Toyotally awesome 08 tacoma

Mine? I don't have one hahaha

Jeff Howe and I talked for awhile about this and he explained that it's not that our racks aren't strong enough to push the tires but really boils down to the tie rods mounting directly to the rack itself, if we could build an adaptor for the tie rods off the rack it wouldn't be a big an issue.

 

No worries man, I thought he was gunna run them too off the pics but the tires looked the same size as mine which is why I asked.

 

The plan was to run 37s and I made sure I had the clearance front and rear for them too so I don't have to make changes down the road. I just talked myself out if them for the time being. Mostly do to not being able to get the right gear ratio for the rear and have it last more then one trip. I like to go fast and 4.88 with 37s wouldn't be that much fun.

My plans for the steering are to put a steering box on it and run swingers with a centerlink and ram assist.

 

Getting close man!!! U gotta be getting excited to hit the dirt!!

 

4.88s will be plenty dude, that's what I'm running and it even feel a little over geared on 35s.

I'm still getting used to the truck since it's such a huge difference from uncaged and sprung under and I haven't driven anything in almost 18 months but I was hitting the biggest stuff I could find at 65ish and still had a lot of pedal to go. And you're gunna pull 3-4" more out of the front.

 

Yeah 4.88 are good for 35 but a 37 would need a 5.13 or 5.29 which I don't trust in the 8.4 diff. Are you planning on going to any of the bitd races with Denton next year? Hopefully our 6100 will be ready for the mint.

 

Any progress on yours???

 

Sneak peak of what's going on in the rear.

 

And the front

 

You leaving the stock rear axle

 

For a little while, until I save up for the 9in

 

Getting close, waiting on a machine shop on a few things. Should have everything back by the end of next week. And assuming the high pressure lines work/hold I'll be turning in a around 2 weeks. If not Crown wil be making some custom lines.

Steering box gave us a surprise we weren't expecting. Its off a straight axle toyota. Forgot that the orientation of the box in its normal way made the sector shaft output the opposite direction lol

 

Does that upper link mount clear the bed at bump. It looks like it should as its not as high a a trad. 4 link mount?

 

I codrive for him so I'll be at all of them haha were running a full BITD schedule again plus RATR.

Gunna prerun Parker in my truck in January then pull the front end apart and do the engine cage since I'm a moron and didn't do it the first time. I'm throwing around the idea of racing it at Silverstate but I dount I'll follow through with it.

 

Awesome! I was thinking of using either a older 4x4 ifs box or a ford box if it needs to go between the rails

Yeah it stays under the bed. Had to trim the webbing on the underside though.

Rad! We will be out at Parker with the armada and you theory guys but our 6100 won't be done by then. We will have to meet up out there or glamis sometime.

 

Just found this pic I never posted of the front limit strap mount

 

I think we're going to glamos for thanksgiving if the truck is prepped for Henderson by then and probably New Years then I'm tearing it down for a full prep for the prerun.

The new you theory truck looks really nice! Armada builds some of the nicest stuff out there far and away. I'll PM you my cell number

 

What did you do with the ABS module?

 

I disconnect all the lines going to it, capped them off and then mounted up out of the way