Recent content by Motiracer38

I had a a camper that I loved towing with but with three little kids it was too small. A 5th wheel was nice for the room but unless you buy a semi truck then you can't put a truck in the back, expect a stick built trailer to stay together, and you look ridiculous crawling out of your window. I...

Yep, good ole 5 lug Tacoma problems. Drug it onto the trailer, parted a few parts off and scrapped the rest without unloading. That was 14 years ago and one month before picking up this truck to start over fresh.

Shoot. I have picture of that from like 2008 at an MDR race. It had such bad geometry from the stock location upper that it would get crazy negative camber at bump and at droop for what looked like 14in of travel. There's definitely better examples out there, GFO, Metcho, or PRD T-100.

Mikey you know how much time it takes to get thing done because you are held accountable of your time and get to deliver the bill to the customer in order to make a living. This sucks the joy out of anything and forces decisions based on efficiency or budget. I don't have those limitations as I...

All good points as I've seen the wonder of Jubera through moon bumps but also seen the downside of it in other handling areas. I never said that was my goal with this truck, just that goofy 2wd arms get you closer to that. Oh, and I already front-halfed it so no turning back now! Au contraire...

Haha, there is no way this could approach that level of fun. Although 4wd would allow me to cruise that route less gear of getting stuck. Seems like Baja would vote for it

I am liking the picture being painted. If I have the horsepower of a 2.9 then I should try to make up the difference with 4wd. I have no doubt that TTB has the advantage in a whoop section, it's everything in between that I'm trying to make more fun

I could pull the pivots in a bit and get about 20" staying around 84" wide using 2" hubs, swingset steering with hydro assist, and a 3.0 coilover, 3.0 bypass, 2.0 bumpstops all with parts on my shelf. The only reason for center mount arms would be to minimize scrub as it helps stabilize the...

Now that's a snowball that I'm trying to dodge. Would be sweet though

I hear you Mikey, you're just kind of boring. I agree moving the motor back would be more work than not but really not much more work beyond that. Not sure where you've been but the whole front is cut off already. Fitting a radiator up front would be the biggest challenge. Kelly is a bad...

Resale value is an interesting topic as race trucks with a proven heritage or poilished up Gram worthy turds usually pull the most. The more oddball builds would fare worst but what's worse a race truck with a RTT and skottle mount, or an overlander with no storage or creature comforts? I'm...

With the Sequoia running and successfully completing an offroad trip with the family my mind is starting to wander back to this and trying to find where it actually fits into my life. I still think long travel 4wd would be a blast in the dunes but the need for it on trips has been filled by...

Used to be just camping vehicles so I've never bought one. Will need one this year as bringing the motorhome and that's not making it through the wash around the gate!

If you find one with a working 3.0 engine I'd be interested in parting it out for you

Sounds like a good time, I'm down. That Garden of Eden trail looks to have some spicy points on it.