trail4r
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What up dudes. Bought a 2023 SR5P with the intent of keeping it a daily and somehow ended up with Portals, 37" M/Ts, and a JD Fab Pivot kit.
Then it was slow, so I supercharged it.
It's still slow, but with the 3.73s and a blower, at highway speed 60-70mph, the RPMs are hovering around 2000. It takes a little bit to get going off the line, but once it's rolling, the blower really helps get the pig up to speed.
I know there are some skeptics out there on portals in general: price, longevity, weight, COG, general performance, maintenance, etc. But this has been the most capable daily/trail setup I've owned. I also own an 88 SAS with cases, on leafs with 70 rear and 44 front. It's a killer rig but the 22RE is slow as shit up grades... like painfully slow. I need a 3.4l swap or a 5.3l LS swap or something. I finally bought a trailer for it and am now looking for a full size to tow it, probably a 3G tundy.
Anyway, back to the portals... I'm in Northern California so I'm more of a tight rocky trail guy than go fast shit. That said, the portal setup has been better (and more fun) than my JD Fab 2.25 LT setup on my 2g Tacoma - for where I wheel. Gaps rocks like nothing through slick rock, Deer valley from the south, Gold Lake/Snake Lake, etc. Snow wheeling is insane... I rarely get hung up on skids and the diff. It's just been a rad truck for Northern California.
I had one of the first production prototypes that 74W made for the Tacoma/4Runner so I had an opportunity to buy them at a killer deal. The first units shipped with Toyota unit bearings, midicore breathers, and well... it was a production prototype so they weren't perfect but I got to beat on them pretty hard to find their limits. Blew a couple of wheel bearings (74W overnighted new bearings), had an issue with the brake caliper brackets (74W overnighted new brackets) and that's about it. I've recently upgraded to the new one-ton unit bearings, which is an insane difference. All new outer boxes, completely redesigned; M12x12.5 studs vs the new M14x1.5 studs, new brake caliper brackets, new CV seal kit (inner and dual outer), new 90-degree breather fittings offer better routing management, new sleeves for the lower arm pivots, etc. Ready for Rubicon and Fordyce this season... finally.
It's been a killer setup so far.
I really came here to talk about the 88 4Runner build, but this is all I got for now. lol
For the 88, I'm restoring the interior and replacing some parts on the front end. The truck came from Florida and was filled with sand, dog hair, gnarly ass seats, 20 year old dynamat, lose panels everywhere, sheet metal screws through the plastics, shit falling off everything, clapped heims, clapped steering, no A/C system, the shit list is long. I gutted the interior, stripped everything down to the sheet metal, ripped out all the dynamt with dry ice, and replaced a ton of front end parts all while sourcing all new OEM interior color matched parts (been a PITA). The front end got a new ruff stuff 3 link, complete TG power steering, new hydro lines, new ram, new resi, new box, new TG hydro bumps, new shock hoops, new spindles, new reid knuckles, couple new shafts, custom A/C system from my boy OCD Fabrication out in Sacramento, and a bunch of other odds and ends that needed to be cleaned up. I should have that build back from Jason soon. He's welding the fender wells back together right now. All the wells were open and rust was creeping into the cab. After I wrap the interior, I need to swap a 60 in the front, keep it on leafs for now, and go party.
Got a few other trucks but these are my favorite.
Portal build
Becky
Then it was slow, so I supercharged it.
It's still slow, but with the 3.73s and a blower, at highway speed 60-70mph, the RPMs are hovering around 2000. It takes a little bit to get going off the line, but once it's rolling, the blower really helps get the pig up to speed.
I know there are some skeptics out there on portals in general: price, longevity, weight, COG, general performance, maintenance, etc. But this has been the most capable daily/trail setup I've owned. I also own an 88 SAS with cases, on leafs with 70 rear and 44 front. It's a killer rig but the 22RE is slow as shit up grades... like painfully slow. I need a 3.4l swap or a 5.3l LS swap or something. I finally bought a trailer for it and am now looking for a full size to tow it, probably a 3G tundy.
Anyway, back to the portals... I'm in Northern California so I'm more of a tight rocky trail guy than go fast shit. That said, the portal setup has been better (and more fun) than my JD Fab 2.25 LT setup on my 2g Tacoma - for where I wheel. Gaps rocks like nothing through slick rock, Deer valley from the south, Gold Lake/Snake Lake, etc. Snow wheeling is insane... I rarely get hung up on skids and the diff. It's just been a rad truck for Northern California.
I had one of the first production prototypes that 74W made for the Tacoma/4Runner so I had an opportunity to buy them at a killer deal. The first units shipped with Toyota unit bearings, midicore breathers, and well... it was a production prototype so they weren't perfect but I got to beat on them pretty hard to find their limits. Blew a couple of wheel bearings (74W overnighted new bearings), had an issue with the brake caliper brackets (74W overnighted new brackets) and that's about it. I've recently upgraded to the new one-ton unit bearings, which is an insane difference. All new outer boxes, completely redesigned; M12x12.5 studs vs the new M14x1.5 studs, new brake caliper brackets, new CV seal kit (inner and dual outer), new 90-degree breather fittings offer better routing management, new sleeves for the lower arm pivots, etc. Ready for Rubicon and Fordyce this season... finally.
It's been a killer setup so far.
I really came here to talk about the 88 4Runner build, but this is all I got for now. lol
For the 88, I'm restoring the interior and replacing some parts on the front end. The truck came from Florida and was filled with sand, dog hair, gnarly ass seats, 20 year old dynamat, lose panels everywhere, sheet metal screws through the plastics, shit falling off everything, clapped heims, clapped steering, no A/C system, the shit list is long. I gutted the interior, stripped everything down to the sheet metal, ripped out all the dynamt with dry ice, and replaced a ton of front end parts all while sourcing all new OEM interior color matched parts (been a PITA). The front end got a new ruff stuff 3 link, complete TG power steering, new hydro lines, new ram, new resi, new box, new TG hydro bumps, new shock hoops, new spindles, new reid knuckles, couple new shafts, custom A/C system from my boy OCD Fabrication out in Sacramento, and a bunch of other odds and ends that needed to be cleaned up. I should have that build back from Jason soon. He's welding the fender wells back together right now. All the wells were open and rust was creeping into the cab. After I wrap the interior, I need to swap a 60 in the front, keep it on leafs for now, and go party.
Got a few other trucks but these are my favorite.
Portal build
Becky
