Builds Fly By Night (21 Viewers)

[RUSH55]

Wonder how he planning on running the park brake?

 

[tucker74]

Late 40 or 70 series axle with the integrated ebrake drum is the easiest. I even had a custom cable made to use the dash pull, worked great.

Tucker

 

[bobm]

Whats he doing wit 2f??

 

[scrapdaddy]

Late 40 or 70 series axle with the integrated ebrake drum is the easiest

Yep, so I decide to have a FF rear Diamond axle made the width as my 60 front. It has 4runner discs and integrated ebrake drums, but I could never get enough pull to lock up the rear. Voodoo says the electric ebrake cable pulls more and works good, so that's my next step.

 

[Megadoomer]

Total hijack of Rush's thread. He wasn't doing anything with it
I have been a Ford guy from childhood and developed a love for Toyota. My Father in Law was a second generation Ford Tech and was a Parts and Service manager till he retired. My daily is an Explorer Sport and my wife drives an Edge (lots of turbos). I have less brand loyalty for newer cars now. They all seem to make a decent car or truck. The LS swap to change out my tired SBC just makes good sense for reliability and cost.

 

[roadstr6]

Wonder how he planning on running the park brake?

He's got to figure that one out too. Plan is to keep the rear axle. He may have to source a late 40 axle, worst case...or line lock.

Whats he doing wit 2f??

She gone.

 

[bobm]

Just never had any of my Landcruisers strand me. Not 1. Fords not often. I grew up in Ford wagons! Dont like any of the new you can't tell 1 from another the all look the same! Budweiser

 

[riderjgs]

Dont like any of the new you can't tell 1 from another the all look the same! Budweiser

My wife has a heck of a time sorting out all the white SUVs in whatever parking lot she's trying to find hers in. Might have to paint it Nebula Green.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

My wife has a heck of a time sorting out all the white SUVs in whatever parking lot she's trying to find hers in. Might have to paint it Nebula Green.

98% of the Land Cruiser 200s in Saudi are white.....and they are everywhere.

 

[Pigeaten]

Stan at Hardline Fabrication Services (HFS) in Chesnee, SC just recently pulled the good running 2F out of this absolutely stunning '79 pig for an LS swap. Stan does LS swaps into cruisers for a living, and even he flinched a little when the owner showed up with this fine pig wanting to swap it. The owner insisted,"LS power or I'm selling it." LS it is. I would have kept it Toyota, but in all honesty, a well done LS swap doesn't seem to hurt the resale these days. Swapped pigs and 60 series trucks are fetching big numbers on BaT...and they have got to be so much fun to drive as well.

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thats a nice pig, what mine should look like,pto winch, color, cleeean!

 

[RUSH55]

Let’s talk about long(er) range fuel tanks -

Okay, the ball is slowly beginning to turn. I called my local steel yard and placed an order for a 4’x8’x.075” sheet of 304 stainless. The price wasn’t nearly as bad as I was thinking it was going to be - $268.
Had been pretty set on using 14ga, but the guy helping me out said the 0.075” sits between 14 and 16. The next size thicker was actual 12ga, so the 0.075” is just gonna have to do.
Working the dimensions of the tank out on paper had me thinking I was gonna have to buy an additional 4’x4’ sheet. I ended up sacrificing on the height, and should now be able to construct the entire tank from the one sheet. The capacity I come up with is a shade over 40 gallons. The tank will be fairly close to even with the bottom of the frame. There will be a 12” long by 1” deeper sump area in the front. The fuel pump should align fairly close to the sending unit access door in the cargo area of the tub. Planning on 2 baffles.

Here’s how it’s currently worked out on paper.

 

[Megadoomer]

So you will not want your tank that wide. With the filler neck it wont fit or be a PITA to put in. I ended up moving the overflow inlets to the top later for better venting. I think you have a later pig and maybe it is easier, but on mine where the tank is bolted to the body, it was difficult.

 

[RUSH55]

Was hoping you would chime in ‘Doomer. I’m not sure what date the change was made from the body mounted tanks to the frame mounted, but my 77 is frame mounted via four pedestals. The inner frame width in this area is ~34-11/16”. The mounting holes in the pedestals span out at 34-1/2”. With the tank mounting flanges protruding somewhere between 1/4” - 1/2” beyond that on each side, if removed out the bottom it will still have to zig-zag from side to side to get out.
I was wondering about the large rectangular hole you had to cut out later on and if you think it’s a good idea to provision for that. It was for laying down a filter/mat at the bottom of the tank for the pump to draw from, correct?

 

[scrapdaddy]

HydraMat - Holley Performance Products

The amazing HydraMat is a patent-pending fuel reservoir system designed to reduce fuel starvation issues present in hard cornering, acceleration, stopping, inclines, and low fuel conditions.

www.holley.com

J Mack has one in his tank, also. I'd like to add one in the future, seems to be a great idea.

 

[scrapdaddy]

One of the problem areas for me is getting the tank past the springs. I'm not sure what mine measures out, but I'll check tomorrow.

 

[Megadoomer]

Yes the big opening was to get the hydramat in. I also had to fight the shackle bolts for the leaf springs but I didn't mention that because I thought you outboard your perches.

 

[RUSH55]

Yes, the shackle hangers are outboarded 1-1/2” on each side. But you do have me thinking about the fill neck

 

[RUSH55]

This is the fuel pump I’d been considering going with.

Hy-Fuel Single Pump In-Tank Retrofit Kit – HyperFuel Systems

hyperfuelsystems.com

 

[scrapdaddy]

So, with it's own regulator what type of high pressure filter would you use? Here's what I use, it's the corvette filter/reg. combo.

Amazon product ASIN B000C9UJUU

 

[bobm]

I know im jumping the gun, but what method of welding are going to use???