COMAtized's Tacoma- 2uz v8 swap

What is this shmirror you've spread?

 

Thanks man

Its loctite roof and flashing sealer... I figure if its made to stick to, and last on a roof it will do fine on my truck.

 

I was going to take my Tacoma out to Harlan Ky, the other weekend, but before I could leave my altornator cut my power steering hose. After spending a few hours trying different fitting and hose clamps I gave up and ordered a new line. In the process I broke both of my power steering vacuum valves. I found that some Lexus car had a metal version... So now my truck does too... I have since belt and rerouted the power steering line so that it does not cross between the engine and the radiator. It looks much better and should be safe.

 

Took the fj axle to a buddies house and had the perches glued on.







Back home and ready for few coats of black and then under the truck it goes.

 

Man that rear axle is awesome! Im pretty sure I said it before, but sweet find with that thing.

 

Pinion angle is 10* up with the perches at 0*. From center pin to center pin its 39.5"s on center and from the out side of the backing plate flange to the center of the pin is 7 1/8".

This thing is massive compared to the 8.4. Imagine what the new Tundra axle would look like....

 

Yes I'm still running the factory driveshaft. One of my tires is some 15oz out of balance so I probably won't even feel the driveshaft vibs. I will keep thus in mind though as I plan to get that tire taken care of.

 

btw, is that a Meanstreak I see in the garage?


side note - I've been wanting to try a '05 4runner v8 to '05 Tacoma swap but never have money

 

Cool build! Where in NC are you from?

 

I assume you are talked ng about the motorcycle. I stopped off at a buddies house who is a better welder than I. That was his dads bike. I was too busy eyeing down the old school JD to it right.

 

no lights...

 

Dang! Good work! I've got to see this thing in person sometime. Do you go to any meets?

 

I have not been to any of the TW event, but I have been to a bunch of the events on TTORA.

Are there any coming up?

 

Picked up a few new toys for the Tacoma.....


Any guesses as to their ID?

 

wow always wondered if this was possible. Subb a dub dub.

 

Anything is possible. Do you know what those parts are?

 

I started a new job a few weeks back so time has been a bit limited.

I did manage to get the 4.10 electronic ADD front diff swapped out. It turned out to be a bit of a pain. The engine and trans sits low enough to block the biff from coming up high enough to get the rear mount out of the cross member. After some thinking I finally got the diff out. I had to drop the steering wrack out so I could remove the two bolts that hold the diff to the rear mount. If you have never dropped a diff from a Tacoma, this is all jiberish to you. Here is a picture. Not the bolt on the left side and how close it sits to the x member. Its the bolt pointing down... It was a pita....






I also swapped out my two spoke steering wheel for a 4 spoke version. No pics yet though.

 

Been a few months since my last update. The engine is running great. Transmission is holding up great, the FJ80 axle, E-locker, and rear disc brakes are AWESOME.

The clutch I went with hates life and is showing signs of quitting early. So I eased off the 1-2 Shifts and generally drive "more responsible" now (Boring).

In other news,

I have some plans to add in some more cool Toyota parts as my free time and extra money allows. This truck really is going to have what I feel are the best of the late 90s and early 00 Toyota parts. Hint: Multi Mode

Stay tuned.