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Before I sent the parts to be powder coated, I had to make some adjustments to the air intake tube. It hit the upper radiator hose and also the hood insulation. A simple cutout of the insulation aleviated that problem, but I had to fab a notch for the aluminum tube. Using the slip roll, I...

Case in point.

Still waiting on the fuel tank. Living in the country has its ups and downs. I got a call from UPS freight this morning and they wanted to schedule my delivery for next week. It's been a week already, from Las Vegas. That's frustrating. I could have a fuel tank delivered to Siberia in less...

We've got a little down time here. The parts are out getting powder coated and I'm waiting to get the new, 38 gallon fuel tank from Man-A-Fre. It should be here soon. Next up is fuel system. Once I get the tank, I need to mount the fuel pump in it and then plumb the system. Shouldn't be hard...

In 25 years, I'll be 70.

That pinion angle looks very low. Could probably use a cut-n-turn.

I think a Gennie shifter would add a touch of class to that rig. I've used them before and aside from the erector set of brackets that comes with it, they look and feel really cool. I like how they rock with the engine revs too. Paddle shifters on the wheel? Kidding of course...

Thanks. It goes out for powder coating tomorrow, along with a bunch of other parts. I can't wait to see it in satin black.

Access to the shifter components would be nice. I take it you're not using the FJ40 seat brackets? Building your own? The stock seat brackets are very tall, but they almost need to be to see over the hood. What shifter are you using? For a trail rig, you can't go wrong with an Art Carr...

Now there's a thought. It never occurred to me, but thanks for the compliment.

If your seats/seat bracket are going to cover the rear portion of the tunnel cover, I might suggest making the cover in two pieces to make trial side repairs easier. Looks good though. I need to buy some more clecos...

Here is the (mostly) finished product. Just need to send it out for coating. It's designed to breathe cold fender well air, not to trap air, not designed to be completely sealed off, and not to trap water. If desired, we can attach a snorkel in the future and modify the box at that point to be...

Mounting the air filter and MAF sensor was fun. I like doing custom work, but I also like things to look "as the factory may have built it", so with that in mind, this is what I came up with. It will be coated in black to keep the engine bay from looking too hot-rodish. Part of the air box...

Getting some parts ready for ceramic coating. Checking the welds on the coolant tube was probably a good idea. Better to find a leak now than after the coating has been sprayed. Ends capped, schrader valve in one end, pump it up and dunk it in a bucket of water. O2 sensor bungs welded in...

Sorry for the blurry pics. I still haven't figured out all the nuances of my new camera. While laying out the wiring, I noticed this huge plug that went along with the trans harness. Couldn't figure out what it was for, then I remembered that I bought two engines at the same time and the custom...

I almost forgot the other manifold mods. A couple small items were purchased to make the job easier. As part of the ECU wiring and tuning, we no longer needed the EVAP solenoid, so that got deleted. NOVAK sells a delete kit for about $20. Then the vacuum booster nipple was swapped out...

Next up was some detail work. I wanted to use the Toyota temp and oil senders. It's a lot easier to find a home for those than it is to wire in resistors and other doo-dads. On most engines, finding holes for these items is a piece of cake. On this one, not so much. The ECU needed water temp, so...

Getting close now. If everything goes as planned, and nothing ever actually goes as planned, maybe another two weeks before this is running and driving...? There is some other work, not engine related that may hold us up for a few days. As promised, here are some pics of the intake manifold...

I've been seriously considering a 200 series as a daily driver. Love to get my hands on one and start applying my skill set. I don't know how good it would be on the trails around here, but for expo style stuff, I can't see there being any downside.

Thanks. I guess I hadn't thought about it that way, but you're right. Maybe it's therapy for me to verbalize it.