Ok some updated pics and upgrades ive done to make this 4runner a true offroad machine.
Since the Motor weighs in a bit more with the 3.4 and my 4runner isnt light I added some more strength in the front by adding an upper truss and i also bought some nuckle gussests from trail gear that i will add as soon as i buy some 30 spline Longs
Once i do this i will also probably switch out my Air Locker from the back and put it in the front and weld the rear. This will save me more in the end buy not having to buy another locker plus give me the selectability in the front which would be nice for turning
Since i trussed the front i also decided to add some more strenth in the rear by trussing it aswell. In this pic you can also see how the new gas tank fits between the frame rails. Its a ford 19gallon tank with box i made for it for protection. Since its a plastic tank it needed to be strapped down. Its all made out of 1/8" steel exept for the mounts which i believe i made out of 3/16" plate. The tank sits directly above the axle so i need to fab up some new shock mounts. Ill post them as soon as i get them in.
One thing about the rear truss is that the breather line is located on the driverside outer tubing so i added a breather in place of the sensor plug on my v6 diff. I bought a new freeze plug drilled it out and welded a hose line to it and will run a new breather line from that
Heres some pics on the tank box and mounting for it
Test Fitting.
I reused my stock toyota fuel pump by modding the fords sending unit a bit to make mine work with it. This took a bit to rewire aswell but it was easy. Ive yet to figure out if the fuel gauge will work with the fords style floaty so far no luck so i guess for now ill definelty need to carry spare fuel at the trails. I may go with an aftermarket gauge or look back at the wiring of it and see if i can figure it out
Also the ford tank has a hole on the top perfect for the toyotas rollover valve the goes to the charcoal canister
Youll have to cut out a few crossmembers to put a tank like this in. Luckily i converted to springs before this step so on this day cutting was minimal. Since i cut the main crossmember in the back I needed to add one somewere else in order to keep my frame stong so added a new one to the very rear of the vehicles frame rail and out of the way of my new tank. Sorry i dont have a pic of it at this moment
In this pic you can see 3 bolts used. The two outer are smaller 2"length and the middle is a 5" long bolt so if i want to lower the tank to work on the fuel pump i can without dropping the whole tank making life much easier if it went out
You can see it fits pretty good in there
The whole idea about moving the gas tank to the rear like this was to add ground clearence in the middle of the truck. Before the tank hung down about 5" or so and was an easy target to get stuck on out on the trail. So i did some research and found the ford 19 gallon tank fits perfect in the back of 4runners with leafs. I was originaly going to but a fuel cell in the back of my 4runner but i like to carry lots of gear in it too so this gave me the ability to do so. Lots of cutting and welding is involved to do this but i think its a great way to gain some cleaence and hell i think it looks pretty sick
Ill add some more pics of the motor rebuild, drivetrain Flatbelly, and other misc mods ive done to turn this thing into a rockcrawling machine. So until then ive got some
to do haha