Fink

Lookin' good man.

Look forward to seeing the vids and the homemade cross member.

Fink

RMA

So I got a chance to take the plate steel to the shop this morning , and after $40 this is what I got .


again if your local , this is the place that I took it to.

http://www.robecks.com/

I did take some measurments and made some marks on the steel then had them bend it ..Oh but first I made the same marks on a cardboard and bent that to see what it would look like , Liked it so gave it to them.





it dips 2" at the front and 3" at the back .

Now I need to make some holes and a couple of cuts , then I can install it .

scuba

Nice, Cant wait to see her on the road again !!

RMA

yea , you and me both scuba...

well I didnt get to finish the crossmember tonight , all I need is to make a mount and attach it to the transfer and crossmember , then paint this super heavy thing.

yodathespian87

Just wondering why you went with the prerunner adapter instead of the others and what does it mean that you "clocked" it? thanks

toyminator2000

clocked means you can rotate the cases a few degrees to get the front driveshaft output up higher, giving you more ground clearance.

yodathespian87

Ok thanks toyminator. By the way RMA that cross member looks sweet. Must weigh quite a bit though.

Cannon88

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I hate this thread. It has me looking for a clean Lexus to do my own swap. RMA, heck of a build, very nice work!!

Adam F

Nice. So you were able to get the trans close to the stock location? Did you have to do any drive shaft mods?

Uh yea, nevermind, I missed your post above

RMA

I just thought this would be the easiest way to go.


Yea the crossmemeber is heavy duty man, but having he 1uz im really not worried about it , maybe if i still had the 3.0 i would be worried .


just get ready for alot of work dude ..


tranny was pretty close to stock location but the adapters move the transfer case back and yea had to modify the driveshafts.

so im back to working on this after a few days of relaxation with the kids and wife.

Having the forward shift transfer case, put the shifter right on top of the shifter for the auto automatic , so I had to move the auto shifter forward 2 inches .

ok so Looking at the console and seeing it having a big hole (just the rubber boot ) I didnt like the idea of having a bunch of dirt and stuff just gathering there so i Hacked it up a bit.







here is what I have left to do
exhaust
mount computer
finish cluster (waiting on my friend)
reroute passanger side fuel line for exhaust
bumper and grill
i think thats it , then I can start driving it to see whats going on .

Slednecks594

Oh boy can't wait to see this go.

RMA

OK I picked up some tundra down pipes and modified them a bit and was able to finish the driver side exhasut from the manifolds to the cat.
Hopefully tomorrow I can finish the passanger side and then the rest of the exhaust back , then maybe drive this thing .

RMA

OK ,I finished installing the passanger side manifold and cat but am going to take the truck to the exhaust shop so they can finish the job I just cant do it , I am really tired man .

I will have them finish the exhaust from the cats back .

But I did drive the truck for the first time today , truck Idles , its not trying to overheat and the tranny seems to be shifting fine , 4x4 works so , so far so good .

I still have a million small things to finish but hopefully this week I can get them all done and maybe take the truck to hollister next weekend and try it out.


anyway here is a couple of crappy videos from today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFj81iEv7IA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGafWYj6wg

Slednecks594

Sounds NIce!

dannomite

Sheer awesomness!

warmonger88

that sounds wicked. you should do mine next.

toyminator2000

We want to see some tire smokin burnouts.

yodathespian87

Congrats. Really nice job with this man. I have to get motivated now and do the same to my 4Runner.

RMA

thanks !!!

yea it sounds great , but the exhaust isnt done yet.

thanks !! and no way man to much work ..

maybe when I finish up the exhaust and run it a bit more , I dont want to break anything right now !!

Hows yours coming along ?

RMA

Thanks alot man . Really was more work than I thought it would be ,but feels good to get her running finally.