Thank you, sorry for the Hijack Money! Getting old soon man! What you got planned.
1976 FJ40 with Cummins 4BT and Ranger OD
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Did you chop a 6bt exhaust manifold and is there any issues with the oil filter?
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Good call on the bezel spacers, I wondered what would keep that from rubbing. It didn't have any spacers on it when I took it off but who knows what someone else did. Apparently its upside down so I need to take it off and redo some things. yes that is a chopped 6bt manifold and the oil filter has no clearance issues. Its really easy to access but I did have to get a different battery box that allowed me to move it to the driver side. The box is a Man-a-free dual battery kit minus the passenger side box. Spendy but a decent product after some plasma/welding work to the mount.
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The fenders and 1/4's are from Cool Cruisers of Texas.
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The fit was ok, everything had to be tweaked one way or another to fit right.
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The Cumota is on the road today!
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I like 1/2" sections of rubber fuel line...
Sweet rig. Jealous. I would've put those gauges in place of the ashtray instead of cutting the dash though.
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I thought long and hard about cutting into the dash because I was going to build and sell. No way will I ever sell it after driving it the first time. Dash... meet Mr. Holesaw! The ashtray was considered but I need 3 gauges and only 2 would fit in the tray. Bezel is flipped and spaced by the way. Top speed was 67 mph but I have some more pump tweaking to do. Fast enough for a short wheel based rig. I'm going to replace all the tie rod ends and have it aligned, the steering is a little loose but drivable. Guess I'm just a stickler!
There's only one alignment parameter, toe-in, and it's easy to set in the driveway.
You should post up a video of a 1/4 mi run or a high-speed pass or something. I'll bet it sounds awesome. Muffler or not?
twoturtlesracing
Slowwly but surely...
AWESOME rig! Just about the only other motor I would seriously consider putting in my 40 besides a toyota power plant. The whole rig looks really good too!
As far as power goes, there's a guy in one of my diesel mags that is making 350 HP with a 4bt and I can't remember the torque numbers, but I guarantee that it would be fast enough for a 40!
The sky is the almost the limit with a cummins diesel... Injectors, water/methanol injection to cool your EGT's down, better intakes, turbos- even natural gas injection to gain silly horsepower and fuel mileage. All of these without even doing internal work. Got any of those sorts of mods in the works?
Looks great, I'm sure sounds just as good, and I would love to see some videos of the thing going down the road- or better yet, wheelin'
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As far as power goes, there's a guy in one of my diesel mags that is making 350 HP with a 4bt and I can't remember the torque numbers, but I guarantee that it would be fast enough for a 40!
The sky is the almost the limit with a cummins diesel... Injectors, water/methanol injection to cool your EGT's down, better intakes, turbos- even natural gas injection to gain silly horsepower and fuel mileage. All of these without even doing internal work. Got any of those sorts of mods in the works?Looks great, I'm sure sounds just as good, and I would love to see some videos of the thing going down the road- or better yet, wheelin'
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As far as power goes, I happy with it the way it is. I have a 07 Dodge with a pumped up 5.9. Thats my speed machine, this is my "Cruiser"! As lond as it cruises 65 to the trail I'm happy. And yes it has a 2 chamber Flowmaster. Way too quiet but I'll get used to it I guess. I'll try to get some road test vids this weekend for you guys.
Man that thing turned out SWEET!
Mmmmm......4BT
Mmmmm......4BT
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Here is a short walk around of it running.
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SWEEEET!!!
That thing turned out AWESOME!!!
Ooof revving that thing up in the garage with the door closed probably not the best idea though
SWEEEET!!!
That thing turned out AWESOME!!!
Ooof revving that thing up in the garage with the door closed probably not the best idea though
Aromatherapy..
I'm way jealous money!!! But nice work and you seriously need to move back to Oregon so you can help me get my rig looking half as good as yours.
Great Build!
This is an awesome build. Something I would really like to do one day. Great work!
This is an awesome build. Something I would really like to do one day. Great work!
