My #Shitytaco Long Travel LS shitbox build

Update April 2022:
I guess I'm finally gonna post a build thread for my truck. First the hashtag was my buddy who can't spell, but apparently I'm the only one who's used it on instagram so I'm sticking with it. I bought this Truck 11 years ago with 160k miles on it for $11k. It was used as a Penske fleet truck. My thought was since a similar year truck with low mileage was almost 30k i could have toyota replace the engine and transmission for still less than another truck. Luckily the engine lasted me this whole time all the way to 269k miles.
There she is the day i bought her.

I will keep this first post updated with how shes going as i get more pictures uploaded....got about 10 years worth on my laptop i need to sort through.

August 2021:

June 2022 update:

Current Build:

Exterior:
Custom made front tube bumper with UHMW skid plates
Advanced 6” Fiberglass fenders
Advanced 4” fiberglass bedsides
Custom built dual spare chase rack
TRD Pro style grille
Total Chaos Bed Stiffeners
Vinyl Wrapped Hood and Roof
2012+ facelift headlights and grille
Trailready 17” beadlocks with 35” ridge grapplers

Interior:
PRP Enduro Elite Recliner seats on Solo motorsports brackets
Prp 4 point latch and link harnesses
PRP Shreddy wheel with OMP quick release
2012 updated black interior radio surround
Kenwood avic stereo
Full CDT Audio Component speakers
Zapco Amplifiers
Rockford Fosgate Punch HX2 Subwoofer
Expedition Essentials TPAM
New Dash in 2018
Bracketeer Fire Extinguisher mount
Expedition Essentials TPAM
Full 2” roll cage
2x switch pros 8100 one in bedsides one in engine bay
Pci trax intercom
Kenwood tk7360 radio

Suspension:
Dirt Designs +3.5 Long Travel 4WD kit
King 2.5 x 8 coilovers up front
King 2.5 x 16 coilovers in the rear
King 3.0 x 16 5 tube bypasses
Dirt Designs 4 link for dcsb
King Air Bumps
Wheelers superbumps
Jd Fabrication lca mount kit
Dirt King uca double sheer kit
Camburg limit straps

Drivetrain:
6.2L L92 from a 2010 Chevy Silverado
TR6060 Tranzilla 4x4 with 231 Transfer Case
Summit Racing Truck Cam
LS3 intake manifold
S10 Stainless exhaust Manifolds
Deatschwerks 350 external pump
Holley Fuel Rails
PSI Conversion wiring harness
Radium Engineering Oil Catch Can
Earls Oil filter relocation
1x Summit racing 10" coolant fan
1x Mishimoto Raceline 10" coolant fan
Arb rear Air Locker
ump canister air filter
Camburg ford 9” 3.5 housing w/ 2.5 race hubs
Wilwood rear brakes
Camburg hydraulic hand brake

Electrical:
Shrockworks Fuse box
Switchpros 9100 one under hood, one in bedsides
summit aluminum battery boxes in rear
2x Optima Red Top 35 series
Edge Insight CS2 for coolant/oil temp and oil pressure readings
Arb Single Compressor mounted in Expedition Essentials Bed mount

Lighting:
Baja Designs s8 40"
Baja Designs s8 20"
Baja Designs LP6's
Diode dynamics ssc2’s reverse lights
Baja Designs Squadron Sport Fog lights
Baja Designs Dome Lights mounted under hood
Baja Designs S1 installed in side of Prinsu Roof Rack
KC Chase Light

 

So the first thing i had to do was drive her back from Washington where i lived to Wyoming where i was going to school.

And the first thing i really did to her was slide her sideways across I80 and hit a cable gaurd, turns out the tires it came with were shit in any kind of slick condition.
But luckily for me i was able to find a white bumper on ebay and have it shipped via greyhound and was able to swap it out in the parking lot of my housing so it didn't look terrible for the remainder of my school.

 

Updates?

 

it runs.... lol. Some day I’ll get around to real updates and some current stuff...lol

 

Little Picture Dump update from when i did the Engine swap back in Dec/Jan of 19/20

 

Threw a PRP Seat in the drivers side

And installed some Baja Designs S1's in the side of the prinsu rack

Also got rid of the Front ADD Shifter by doing the FJ parts swap

And an Obligatory Moses Lake Dunes Pic

 

Some pics from piecing my exhaust together, there are three mufflers and two cats in it and its got a really nice tone to it and isn't too loud.

 

God this is bananas, looks like fun in the dirt! What clutch are you using with that tremec? Beefy trans, beefy engine, that clutch is probably no exception. Oh yeah and how's that driver seat, was thinking of getting zn(c)6 seats but that sport car look doesn't mesh well with how trucks are.

Also I see your little Nissan hehe on the side; hope that gets some love too. I still have the lil KA on mine but been trying to finish up my jzgte longblock.

 

Yeah its a Mcleod twin plate RST, should be good to like 600-700 whp. I love the PRP, gonna throw one on the passenger side when im not blowing all my money on suspension upgrades. And my 240 sadly doesn't get any love.... for a few years i had it stashed somewhere i couldn't work on it and then when i did put it in the shop i spent all my time on the truck...lol. Maybe one day i'll be satisfied with my truck and get back to working on it.

 

Nice man, Can i get some more info on your core support fabrication? Any more pics?

 

Here’s a bunch more pics of it. Originally I only did the top with the lower cross. This time around since I was taking out the wheel wells I fully took it out minus the small area where the cab mounts to the frame, where the headlight brackets mount and the airbag sensors. If I was to do it again I would probably use different tube break clamps. These ones are threaded and use two Allen’s from each side. The ones I would use are just slotted both sides and you use nylocks on whichever side you want and the slot keeps them from spinning.

 

awesome progress on the radiator subframe! @Arcticelf @Subway4X4 @ovrlndkull

Could you show more of how you mounted the tube to the firewall? What size tube did you use?

 

I was planning to use 1.25x1/8 HREW.

 

its 1.25 Dom tubing, wanna say .12 wall. I cut the little bracing off the outside where the upper fender support comes togethor at the a pillar. Then I welded a doubler in and then welded the tubing to that.

 

What is the size and offset of your SCS wheels? It looks to be the -38 version.

 

they are the 17x8.5 with -10 offset.

 

Ah okay, thanks for confirming. I like the stance your truck has with them on--they poke out a decent amount so I thought they were -38.

 

Yeah most of the these pictures are on my old +2" long travel kit. plus i have 1.5" spacers in the rear.

 

Do you know how much this LS weighs fully dressed with flex plate?

 

It looks like they are listing the engine with all accessories at just around 418 lbs and the 1grfe is listed at 366 but I’m not sure if that’s with accessories or not.