97yota's fully caged 4wd long travel build

See Eric, this is even more reason to get a turbo/supercharger. I never have traction so problem solved. LoL Dirt, sand, snow, pavement, wet, dry, etc... I spin my rear (or all 4 if in 4-hi) all day long. Although I will admit, never ending wheel spin does present its own set of interesting problems.

Glad you went with the cage man and glad your both ok for the most part...



Geez, kids these days. No respect I tell you, no respect at all!!!

 

damn i thought i beat on my truck too hard! waiting on the pics!

 

Well the problem is I let off the gas so it gave me traction:/

 

another member did the same with his silver 2nd gen a couple months back, sucks man but now that you have sorta rolled it once you should feel much safer knowing that its a well built cage, now fiberglass the whole thing!

 

Why aren't there pics???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


Eric I am glad you didn't listen to all those bullies in the LT section and got a cage first!!!!

 

Well that was pretty stupid now wasnt it.. LoL I learned a long time ago while riding motorcycles that chopping the throttle mid turn/slide produces many unwanted and greatly feared effects.... Same is true for a car/truck... You will learn to master the throttle some day young grasshopper!!!

 

I came for pics and left because there's no pics...






















be safe yo.

 

Okay I know it doesn't even look bad haha.. But my sliders, back bumper and light rack really saved my ass. If it wasn't for all of those it would be way worse.. My light rack sticks out farther than my cab, as well as my back bumper and sliders so thank god I had those..

I can fix that hole in the rear fiberglass, by epoxying the back of it. Same with the front fender. The door I might be able to pull the sent. But I might just leave it.

 

Well I was racing in the baja 1000, and I hit a mexican boobie trap doing about 80..

Haha actually I was just driving (racing) around and I was sliding sideways in to where I was parking and I let off the gas to like half throttle and I got traction (wet sand) and just flipped on its side. And I was just hanging there in my 5pt harness, didn't hurt at all.

 

But if I had my lt on, I would have been 7 inches wider so I might not have rolled. But it started from my rear end so I bet it still would have happened

 

Exactly! I'm so happy there's barely any damage!

 

Shitty man. Glad your ok. It's not as bad as it could of been. Let me know if you need any help dude.

 

Just tuning in and seeing the pictures. Glad your ok. I'd kill myself if that ever happened to me. Looks like the kickout on your slider bent in a good bit so I'm guessing that took most of the blow.

 

The slider actually isn't bent at all, but my back bumper is. Those 2 things softened the blow so I think that's why there's like no damage

 

Thanks guys I'm going to epoxy the back of the fenders and hope they hold up! I could use some help installing my long travel

 

im always down!

 

Eric don't go back to the fenderless pantyhosed intake!

and yeah im down to help install!

 

Thanks for the offers guys!! Ill let you guys know

And why not garret? Everyone loves panty hose!

 

When are you doing it?

 

Well I want to do it like, yesterday. But there's no point if I don't have 8 inch coilovers.. So I'm just on stand by!

But my dad was taking my truck to the shop by his work this morning and it broke down on him. He's not really sure if its just out of gas or what.. But I'm going when I'm off work to find out. If I need a new engine.. Well here I come 4.6 haha but hopefully not..