After a year on hold while I sorted out my life, school, and finances, I finally got the 4runner back together.
Here is the run down on what got accomplished recently:
New Marlin 1600 HD clutch, new throwout bearing (the CF pilot still looked brand new)
Tranny back in
:turtle: Duals...
This is a much higher quality, cleaner looking home brew double cab. It was for sale recently in Northern CA somewhere, found it on craigslist and saved the photos.
Come on, its a Toyota... do you really need to ask?? :D
Really though, the only 4runner motor to avoid is the 3.0 v6, which was long gone by the model years you are considering.
Personally I prefer to leave the stock air box with an aftermarket filter. it has more than once saved my intake from sucking in water in deep water crossings where an open air filter or cold air would have been sucking it up.
Finally after what seems like forever, the duals are back together. My original high range shift rail was bent so I had to find a new one, which took some time. My buddy Kyle got my cases all back together and ready to rock, now running 23 spline 4.7 gears :D
Now I just need to resurface my...
Not sure why everyone is against the double shackle, going on 4 years running it and never had a single problem, I love it. I would do it all over again on my next rig in a heartbeat.
You say you are running a 1.5" lift shackle, so how long is the shackle itself? I have found that a stock...
Nice 4runner. I have always been partial to that color combo on the first gen 4runners because it was a 4runner just like that that got me into Toyotas and ended up causing me to get my 85 4runner :cheers:
I could get you an overall cost estimate based on how much I have sunk into it from day one, but that would take forever, and also probably make me cringe, Though I think I did save a lot of money in the long haul. So what I will do is compile a list of the components I am currently running at...
I have thought about doing a 5MGE or 7MGE swap in my 4runner but they are hard to come by in my area and 3RZs are far more common, so I will probably go that route. My 85 Supra has the 5MGE though so if I ever had the heart I could rip it out of that thing, but its so much fun to drive....:D