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Yes, I've considered all of that, and I had an 80 donor ready to go, but I couldn't stand driving it. (Been driving Seqouia for 12 years and no comparison IMO) so.. I sold it. I pretty much have this Seqouia for free, so... instead of trying to do motor swap, doing all the fab and wiring for that, I think SAS the Seqouia will be easier.A couple thoughts on your plan.
Have you actually measured a 55 width compared to a Sequoia? 55's are actually very narrow and small compared to modern vehicles.
Also, if you're going to convert the IFS on the donor to a solid axle, there's a fair bit more involved than just slapping the axle under an IFS truck. You'll need a steering box as the rack won't work. The donor engine will need a 100 series oil pan since the truck engine oil pan will interfere with a solid axle. Then you'll need all the axle mounting points and spring buckets. I'm not familiar with the Sequoia frame, but it may not even easily accept all the necessary mounting of SA parts.
Honestly, you'd be better off sourcing a rolling 80 chassis than trying to convert this to SA or build an IFS pig.
But that's just my $0.02
I'm doing driver drop, so the diff should clear the factory pan ( we shall see) I've seen a couple Seqouia SAS, and the LS 400.rear sumo pan will work if needed.
Planning on cutting down the floor to fit the 55, the Seqouia is basically a widened 3rd gen 4rumner, so there is a lot of excess body outside the frame that doesn't need to be there.
Not saying it's going to be easy.. but will be pretty Rad in the end.