Beefing it up. Was going to order King springs, but thought I'd try this first. I also have an error code for "Abnormal Oil Pressure for Pump" that I need to trace. I've known about that for a while, but I can't ignore it anymore. We bought a...
I drove by it when people were stuck on both sides. I really wanted to drive across, then drive back and keep going home but I haven't downloaded my snorkel app in this phone yet.
Thought i'd jump on this thread with the gnarly hail storm we had sat night. My shade sail now has a permanent pregnant belly! I shoved Beastie's hood under it but it's permanently stretched now. I'm guessing 200# of hail got caught, and of...
1969 FJ40 Land Cruiser 4x4 desert racer project
powder coated frame
Front Toyota axle 7” forward
Fiberglass FJ40 tub
Chevy L98 Corvette motor
Turbo 400 auto
NP205 transfer case
Custom driveshafts
Ford 9” Currie chromoly Racing...
Well, that motorcycle snowball keeps rolling and getting bigger. I love the Beamer GS, but i sure missed having a cruiser. Found a great deal on one that was the perfect color and in awesome shape so I had to have it.
Toyota's next generation of turbos. Toyota designed this pair of turbos to work in series. Only one turbo spools between idle and about 3500rpm. Then, butterfly valves open in both the hot and cold side tubing of the second turbo allowing it to...
Happy 4th of July!
The Trump administration is advocating for bicycles and off-roaders! Activities near and dear to me.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-beautiful-again-commission/
So, we showed up to the scene and it dawned on me quickly that my 7500# Beastie will not be able to pull out this truck. The Dually was buried up to the frame and there was not a single tree for me to anchor Beastie.
A wrecker was already on...
On my two shake down runs in Billy I noticed the camper caused a lot of wind noise. Mostly at the back window. I started looking at options, everything from some kind of deflector on the camper, to a roof rack with a deflector.
From my research...