Budget ESB brorunner

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out.
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.

Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.

Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.

After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.

Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.

Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.

Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

 

[Giant Geoff]

Very cool! Keep it up!
Add caster to the front. Zero degrees and bias ply tires will suck on the street.

 

[Wyatt_cato]

Very cool! Keep it up!
Add caster to the front. Zero degrees and bias ply tires will suck on the street.

Will definitely add caster, she stills needs an alignment. And ya the tires were a cheap quick fix the tires it came with were toast.

 

[the bodj]

$3500 is a steal for that! Nice!!!

Add some gussets to the shackle pivots like how TC does so you don’t rip them off the frame.

 

[Fathead]

Super fun / quick project. Wyat’s Dad and I raced together back in the day in MDR and MORE. Now my son and Wyat are doing it. Now I get to help these guys see and do what I was lucky enough to do. Life is good.

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Upper shock tabs are tacked in

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Wrapped up the bedcage and Plumbed the fuel cell, trucks feels amazing. Tomorrow gonna get my new wheels mounted, alignment, and wire up the rear chase bar and the HIDs. Hammers bound!

 

[Wyatt_cato]

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Wrapped up the bedcage and Plumbed the fuel cell, trucks feels amazing. Tomorrow gonna get my new wheels mounted, alignment, and wire up the rear chase bar and the HIDs. Hammers bound!

KOH was a blast truck ran great all weekend. Ran out of time to fill the new rear shocks with nitrogen so we ran around all morning out there looking for a camp that had some no dice. So next best thing, fill it up with a bike pump lol.
Front end felt great but rear definitely needs some weight, spares are next and any other additive weight I can think of will be going in hopefully before the MORE race in march. If anyones interested I’ve got a video of the truck hittin a little whoop section on my instagram @Wyatt_cato
Oh ya and smacked on the new wheels #nothelton

 

[dwphoto]

love it ! nice work on the refresh...

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Finished up the chase light today, side lights have live brakes while the ambers runs on a switch

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Forgot to throw this in my KOH recap post, the truck ran flawless expect for one issue, the previous owner installed the power steering just completely wrong. One of the things on my list was to fix a couple of the hard lines that were mounted and it just slipped my mind and ran it as is, after a couple runs the line moved, causing a soft line to be touching a pulley and slowly slicing the line until a there was a little pin hole and fluid was everywhere. Cut the line at the hole and shortened it and zip tied it away. Didn’t give us anymore issues.

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Brought that truck out to the MORE race in Barstow as my media get around, had so much fun finally being able to open up a bit in the truck. Hopefully going to revalve the rear shocks and she’ll be money!

 

[h0runner]

This thing is rad!

 

[the bodj]

This thing is rad!

Agreed! Looks like @Motiracer38 truck back in the day

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

Was finally time for the truck to get some 35s, cole over at ERD offroad hooked it up with this set!

 

[Wyatt_cato]

So here’s a progress report and story on that Toyota pickup posted a couple months ago. Bought this 1993 Toyota pickup 2wd manual 5 speed with the 22RE in San Pedro for $3,500, absolutely clapped the fuck out. View attachment 19644View attachment 19645
Truck needed all new uniballs, new bolts, new bushings and some new paint on the arms. Driver side LCA uniball was so seized into the arm I damn near had to get a new one as we were stumped nothing was making it budge. Till a friend with a 55 ton press asked to give it a shot.
View attachment 19646View attachment 19647View attachment 19648View attachment 19649
Trying to find certain bolts for this truck was no easy task either. For example the spindle bolt came with a stick of all thread that runs about 20 inches long. Trying to find a grade 8 was impossible so went with one of the Kartek upright bolts and it worked perfectly. Drove the truck around the block and front end felt great. Now time to start on the rear.
View attachment 19650
Truck came with what we believe are deavers on giant Motorsport shackles. No rear shocks on the truck. Another weird thing about the truck. One owner in its life decided to cut the existing bedcage out, throw a different bed on and ran the truck with no shocks.
View attachment 19651
After a little bit closer of an inspection shackles we’re completely racked. They were tweaked and crashing into the frame and we knew we couldn’t run the truck like that.
View attachment 19652
Made our selves some knockoff TC shackles.
We tacked in our lower shocks mounts and that’s when the snowball hit. Stock gas tank is right where the passenger side shock is going.
View attachment 19662
Picked up a fuel cell on marketplace for a hundred bucks, my lines, fittings, and a fuel pump.
View attachment 19663
Now onto present day. Finished the day off with tacking on the tubes for the bedcage. T-minus 5 days till KOH so hopefully she’ll make it. I’m gonna try to keep posting more updates to this thread as time goes on but for more real time stuff you can follow me @Wyatt_cato. Any questions or tips on the truck or this ESB kit drop em below!

New update I caged the truck!! From a previous post I made I bit the bullet and ordered a dye from JD2. Chopped the cab off and started bending tubes. CA weld and fab helped me and taught me how to use a bender and helped me through the b hoop then let me do the rest in my own. Craig at CA weld and fab is a good friend of mine is an OG MDR racer and used to prep a class 1 car my dad raced on so he’s old school!
Also thanks to Cole at ERD offroad for helping me get good pricing on material so I didn’t have to spend an extra 100 bucks per stick at our local metal store.
Once I had the b hoop done I knew it was really coming together and my confidence is getting this truck done skyrocketed (prior the truck sat in the driveway for months,gutted with nothing started)
Bent the A pillars and got a dash tube in


This photo was taken Wednesday night, all tubes completely welded and ready to start mounting seats, steering, paint, and welding the roof on. We planned to leave Friday night to go chase around the MORE Barstow race
We scabbed the roof on at 4pm, got a windshield mounted at 5, and mounted seats till 8pm then we were off! Truck mobbed through Barstow all day without a hiccup (except for almost catching fire within 20 seconds because I forgot to put a cap on a power cable, it was a stressful week) got the rear shocks revalved by Kevin at Dialed shock prep and the truck felt amazing. Shackle bushings and leaf bushing definitely need some love but other than that I’m gonna crank some down tubes and a spare carrier and she’s ready for KOH!

 

[SByota]

The best little trucks! You can get 1” ID bushing from Barnes Off Road and run bigger inner bushing tubes to help with the deflection on the upper shackle mounts. I went one step further and added HDPE sliders to my frame. It has worked awesome for several years now.

 

[Wyatt_cato]

The best little trucks! You can get 1” ID bushing from Barnes Off Road and run bigger inner bushing tubes to help with the deflection on the upper shackle mounts. I went one step further and added HDPE sliders to my frame. It has worked awesome for several years now. View attachment 31881

Hell ya thank you, exactly what my shock guy recommended to do so thanks for showing me where to get them. The hdpe sliders are a great idea I’ll have to look into that! Do you run delrin bushings for your shackle pivots and on your leafs?

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

Where do you buy your HDPE? McMaster is pretty expensive so I look on eBay, amazon, etc. but never found a super good source.

 

[the bodj]

Cheap cutting boards from Home Goods are made from the same material