Truckstache

[BoyRanger]

Truck looked and worked awesome on the trip! hope to see you out there again soon.

 

[JakeP]

It was good cruising with you in Cal city. Truck did great.

 

[otter]

Sooo, are the beams under it yet? haha

 

[justgobig]

Stupid hookers haha.

 

[sc610]

Tonight's progress. If only the swap was as easy as a handful of 10mm bolts

 

[mounty71]

If only doing the same thing on a Ford were as easy as a handful of 10mm bolts.


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[otter]

Tonight's progress. If only the swap was as easy as a handful of 10mm bolts

You took the wrong stuff off! The beams go underneath. haha.

 

[sc610]

Started drilling out the spot welds then remembered I had a plasma cutter.

Really just waiting to get the bronco donor sold/scrapped before I can move too far forward. Only 1 truck down at a time

 

[Jimyux!]

takes lots of pictures! i always wanted to cut out my fender wells but im not sure i can take on something like that yet lol what are you going to do about all the smog stuff on the drivers side by the fusee box?

 

[fullrace]

It is. I needed a wide, cheap, and strong axle. This fit the bill, though it is a heavy pig. Probably 100 pounds more than my tundra axle. But I still have less than 700 into a full float axle with 3/8" axle tubes

Damn man a 14 bolt is heavy as shit!! probly 200 lbs heavier. lol, but whatever works.... i live near watsonville so we are close.

 

[sc610]

It's not that bad compared to an equally strong housing. But yeah maybe 100-150lbs heavier than the tundra axle.

Any 3.5x 1/2" thick axle tubes with 35 spline shafts and a 10.5 ring gear will be pretty heavy. Mine is just ugly lol


My parents live in Watsonville and that's where I keep the truck

 

[sc610]

 

[mounty71]

Looking great Evan!

 

[otter]

Looking good man. Curios to see how you finish up the crossmember/mounts. I heard a rumor that she will be ready in September.

 

[b1z]

X2 ^^^^

 

[flaunt]

the spread on the mounts look huge, or is it just the picture?

none the less i think putting ttb on a toyota will never work!

 

[toyick]

I think its the picture. We went off factory mount locations and put them exactly where they needed to be. I squared up the beams on the mount, did the math...drew some lines under the truck for a plum line...and worked with that. then we just put the jig where it would clear everything, like the oil pan, tacked it up, and started building the mounts off the frame.
We used 188 wall 2in, and once he get things a bit more mocked up he is going to make it unbolt able so if we want to we can duplicate it.

 

[xSM1THY]

Was blue tape used?

 

[toyick]

Was blue tape used?

actually no blue tape was of use in this project, i dont think we had any and plus we were at Truckstache compound, not Stanley Fabrication.

 

[xSM1THY]

actually no blue tape was of use in this project, i dont think we had any and plus we were at Truckstache compound, not Stanley Fabrication.

Shiiiiiiiit it will never work then