Ghetto Fab.
No idea what I'm doing
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This is a thread I started on pirate covering my 4.3 engine swap into my 4runner creation. All the pics are saved on another site so they should all transfer over. The swap is now done and legal.
Linky to old thread on the body swap I did prior to this: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...r-project.html I'll most likely move that thread over also at some point.
So I finally got the body swap done and everything was working out great! Even got the family out in it a few times up in the mountains last summer!
I even worked on some other little projects like a center console made out of an ammo can. Cupholders front and rear!
It worked well and was actually really comfortable to drive, at least in the winter with no one else in it. Add in my wife and kiddo, summer heat, and one really noisy trans on the highway and it became a bear! I really wanted to link the front to help get rid of some of the bumpsteer and make this thing drive better, but i also knew I'd need to do an engine swap first if I was going to do one and get that past the ref.
Kevin
Linky to old thread on the body swap I did prior to this: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...r-project.html I'll most likely move that thread over also at some point.
So I finally got the body swap done and everything was working out great! Even got the family out in it a few times up in the mountains last summer!


I even worked on some other little projects like a center console made out of an ammo can. Cupholders front and rear!


It worked well and was actually really comfortable to drive, at least in the winter with no one else in it. Add in my wife and kiddo, summer heat, and one really noisy trans on the highway and it became a bear! I really wanted to link the front to help get rid of some of the bumpsteer and make this thing drive better, but i also knew I'd need to do an engine swap first if I was going to do one and get that past the ref.
Kevin