Local Legend Project: Tur-BRO-yota

[Turboyota]

Headlights mounted and they will be easily adjustable.

I bent up a couple 0.5x0.048" wall mild steel tubes that will affix the bottom of the front fenders below the marker light.

The hood pin/fiberglass mounts look like angry eyebrows.

 

[Turboyota]

Moved the intercooler back toward the radiator. Intercooler mount will utilize McMaster 3/8" stud vibration damping mounts & Energy Suspension urethane bushings to support the top of the intercooler.

Machined a chamfer on the soft urethane bushings to clear the welds on the threaded spud on the intercooler.

Here's my upper mounting scheme with bushings and double studded rubber isolators:

The bottom will rest on 1/4" silicone sheet and will be bolted up through the front cross member with 5/16" bolts. I'll probably add red bushings on the bottom also. Notice the plate at the bottom of the intercooler is cracked at the mounting bung.

Tuned up the upper intercooler mounts. They need to be removable, so they will bolt to the radiator mounts.

Tiggered most of the mounting tabs & the front crossmember doubler plate.

 

[Turboyota]

Total man-hours to date: 563
Total cost including parts & materials I had on-hand(4130 tube, bypasses, bumps, etc): $8789
Total length of tubing: 178 feet
Total weight of tubing added: 275 lbs

*(If all cagework was 1.75x0.120" wall, tube weight added would be 373 lbs)*

*(If all cagework was 2.0x0.120" wall, tube weight added would be 430 lbs)*

 

[Turboyota]

Almost ready to put the wheels on:

Started with 500lb springs because I had them sitting on the shelf.

 

[Turboyota]

Front Track Width: 73"
Rear Track Width: 70.5"

Front:

Rear:

 

[Turboyota]

Any of the DR bros remember the ¿What does the Turboyota weigh? Guessing game?

Everyone guessed the total weight and the front-to-back ratio.

Truck was weighed with a full tank of gas, 33x10.5 BFG Baja/alloy wheel spare, and the majority of the front bumper is included.

 

[Klever]

3,880 lbs.

 

[Mullen]

I joined months ago and my thread still has broken picture links. You're really putting me to shame.

 

[theycallmeWALLY]

I joined months ago and my thread still has broken picture links. You're really putting me to shame.

Can I help with the broken links? or is it from an old photobucket account or something?

 

[Turboyota]

Component weights:

Stock 5x4.5" Toyota hub with 12mm studs, 9.7x0.850" rotor, and bearings weight:

17.4lbs



Speedway Engineering 5x5.5" aluminum hub with 5/8" ARP studs, 2" ID Timken bearings, 12.19x.812" 160-5844Wilwood rotor, and rotor hat weight:

18.4 lbs

Splendid! Spectacular!
+1.0 lbs for all that badassery.

Wilwood 120-11131 Caliper and EBC brake pads weight:

6.4 lbs

 

[charlie brown]

i did not know that FBC makes pads for willwood. whats the part numbers?

 

[Turboyota]

August 26 2017
Excellent quick shakedown dezert trip.

motiracer(Beaumont) and I did 84.3 dirt miles over two days

The Turboyota handled good! I'm stoked on the initial shock & bumpstop setup.

Heading down toward soggy dry lake from the rockpile, Beaumont and I both hit around 80MPH on the racecourse.

Drove the truck onto the trailer--Great success!

 

[Turboyota]

September 11, 2017
Scrap tube cattle guard bumper fab:

Bumper is made from scrap tubes and mockup tubes. Rolled tubes are 1.75x0.090" welded seam, verticals are 1.75x0.120" 4130. Top & bottom frame horn plates are 3/16x2" bar, frame horn sides are 1/8" P&O.

Skid plate tubes are laid out with blue tape.

 

[Turboyota]

October 5, 2017

Passenger inner frame horn plate has a joggle in it to clear the intercooler. (The intercooler is shifted slightly towards the passenger side.)

Added 1.5x0.120" 4130 skid plate support tubes:

Skid plate material: 0.125" 7075 aluminum.
I cut the aluminum sheet with my wifey's "crafting" jigsaw because the dickhead former 1/2 owner of the truck borrowed my badass $150 DeWalt jigsaw and never returned it. Fucker. I had to use that shitty $30 Craftsman jigsaw--like a brokedick poverty line asshole. Fuck.

Installed the swapmeet-sourced Mastercraft belts:

Lap belts attach a little behind the rear seat mount tab. The 7/16-20 eyelets are attached through the 1.25"x0.065" 4130 rear seat tubes.

Crotch strap is bolted through the floor with 3" washers.

I attached my bitchin' 1980's Con Ferr roof rack to the rear of the truck.

Turned a couple tube clamps from 2.0x0.120" DOM that will be affixed with hose clamps. Reliefs are so the hose clamps sit flush with OD of the tube. Halved it on the bandsaw.

Welded the tube clamps to the rack, and drilled/through-bolted to the rear cagework.

The 30-year-old Con Ferr rack is beefy enough to hold my 260# large mammal ass!

Also, it's the perfect size for two camping chairs at the races. It will still unbolt and attach to the back of my racetruck with 4X 3/8" bolts in a jiffy.

Front bumper & skidplate fab time: 17.5 hrs
80's Con Ferr rack install: 1.5 hrs
Mastercraft 5pt belt install: 1.5hrs

 

[Turboyota]

October 6, 2017
Re-made the leaky turbo feed and drain line fitting. I used a 316 stainless JIC hydraulic fitting this time, and it welded much better.

 

[Turboyota]

October 9, 2017
Fuck that steering.


Started with 1.25x0.25" wall 4130 tube. Drilled one end 13/16" and tapped 7/8"-14.

Notched the other end

Machined the bushing sleeve from 1.25x0.188wall 4130

Machined the bronze bushings. Sourced from McMaster Carr.

Bushing assembly that will be on the idler arm side:

Centerlink almost ready for tack welding. Tierods pivots to follow.

Time: 1.5 hrs
Cost: 7/8 muffpuff rodend $20; bushings from McMaster SAE 660 leaded tin bronze part number: 7815K44, $6.36 each
Therefore: total cost $32.72
Had all the 4130 tube on-hand
Alcohol consumption: 1/3 bottle of Stoli

 

[Turboyota]

October 23, 2017
Idler arm mock-up & complete:



Moved the inner tierod pivots around on the centerlink to gain clearance and reduce bumpsteer. I'm still getting some toe-in at full droop.

Since I used a 7/8 heim at the pitman arm, I had to machine clearance into the driver's-side tierod.

I had to space up the outer tierod pivot a LOT to try to reduce bumpsteer. I'll probably tune it up a little more before finalizing the inner tierod pivot location.

 

[Turboyota]

Dec 5, 2017

Pitman arm goodness.

Drinks: 16oz coffee with Stoli Sticki honey vodka, 3oz.
Music: slipknot

 

[Turboyota]

Dec 2017

Clearanced the lower arm for the pitman arm interference at full bump.

Music: Metallica—Ride the Lightning
Drinks: 4oz Coldcock herbal whiskey
Tools: 4.5” grinder with cutoff wheel and flap wheel. Tig welder. Mig welder for tack welds
Materials: 1/8” steel plate from the scrap bin,
Self etching primer

Current lower a-arm weight: 16lbs 4.8oz

Stock centerlink weight: 7lbs 10.6oz

New centerlink weight: 8lbs 6oz

New longer Tierods weigh: 7lbs 15.6oz

And I primed & painted the centerlink and pitman arm.

 

[Turboyota]

Hours for all the aforementioned completed tasks:

Upper front shocks mounts: 26 hrs
Front cagework(firewall forward): 41 hrs
Mount grill, headlights, & fiberglass: 13 hrs
Mount engine accessories on engine cage: 11.5 hrs
Front bumper: 13.5 hrs
All new steering: 33 hrs