fj55-100
SILVER Star
ok this will be in several parts , most of my cool pics of the build up are locked on birfield.com . but i will try to pull as many off my defunct hard drive as i can when i get off work .
Pigs name is fj55-100 as the merger of the 2 rigs suggests . also by the surname zebra pig (my kids) that eyesore (my boss) and sister wife 2 (now that i live in utah).
Paint color is artic camo put on by Robert that used to work for spector off road ,that i purchased the pig from in a attempt to fit all the camping gear needed for a weeks time in the desert for the family .my fj40 was way 2 small .
concept was formed in 97 looking at the new toyota v8 prototype thinking how cool it would be to ditch the 350 chev and build a waggon using all toyota parts .
build started in 2001 , where i gutted the pig . and inserted a lexus 4.7 v8 engine / transmission transfer case . the computer chosen to drive it was a pcm from a 2002 4x4 tundra to aviod having a key with a chip. the harness was hand built with only the nessary equipment . the trans tunnel was moved up so that there would be nothing that would hang down below the frame rails . all new floor was formed . all mounts custom made by me . with the drive train in place the stock radiator was remounted . rear heater was removed as the hump in the floor was large .
Axels are stock 55 in the front with a 80 series e-locker fit in the housing .aussie inner shaft mates the two.the birfields have changed a few times in the years since ,went from Smurfields . to longfields . to stock .and back to longfields . disc conversion from a mini truck w/vented rotors . the first of only 2 non toyota parts , marlin crawler high steer arms .
rear axel is a non usa full floater with/e-locker .rear disc brakes . . driveshafts were toyota cv shafts that i made and used adapter hubs i machined out of 2"steel . lockers arecontrolled by the factory switch and computer that pulls them in and disconnects them without overrunning the motors .
Steering is fj60 box , controlled by the 2uz pump and linked by 80 series tie rods shortened and rethreaded. stock coulmn has went to a 76 to gain the key in the column .
Suspension is stock springs.Spring over..stock shackles custom track bar .
Fuel is the second part not toyota.a 50 gal tank with a 1/2 " crash skid plate surounding it . Stock 100 series fuel pump was installed in the tank as were several baffels . all were installed in stock location so i could replace the pump through the stock acess hole if needed .
All under side protection was designed as tube so the motor could rid the heat . trans, engine,transfer skid plates all of tube . Side nerf bars are IPOR plates that i welded tube to . rear rocker bars to keep from bashing in the overhang . and seleced bars fitted into the inner panels and doors to keep out rocks .
Interior is a set of Lexus Gx470 seats/w heaters .stock rear for the kids , a SOR healiner kit . all fit over a floor coating of polymer/cermanic that they use on the space shuttle , to keep the catalysts from baking me . the rubber mat was reused for cleanup . a console box to hide the cb . all tie points in the interior welded in to keep junk from flying in a rollover .
Stock Ac from several doner years . fitted to the 4.7 compressor .
functional snorkle . even though it does not rain much in Utah .
Sent the stock alternator out to Premier power welder had it made into the welder generator . used it many time so far for trail welds ,even use it at work .
Added the supercharger later . as i found a used one . one of the best mods . keeps me out of the throttle as much . unless in the sand dunes .
70 series turnsignals . roof rack . powertank . onboard air . more crap stuck into every hole . even cut a 12 x12 hole in the pass floor and made a box in the floor . made ammo boxes fit onto the inner front fenders to store oil,gear lube , and other stuff i did not want leakin inside the cab . all new door seals window seals .rear window seals .quarter glass seals . extra additional door seal on the body side .
I can fill a book with the things i have forgotton . if you have a suggestion for pics . in perticular .
i will try to find them . most of you know my mods better than i do .
All work was done by me , from the welding , to the seat uppolstry , lathe work , mill work , tube bending , .
ALL parts were from a TOYOTA eccept the 2 listed .
Ammendments to follow
Pics to follow
FJ55-100
Evan jenkins
Saint George UTAH
Pigs name is fj55-100 as the merger of the 2 rigs suggests . also by the surname zebra pig (my kids) that eyesore (my boss) and sister wife 2 (now that i live in utah).
Paint color is artic camo put on by Robert that used to work for spector off road ,that i purchased the pig from in a attempt to fit all the camping gear needed for a weeks time in the desert for the family .my fj40 was way 2 small .
concept was formed in 97 looking at the new toyota v8 prototype thinking how cool it would be to ditch the 350 chev and build a waggon using all toyota parts .
build started in 2001 , where i gutted the pig . and inserted a lexus 4.7 v8 engine / transmission transfer case . the computer chosen to drive it was a pcm from a 2002 4x4 tundra to aviod having a key with a chip. the harness was hand built with only the nessary equipment . the trans tunnel was moved up so that there would be nothing that would hang down below the frame rails . all new floor was formed . all mounts custom made by me . with the drive train in place the stock radiator was remounted . rear heater was removed as the hump in the floor was large .
Axels are stock 55 in the front with a 80 series e-locker fit in the housing .aussie inner shaft mates the two.the birfields have changed a few times in the years since ,went from Smurfields . to longfields . to stock .and back to longfields . disc conversion from a mini truck w/vented rotors . the first of only 2 non toyota parts , marlin crawler high steer arms .
rear axel is a non usa full floater with/e-locker .rear disc brakes . . driveshafts were toyota cv shafts that i made and used adapter hubs i machined out of 2"steel . lockers arecontrolled by the factory switch and computer that pulls them in and disconnects them without overrunning the motors .
Steering is fj60 box , controlled by the 2uz pump and linked by 80 series tie rods shortened and rethreaded. stock coulmn has went to a 76 to gain the key in the column .
Suspension is stock springs.Spring over..stock shackles custom track bar .
Fuel is the second part not toyota.a 50 gal tank with a 1/2 " crash skid plate surounding it . Stock 100 series fuel pump was installed in the tank as were several baffels . all were installed in stock location so i could replace the pump through the stock acess hole if needed .
All under side protection was designed as tube so the motor could rid the heat . trans, engine,transfer skid plates all of tube . Side nerf bars are IPOR plates that i welded tube to . rear rocker bars to keep from bashing in the overhang . and seleced bars fitted into the inner panels and doors to keep out rocks .
Interior is a set of Lexus Gx470 seats/w heaters .stock rear for the kids , a SOR healiner kit . all fit over a floor coating of polymer/cermanic that they use on the space shuttle , to keep the catalysts from baking me . the rubber mat was reused for cleanup . a console box to hide the cb . all tie points in the interior welded in to keep junk from flying in a rollover .
Stock Ac from several doner years . fitted to the 4.7 compressor .
functional snorkle . even though it does not rain much in Utah .
Sent the stock alternator out to Premier power welder had it made into the welder generator . used it many time so far for trail welds ,even use it at work .
Added the supercharger later . as i found a used one . one of the best mods . keeps me out of the throttle as much . unless in the sand dunes .
70 series turnsignals . roof rack . powertank . onboard air . more crap stuck into every hole . even cut a 12 x12 hole in the pass floor and made a box in the floor . made ammo boxes fit onto the inner front fenders to store oil,gear lube , and other stuff i did not want leakin inside the cab . all new door seals window seals .rear window seals .quarter glass seals . extra additional door seal on the body side .
I can fill a book with the things i have forgotton . if you have a suggestion for pics . in perticular .
i will try to find them . most of you know my mods better than i do .
All work was done by me , from the welding , to the seat uppolstry , lathe work , mill work , tube bending , .
ALL parts were from a TOYOTA eccept the 2 listed .
Ammendments to follow
Pics to follow
FJ55-100
Evan jenkins
Saint George UTAH