ROTF: Lane's 91 FJ80

[Lka1988]

BTW: My first ride was a '63 Squareback. I still have a 'thing' for VW's.

Nice

I'm currently trying to get my neighbor's '69 EFI Fastback running again....bad fuel pump First car of it's type I've ever seen, AND I get to work on it

 

[Lka1988]

VWs and Cruisers... How can you go wrong?!? However, I will take my 80 with a 1FZ and my VW water-cooled.

Seriously, tho. Looks like you are doing a great job with your 80.

The only problem my VW gave me was a constant no-start issue.
Just gave the ignition stuff a good whack and it was up and running again though the issue turned out to be a bad set of points. New points and now it works like a charm. The heater worked great, too. My buddy and I would go cruising down State street, snowing, with the windows down. It was awesome.

 

[reverie]

Ideas/plans/general wishing for the future, in no particular order-

• Rockwell 2.5 tons

I can't wait for this part!

 

[Lka1988]

I can't wait for this part!

That might not be for a long while... One can dream, right?

 

[reverie]

One can dream.
I will dream about it with 47s or 49s.
Drive on top of the snow like Icelanders.

 

[Fedyschyn]

what shocks are you running? any caster correction?

 

[78toyFJ40]

Get a real bumper! lol Nice write up.

 

[Red Beard]

Reminds me of my 3FE. Family truck from '91 on.

Yours is lookin good. Any more specs on your speaker setup? The units I bought ended up being way too deep.

 

[Lka1988]

Get a real bumper! lol Nice write up.

Thanks again, Scott. I've hit a stop sign with it, all that remains is a white smear of paint from the pole

I'm gonna be modifying it in a little while... Hoops and stuff.

 

[Lka1988]

Reminds me of my 3FE. Family truck from '91 on.

Yours is lookin good. Any more specs on your speaker setup? The units I bought ended up being way too deep.

For the front speakers, I had to use a small spacer ring. I'd love to tell you what model I used, but it's been so long I can't remember...

I used Pioneer TSG1041R speakers in the rear and installed them the same way as another member.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-...ck-80-series-speaker-write-up.html#post872332

The amp is a Boss Audio BL1600 4-channel. People tend to think low of Boss Audio, but this amp will hold it's own very well. 180W RMS at each channel, with adjustable High-Pass and Low-Pass filters. I used the RCA outputs on the headunit to the RCA inputs on the amp.

 

[Lka1988]

Big Update:

The title is under my name! I officially OWN Katie!!

 

[Ebag333]

Big Update:

The title is under my name! I officially OWN Katie!!

Great. Now she'll suck even more of your money down the drain.






Congrats!

 

[Lka1988]

Great. Now she'll suck even more of your money down the drain.






Congrats!

Waaaay ahead of ya...

 

[Lka1988]

You know, when I first joined 'Mud, I used to laugh when I saw you guys posting about this being an addiction...

Yet, over three years later, I'm still here...

 

[Big C]

hey man im looking in to a lift but im trying to build it peice by peice (money:/). This says that you have about 4 inches and no caster correction how is that working for you? does it really make and difference?

 

[Lka1988]

I'd recommend using some sort of caster correction. Steering gets jerky on bumpy roads.

 

[Big C]

true. Are you using stock panhard bars and control arms? If so do you have any binding issue?

 

[Lka1988]

Yeah, stock panhard and control arms. No binding.

 

[MTPLandCruiser]

what size spacers

 

[MartinDK]

It´s a shame that all the pictures are gone :-(