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Don’t worry. Indiana boy has his Arsenal .

 

Any updates?

 

I was going to order a bunch of stuff this month to get the chassis done. but this virus thing happened and now my paychecks a big ???


Hopefully when this all blows over i can get the rest of what i need done to the chassis.. goal is to have a rolling chassis with power train by the end of the year and the body in the body shop this winter. we shall see. My tundras pretty much done.. just tidying up to do in the interior and shes ready to start moving this taco around on a trailer. (i may put my 4runner engine and trans in the truck to get it derivable again.)

 

I have to follow this thread. Wicked good work so far my man- keep it up!!!!

 

Still won't be done until 2050. He's to busy on the tundra

 

Hmm. I bet to differ

 

Focus on the Tacoma and not the tundra you dofus

 

I have a disc brake kit sitting in the garage for the taco..

 

But not installed

 

Well. Little update for y'all. Slowly resealing a 1997 4runner engine i got for free a little of a year ago, same for its trans. This engine will also be getting the 3vz-fe cams to see how the truck drives with them (worried about the low end really). And I MIGHT put the supercharger on it. not sure yet.

this setup will be going in the truck on its old frame just to get things moving again. progress on the new frame is slow.. but its happening

 

Got the head off the 97 4runner engine. At 252k she’s got some sludge, but internal wise the motor looks really healthy. So passenger side head will be in the parts washer to get as clean as I can get it, then stripped to replace all the valve seals. Camry cams will go in and I’ll set clearance all set. May even put shingles buckets in for less valve train mass

 

So, will the stock ecu be able to handle the different cams?

 

That’s the big question I’m hoping to answer. I’d imagin the ecu will adjust accordingly

 

Parts washer put some work in today

 

that came out nice!! Keep on keepin on!

 

Tryin as I can. Works picked up again so my free time to clean parts up has gone away. (Hell I have 2 engines and a transmission to do in the next 2 day’s) But I keep slowly working on things.


Gotta bring home a bunch of brake clean and clean off the block next... that’ll be fun

 

goodies coming for the frame. the 4runner engine ive been waiting for my buddy to get back to work and deck the heads (hes been out sick) so hopefully have a rolling frame the end of this month and maybe the other engine together and in the 01 for now.

 

just sittin waiting for odds and ends to be delivered

 

dang that frame looks good! Keep it up! I'm enjoying the updates.