Thanks for the compliment ! I have almost 30,000 miles on it now , and it is still my daily driver , except when it rains . My 40 is rust free and the last one I had rusted out . I want to keep this one rust free .I have a Chevy Blazer that I have been doing a frame off restoration on all winter , so the fj40 is the only vehicle I have running now . The 1kzt doesn't have enough power to tow anything , but it has more power than the 2f engine had and nearly double the gas mileage , but I didn't have 5 speed on the 2f . I never got around to posting photos of the custom radiator I made , but it really cleaned everything up and always runs cool ever since I installed it . There is more to the orion to H55 than an adapter plate . You have to find a hub that fits the output shaft splines of the h55 , bore out the center of the orion input gear and weld splines into it as in the photo I posted . I don't understand why orion doesnt offer an h55 kit . They could sell so many more kits if they did . The orion really is an incredibly strong transfer case . I love it , it has worked perfectly .
I love the Orion too. It’s the main reason I haven’t tried going the H55 route. Looks like I’ll have to go nv4500 if I want to keep it and get a 5speed. Might have a 12 inch rear driveshaft hahah. I guess if you got a shorter motor in there you could push it all forward.