Your unique mod on the 1st Gens

My unique mod... Toyota drivetrain and powertrain delete...

 

Gas companies hate him, see how to save 100% in fuel costs!

 

More deats on how you built it please! Such as hinge used, cutting the metal, lock used etc.

 

That's sweet!!!!!
Have any more pictures?

 

Put some louvered panels in the hood.

 

I like the black with the louvers. Looks great!
Do you think they have a cooling effect?

 

There's a bunch in my build thread. It's the "B" in Build Thread in my signature.

 

Seemed to help with temps after I did it. If I were to do it again, I would have moved the louvers in about 1.5 inch. That would put the louvers at a spot that would be less covered by the hood support structure.

 

Makes sense.
I have a supercharger awaiting rebuild. As you may know heat is a big issue with those. Louvers might be a good idea. The SC is still a ways off...got plenty of time.

 

Eventually I plan on doing an SC that's part of the reason I did the louvers.

 

I did not realize signatures dont show up on the phone, had to go the the laptp to see it.

 

I put an 3rd gen ball joint as my tow ball #minitowball #minitaco
Perks to working in a shop lol

 

Ah! I didn’t either. Sorry about that!

 

Where are the louvers from? Looks great!

 

https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/183635037710

 

Just thinking out loud here, but wouldn't it be good to add a cup shaped washer to those bolts to protect the heads? Maybe a fender washer with a slice of thick wall pipe welded to it?

 

That plate was test plate, the actual skids have counter sunk holes. And then I boosted the lip on those holes.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

 

Frame fix and Fire mod.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-my-tacoma-beat-cancer-a-saga.645126/page-2#post-22373059

 

Had a mounting bracket, from Paranoid Fab, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with. When I ordered it, I asked them to not cut out the holes for the switches (to give me more options)

I had some magnets laying around (everyone loves playin with magnets). They were 1 inch round... so I drilled 1 inch holes in the bracket.

And mounted the magnets with some automotive goop (good stuff)

Then I cut me a piece of sheet metal and put it in the phone case of an old phone I had layin around.

Mounted the bracket in place of the ash tray... (now where the hell am I supposed to keep my pack of smokes?)

Then, via a bluetooth OBDii reader and the Torque App I can monitor my temps and other stuff.

 

your new trail name is going to be silver dragon cuz you be dragging your shit everywhere.