Recent content by Ztrx

I haven't had any free time lately to work on the cruiser...still following and will update!

maybe certain Tacomas or the like...

Thanks for the picture. Makes sense to have the cover. My metalworking skills are basically cutting flat pieces to length with a disc grinder. I think the roll bar I have will also interfere with a future hardtop install by the looks of it - though I haven't measured it.

I'd like to do it proper, but will probably have to replace the roll bar - which doesn't appear to be compatible...

Yeah, I put "the cart before the horse" a little bit buying this thing. I had the money and always wanted one but didn't realize there was so many little details that would definitely add up to make it "ideal." Smiles per gallon and all that...at least there's a robust community around it!

This is my goal 100%!

Is the cover piece necessary? I found some online but doesn't sound like something that fun to spend money on.

Haven't done this yet...I'll add it to the list (haven't ever done the task, but from what I understand it shouldn't be too hard). I don't know too much about the history of the rig. Guy I bought it from installed a Holley Sniper and HEI distributor but judging by the looks of the work they did...

Yeah, I need to go get a tester, been meaning to do that. The inconsistencies I saw were why I posted...thought it must mean something. It doesn't consume a lot of oil, but there's also leaks. I haven't really tried to quantify the amount lost per mile because of how infrequent it gets driven...

Not really a drag race but these are what they look like after about 25 - 30 miles. I took individual shots too but you can kind of see the ceramic tops here. I regapped these to about 0.045.

That's a roll bar - not sure what it was designed for but probably not an FJ40...

I mistyped, should have been 0.050...

I had them gapped higher (close to .50) for an HEI distributor - bad idea?

Cool, just going into town so I can try this today when I get back.