Local Legend Project: Tur-BRO-yota

[Turboyota]

Had a great Bradshaw Trail trip this week. Truck worked great in the dirt. It’s fucking dialed in the whoops, gayzer chop, rocks, has ample power and phenomenal brakes.

Then we found a cracked AN-4 Tee for the oil pressure fitting, so @GahnRacing made quick work of that. Not too long after that, the truck started getting hot, and we added water every 30 miles on way home.

Upon arriving home, I drove around with the hood off and found where the coolant was going—out the reservoir—fuck. Coolant smelled like exhaust. Later that day I checked the oil and there was a new development! Water in the fucking oil!

So I pulled the motor out today.

 

[charlie brown]

motor rebuild... that sucks when it was running so good. but it got you home.

 

[84Prerunner]

What’s the plan? Just a head gasket job?

 

[Dirtfiend602]

Time for a 2.9 at last

 

[Motiracer38]

Oh dang, I missed all the excitement. I saw it's time to cut your losses and build a 3RZ with turbo so that it will hold up to the high RPM beatings you doll out.

 

[Kellyex1450]

Might as well swap in a 2JZ and TTBs, YOLO!

 

[85Yota]

I got some TTB's if you want to cross that path

 

[Turboyota]

I got some TTB's if you want to cross that path

I have 4 sets of TTBs in my shop.

I’m not gonna do it, even though I have very seriously considered it—even for my 2002 Tacoma…

 

[charlie brown]

LS everything.

 

[Baconcreekmetal]

I like the 2Jz suggestion

 

[Turboyota]

2 post lifts: useful for more than storing abandoned projects

 

[Chancegoodman]

Any updates on the truck since the blown engine?

 

[Turboyota]

Any updates on the truck since the blown engine?

New:
Head
Forged 0.010” over pistons
Changed back to factory turbo block
New slightly safer tune(on the dyno)
Bigger radiator(triple pass now, was single)
Bigger intercooler(50% more frontal area, 100% more volume)
Smaller oil cooler(to facilitate larger intercooler)
1.25” spherical bearings in uprights & arms
7/8” heims for outer tierod pivots
3/16” 4130 upper arm pivot tab gussets
Welded more gussets on my uprights to slow the cracking that has plagued them since their inception.

Here are the upright gussets(and some cracks I cut out and mig blasted)

 

[Chancegoodman]

Hell yeah

 

[Turboyota]

Off-road mirror fab

Time: 5.5 hours

Materials:
0.5x0.083” 4130 tube
1x1/8” P&O strap
0.050” P&O sheet
5x7” Jeep mirror from eGay

Tools:
Dinosaur Lincoln Idealarc TIG
1/2” hand held tube bender
Ameribrade grinder with 1/2” small wheel attachment(for notching)
Delta Bandsaw

Music:
CKY
White Zombie
Slayer

Drinks:
9 LaCroix

 

[SaltyMethods]

Beefy.

 

[_Cole_Taylor_]

What are these new tires!? trading out the tensors ? and if so did you find another 37x10 R15 ?

 

[Turboyota]

What are these new tires!? trading out the tensors ? and if so did you find another 37x10 R15 ?

EFX Motorally 37x10R15. They are 1.25” larger diameter than the 37” Tensors I’ve been running. Waaaaaay less sidewall bulge than the tensors

 

[_Cole_Taylor_]

rad excited to see how they hold up, i do love my tensors tho

 

[FasterNU]

you guys and your Gayzer tires. Hahaha.