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Yeah, go-fast holes will do the trick.

Here's the motor in its new home. Since I'm at a standstill on the engine placement, I'll move on to the fuel system. Stay tuned...

Not to be deterred, Mock up resumed, though we're not going to mock up the t-case or crossmember. I know where I want it to fall though, so once we get the new trans, nothing I already did should have to be changed. The engine and trans were offset 1" to the driver's side, which meant I had...

With the body and frame all back together, it was drivetrain mock-up time. We hit a huge snag there. The transmission we got was not the right one. The 6L80E and 6L90E are very similar, so the mistake was an honest one, but it's a setback nonetheless, as I now have to wait for the correct...

Re-assembly of the frame and body is pretty simple. The hardest part is lining everything up. Before I took the frame out from underneath the body, I marked on the floor the position of the frame stands. The body never moved, so marrying the two required only a couple nudges with my foot. But...

The disassembly and cleaning phase is finally over, for the most part at least. Now it's mock up and assembly time. Most of my time has been spent ordering parts but now that the majority of the parts are here, the fun begins. The 2010 Silverado doesn't use a mechanical fan (at least not...

The engine is a 2010 Silverado 5.3, which makes it a Gen IV. It's fly by wire, it has variable cam timing and truck style accessory drive. I wish it had a cable throttle, but the Gen III electronics aren't capable of shifting a 6L80E trans. The oil pan came pre-installed, but I am going to...

It looks really mean. Ride height will be 4 or 5 inches taller? For the 3" bed channel, aluminum or steel? If steel, and you want to save weight, have a shop bend those out of 10ga or something lighter than regular c channel. You could try slicing one side off a piece of square tubing, but that...

I forgot. Your roll cage needs to be tied to the frame, and the rigidity added by the cage structure will be more than enough. Carry on.

I've been utilizing a soft rear cab mount approach on my body swaps. Basically, I make sure the cab is secured tightly at the front corners, but let the back of the cab sit on softer mounts, allowing greater chassis flex without the fear of the flex tearing up the body. I got the idea from...

Good info. Thank you. Your knowledge on this topic is greatly appreciated. We're using a steel oil pan from Tilden. It's pretty compact, but still holds 6.5 qts. Honestly, I haven't even opened the box or electronics we got from Tilden yet. We did specify that we wanted full trans...

At this point I still haven't figured out how to shift the trans at all. We want to use the original Toyota floor shifter, so I will probably have to fab up some linkage pieces and hopefully we can work around the factory detents. I haven't mocked it up yet, so I don't know for sure if it will...

I use a MIG to hit it with some quick spot welds, then cool it with air. You could also anneal the area and work it back into shape with a waffle head hammer, but that poses some risks, the chief risk being creating more of a problem than you started with.

I thought I'd knock some of the small stuff out of the way while I was waiting on the t-case adapter. The axles were rebuilt and ARB lockers were installed. Minor upgrades to the brakes were made as well. The addition of 150 HP means we'll need better brakes (though the original brakes are...

Parts started showing up just in time too. The engine (a Gen IV 5.3L out of a 2010 Silverado) was chosen to power the rig and will be backed up by a 6L80E 6 spd auto trans. We'll rebuild and reinstall the split case transfer case.

Complete teardown is easy, but I like to document everything with pics. About 90 pics were taken before I turned a wrench. The motor came out as a complete package and will be for sale (along with the trans and all associated accessories) as soon as I get close to the end of the project.

There is a common notion these days, that a Vortec LS V8 is as ubiquitous as jam on toast. Well, there's a reason for that. Because they're freakin' awesome!!! Actually, the choice is made simple when comparing all the attributes. In the case of the Toyota 2F, the numbers add up to about double...

Never had one, but ALWAYS wanted one. I live in CA so I'd like a pre-smog one. And it has to have a good body. I don't care if it has any running gear. Anybody know of a good one for sale?

After a year of sitting around the shop, I finally decided I need to get back on this. As a testament to the venerability of Toyotas, after sitting for a year, I flipped the battery switch and it fired up in three cranks. I've got a couple jobs to do before I can get back on it (one FJ62 LS...

Maybe I missed it, but I was wondering how the TT seats worked out. DO you have enough leg/head room? I put some Scion xB seats in a '87 Toyota pickup last year, and they were tall. Nice alternatives to stock pickup seats are hard to come up with.