Recent content by SByota

I have a first gen Tacoma with TC long travel, I added 4wd drive using parts from a 4Runner and Tundra. I did mine the most simple way, J-Shift manual transfer case, OEM Tundra CV shafts with the inner CV retainer things cut back and 930 CV boots. I locked out the front diff ADD collar and...

Why the dual setup? Need the fuel for the horse torques? Redundant setup? 2 stage for when the boost hits? Just my car nerd curiosity, I love this build. Simple, unique parts/car and you are moving really fast!

It fits! But there is zero room for anything else. Definitely going to have to run stock exhaust manifolds or do lots of work to the china headers. I was really hoping the factory transmission location was going to work for ease of cross members, mounts and driveshafts. Nope! I had to move the...

All good. My response was reaffirming what we both said. Sometimes internet talk without facial expressions or inflection can be misinterpreted. Also, I love a compliment from the lord of nun kills 😂

A 3 core designed for a diesel surf. The version we don’t get in the states. The inlet/outlet are in the correct spots for the V8 and it bolts into the core support. I don’t know if they will be enough room between the front of the motor and the new radiator to fit a fan. The Camaro ZL1 fan I...

Sometimes 2 min worth of cutting and welding saves hours of work. I may have to modify the core support/radiator support to mount the new radiator/fan combo anyways. Cutting that one little support bar made so much more room for motor swapping activities. The V8 will have to go in and out at...

Well it’s out….now the real work begins. Dogs were not impressed at all. Lots of clean up and welding to be done while the engine bay is empty.

Great info! I’m in the the midst of a 2uzfe swap in my Tacoma, can’t wait to hear V8 noises!

This is proper parenting! Skills that will last a lifetime as well as the core memories that he will always have.

It always a little scary making a perfectly running driving truck….not that anymore. I have all the parts I need to put the V8 in. I’m going to push hard to get the motor mounted as that is really the thing that dictates so many other fitment things.

Toyota gaskets already purchased and ready to go. I’m going to have to chop off the 3 bolt flange and doing a weird extension to clear the rack/steering shaft. I’m probably going to to do V bands instead of flanges. Thanks though.

Little bit of fab work this morning. The motor side plates of the new engine mounts. $100 china headers fit good and appear to be pretty flat. Will they fit in the Tacoma chassis…probably not without modification….

Installed the shift kit in the Tundra trans, not as bad as I thought. The kit is universal to like 8 different versions of the A340, so it’s weird having parts left over. It was also strange pulling check balls out of the valve body, but I was super deliberate and double checked like 5 times...

I have always been a Total Chaos fan. I met Nicole at ROR in like 2002-2003ish…..man I’m getting old. I helped out in the remote pits for TC racers at MDR races for a few years. Such good time. What happened to Gargamel, the 80’s extra cab 4x4 truck Nicole used to drive everywhere. Also does...

Electric fan talk. With the V8 going into the Tacoma, I will not have room for an engine driven fan. I have to do electric. After lots of reading and research, I’ve landed on a the factory fan out of a V8 Camaro. It’s made by Spal and is 800 watts. A similar “universal” Spal fan is like $600+...