Recent content by gpfj40

I just came across the part number I used in this build as I was attempting to order another one for my next project. Hear you go...

Hey, Sorry I don’t remember the part number since I bought it a number of years ago. Let me suggest a search for winch parts on Summit, there are a number of suitable options from $40 to 90. I did this search but I don’t see the exact model on there anymore. I think they are all functionally...

'74 FJ40 Build: My 1st Cruiser Post 52

Nice work, looking forward to following along. My 2 cents is you will most certainly want a rear sway bar as well with this set up if you plan on hi way driving it like you say.

Pretty good advice here so far. You can make a 9.5” toyota front axle survive 40’s but it will cost a fortune to make as strong as a stock dana 60. Then there is the whole width issue, and that will depend on what your goals are and how wide that rear axle you have is. I used a NWF Black Box...

I did this a few years back. The thread is called my first cruiser. I cut 2 and put them together to make a FJ43 length, the link is in my signature, assuming photo bucket hasn’t screwed it up.

Well the Toyota content is basically none existent on this one, but I’d thought I’d share what I’ve been up to since Dusty the Mini Truck has been finished. I jumped in on this stalled Ultra 4 car back in May and have been reworking a bunch of stuff that wasn’t going to work which led to a...

This past weekend I did some steering upgrades. First was to get rid of that oem tie rod that someone welded an angle iron to that came with the axle. I used 1.25, .250 DOM with trailgear weld bungs and new moog TREs from rock auto. Then I trimmed up the brackets that came with the PSC ram and...

I’m happy your enjoying it, I sure am. As for videos of snow wheeling, I don’t have any vids cause they would be painful to watch. Crawling along at 2 mph doesn’t make for very exciting videos. It’s how I imagine watching turtles race would be......

I went out in to the mountains in the B.C. Peace last weekend for a little spring snow wheeling. Dusty crawled on the rotting snow without any issues. The iroks were aired down to <3psi (the deflator gauge stops at 3) which made floating on top easy. I did discover a couple weak spots. The...

Dyno at DM Tuning in Lethbridge AB went great. Jason went through both the speed density MAP maps and the MAF maps getting everything to with in a percent of target. The knock sensors were triggering timing retard really prematurely above 3200rpm by picking up chassis noise. This was expected...

The re gear to 5.29s went ok. The rear was a learning experience, I was suprised to find the 80 series e locker is set up with side bearing shims, not adjuster nuts. For the pinion I just transferred the master shim and the depth was great. This thread was super helpful to figure out the side...

I bent up a box to cover up the fuel tank out of 14 gauge aluminum and put my bead roller and spool gun to use, nothing special but should keep the lines protected from junk bouncing around back there. There is a bit of death wobble at 65 kph, after checking the toe (in 1/8”) and checking all...

I can’t say specifically on any kit out there. You will find it pretty hard to find link numbers published on the available kits, and the numbers change with link length. This was part of the reason I built my own. It really depends what you are going to do with it. if you are going to drive...