Enough of this heat already! Time for some cool weather, naps in the sun and crazy wind to rock you to sleep in your truck!
Tentative schedule:
Thursday: No one scheduled to go up Thursday yet but if your interested let me know as I may want to head up a day early if I can sneak away...
Taking reasonable offers on this 1978 FJ55/56 was a barn find here is South Carolina. It has original Nipon Denso A/C that will need some work, the compressor clutch and pump spin freely but will need rebuild I am guessing. I put a carb on it and it fired right up and runs good. I have the gas...
I have just received the shipment of the club Silipint cups which are now available for sale. We have two different styles available, clear and glow in the dark. We will be putting these up for sale on the Upstate Cruisers website as well in the near future but for now you can paypal the club at...
As the summer comes to an end its time to start thinking about some of ours favorite trip to battle the elements. We had a great time at over the mountain working with the FS doing some maintenance on the trail and they mentioned they may have more for us to do in October so be prepared to...
Hey everyone wanted to get this thread started so everyone knows the dates. Added the 19th a day earlier than normal because kids don't have school Thursday or Friday so figured some of us might want to hang out an extra day up there. More details to come.
Started the tear down of the 1fz tonight. Looking at 400+ hp at the crank to start but setting up the lower end and head to accept 600-700 in the future.
My initial thoughts are new clevite bearing, Hastings rings, cometic hg, ARP studs, Ferrea dual spring valve train and possibly .020 over...
Getting ready to pull the motor for a rebuild and a blown HG and thinking about what upgrades to do to it knowing that I am going turbo 400+ HP after the rebuilt bottom is broken in. The head is my main focus and thinking I may go Crower valve springs, retainers and valves. I will also port and...
Hey everyone I am currently working with the Pisgah district ranger about getting the camping area opened back up for vehicles to be able to park and camp on the grassy bald. The ranger seems to be helpful and I am making pretty good headway with her on the project so far. It seems the main...
I am thinking about selling my wife's 4Runner with 210,000. This is a one family owned car since new, we bought it from my father in-law with 75,000 miles and is the AWD version not the 2wd/4wd. I was wanting feedback as to what kind of price I should expect to get. Thanks for your feedback.
Hey all,
We need to get a count on how many people are going to be going to spring tide ride with the ONSC group this year. Brian Keefer is looking into housing accommodations and UC will be getting their own house next to ONSC's if we have enough people going. Here is the link to their thread...
I am looking for as many OEM bolts as I can find for my 77' factory build. I need the bolts with the number stamped on the head as well as the ones with the Phillips head slots in the bolt head for the oil pan and side cover.
So I just got a 1996 LX450 all original with 272,000 miles. Can someone pointe to a thread that list's the maintenance items I should do, PHH, hoses etc.
Valve cover leaks a little so if I am going to replace it should I just go ahead and do head gasket or wait till it fails?
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