Recent content by Overbear

Why not fab up your own? I mean heck man, pick up a used stick/arc welder or a good mig on craigslist. Pick up some metal, start welding. Once you got the basics of welding down pat, you start to fabricate, thats how many of us that do our own fab work gor our start.

Keep in mind you can't just move it with a screwdriver, it won't stay locked. It requires positive presure to stay in place. Anywho, I run ARB up front and a truetrac out back so I am set already.

Yea I agree it needs to come down in price, but...consider the alterntive. If the motor goes out (and they do) your screwed, and a new motor ain't cheep at all. Or...you could just wait for Trail Gear to copy it and produce it in china for cheep. :oops: did I go there?

One thing that conserns me, the welds, especialy the ones for the dring/attach points. They look like they didn't penetrate deep enough, but pictures can be hard to tell from. Also that plate, I would run a second plate under it, attached at both sides and then core welded in 3-4 spots, it looks...

Last 8 cars (two 4x4 toyota trucks, 2 vw bugs, 1 honda, 1 subaru forester XT, 1 camry, and a 470whp SBC in a 70 nova) I ran and still run on Mobil 1 exclusively. I only use Mobil 1 filters, and oil, and I have yet to have any problems at all.

I have 3 dead yellow tops in the back yard your welcome to have. You could not GIVE me one again, I learned my lesson.

Take a look over at pirates, but there is someone who is now making a kit that lets you put a manual cable on the elocker setup and remove the weak link (the motor)

Don't count on that, the only real way to be sure is to pull the 3rd and count teeth. My old 83 had never had the 3rd pulled, but had no marking at all for what gear set was in it.

Look great but...bolt kit? Rid yourself of the problems, weld them on. NO one should run rock bars "bolted" on, your just asking for trouble.

I have to agree with this too. Anything under a 33" is really just not enough for about 90% of the trails we have on the west coast. Now if you are going to stick to gravel roads and maintained fire trails thats fine, however the moment you want to get off into anything a bit deeper you are...

If you plan on rebuilding it, remember if it does have the single roller. You will need to source a double roller front cover if you plan on going double (and I recomend it) Another thought, LCE preformance parts has a ton of things to give you a little edge here and there, might want to take a...

One thing some people do, is put a 20R head on a 22R block, it brings the comprssion up. Giving you some more HP and a better flame pattern across the piston, at the price of having to tune it a bit better than most would. Also huge suggestion, as I remember my 22R blocks right, 81 was the...

One thing of note, as long as you gear it right for the tires, you can put a modest lift on it, and not suffer MPG changes. The key is in the gears, always in the gears. As example, I am up on 33" tires, with 4.88 gears, and a heavy turbo, gas drinking engine, and I can still manage 15mpg...

Sir, there is no such thing as "too much mod" when it comes to a toyota :smiley_drive: Nice looking rig, a few things to ponder as you grow with it. 1)if you lift, do it right, no blocks! marlin's kit, or even the rear up front/chevy out back setup is the way to go. I personaly went with...

One thing to consider if they are "older" plastic ones. Find out if they are made with BPV, if so know that as they get hot (sun) they will leach chemicals that are carcingetic into the water. Most of the new ones made in the last year or two are free of that, but the older ones are suspect...