questions from meet

[azrider]

I was at the recent meet and took a few pictures. I showed them too my father-in-law who has a 93 Toyota 4X4 and he was wanting to know some more information on a couple of the trucks there. I attached a picture i took of the trucks in question. If they are yours, he would like to know the year, what engines, and what axles are on these two trucks. He was very impressed. Thanks guys.

 

[FJ40LVR]

I would reccomend posting the same question here:
Arizona Chapter - TTORA Forum

Reason being, I dont know how often Heatstroke & Tristan check up on the CSC board....

 

[azrider]

i'll do that,thanks.

 

[inkpot]

i'll do that,thanks.

Howdy! I do believe that the red one was featured in the Feb 08 issue of 4WD & Sport Utility, currently in my hot little hands. I would be more than glad to bring it to the next meeting, since you are kinda on the far side of town. John

 

[Heatstroke]

Hi Guys,
Yeah, we don't come over too often. Mine is the red truck. Faux has the white one. I answered the questions over on the AzTTORA board. Both trucks have been featured in mags. Like mentioned, mine was in 4wd & Sport Utility earlier this year. I have upgraded the axles and tires, and added the crawler since the article was written. They also have the article online in their features section. Faux's truck was featured in OffRoad mag late last year.

Here is a "how I bought it" pic. Basically stock with 32" tires and smitty bars.

Here is a pic from earlier this year after upgrades from 1/2 ton to 1 ton axles and 40's.

 

[FAUX X 4]

The White POS would be mine.

Short spec list:

Started life as a '98 Tacama 2wd Prerunner

... as it sits now:

About the only thing original to the truck is the 2.7 3rz (4 banger of fury)
'99 4wd auto trans with the first Marlin 2.28 reduction box made for the 2.7 auto.
Up front: '79 F-250 HP44 (full width) 5.38's and a few other expensive parts.
Out back: 80 something GM 14 bolt, Shaved, with a 4340 Overson spool, 5.38's, disk brake upgrade, etc.

Front suspension: Custom 3 link on 17" Blistein coilovers,

Rear suspension: 3/4 ton 64" chevy springs frenched into the frame.

Tires: 40" Maxxis creepy crawlers

It's got a few dents too!