine I was originally thinking about using in this truck before I ended up with the 5.4. Toyota 2JZ. Trans is a Chevy AR5 manual.
I was able to fit back almost all of the factory firewall save for a small bump out on the drivers side. Tons of room to work with now also.
Random stuff
Dodge 20's
GTO seats
And that is where I'm at now.
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