5 Lug Long Travel 2rz Turbo Build

you didnt plate the cab to cage at all did you? other than the patches in the floor and the front body mount?

im at that stage meow and seeing how much i should since i still have my stock body mounts.

 

I barely have any mounts holding the cab in place. The A pillar holds the front. The tubes out the back hold the rear. The bottom rear I have a slight squeak right now. I need to weld in my lower door jam plate, but unsure if I want to find someone to dimple die it. Everything is supported by the cage so you don't need much to hold your cab in place.

 

ok well im definetly going to do tha a pillar and the front section above the windshield.

 

Once you get it rolling, you'll know real quick where you want a few plates. I get it trying to do it while the truck is apart. Doesn't take much now that there isn't any weight on the cab. My floor plates are just silicone to the cage tubes.

 

Did you use flex seal too? Haha

 

Hell ya. Sprayed the underside with that shit. Makes you high when working under the truck. Drove the truck through the rain on Sunday for a few hours. I'll see where the water is trying to creep in.

 

Aftermath once I cut off the safety wire.

 

If only I could fit in that treadstone manifold

 

Now that's a gape!

 

Does your engine cage get in the way? You should buy that mani from the dude on CT. Thing looks clean. I think it's a paradise racing mani

 

What about the one from LCE as well?

 

Does your setup go outside the frame? Think I have around 9.5" away from the head to work with. This sounds really dirty. Tucking the turbo next to the block is best for my truck.
For some reason I can't see his pics if he has any.

Those tube headers are big $$. Think I'm going to reweld add a few gussets and go another few years. Might try to make an additional brace.

Who knows might make my own new ss header and have someone tig it up.

My engine mounts I think are to blame for this accident. See some missing paint from the hood.

 

Not the tube one. The cast one.

 

Damn, was that manifold tigged or cast?

 

Also I think @Torspd is talking about this manifold, which looks pretty strong...


http://www.lceperformance.com/2RZ-3RZ-CNC-Turbo-Manifold-p/1041042.htm

 

That one!

 

That looks strong enough for my truck. The tubed headers are too thin for jumping and dirt. It broke right at the weld. Actually my weld held. The weld that whoever tigged the tubes broke. It might be a mild steel plumbing tube.

 

My turbo is about lined up with the outside edge of the the frame rail. Idk if this pic helps. You can see the frame down below

 

Thank you exactly what I needed.