Frontier4x4

Chop Chop




And a blank canvas

Frontier4x4

sure is a nice engine stand

Frontier4x4

Frame was actually bent the same way on each side from the endo.




All cleaned up. I hate grinding.

xxxtreme22r

Cool and crazy at the same time. I love it.
I was just talking about you a day or so ago in an unrelated thread.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Your shop floor and jack stands are too clean for you to have ever done any work.

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Frontier4x4

Just for you, Brian, I went and opened up my other sets for what's coming up

Frontier4x4

What do we have here...


GM 6.0 LQ9

Frontier4x4

Salvage yard broke the intake where they always do. The stud that hold the front engine cover bolt is snapped off.




So they didn't have any other good ones and ended up getting me a stock aftermarket replacement. I'm not to pumped about running non oem stock parts but I don't have much of a choice at this point.




It all hooks up the same but uses different gaskets, bolts, vacuum fittings, etc. It's shaped different also. I'll probably end up swapping it out for a good oem since stuff like this bugs the crap out of me.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

You bastarderer of Toyotas. You are dead to me

:wabbit2:

Frontier4x4

I'm tossing the stock truck manifolds for C6 manifolds off a corvette. They both drop down at the same angle right behind the motor mounts. They also incorporate the 02 sensor which will save me a step later and also clean things up.

Frontier4x4

lol, stay tuned, it only gets worse.



Don't worry though, the 83 is getting put back together after this one is done with all toyota parts

Frontier4x4

Some Patooyee motor mount plates and Artec link mounts




melted together complete my motor mounts.




Ruff Stuff bushings get mounted into the brackets. The oversized Artec brackets should act as a heat shield and keep some of the exhaust heat off of the bushings.

Frontier4x4

New pump from PSC. Probably the only update for today. The F350 brakes are metal on metal so it's probably time to fix it. Too bad I get to do ball joints, inner axle seals, u-joints, bearings, rotors, calipers, and lines all at the same time. I've only had all the parts sitting here for almost 2 years.

slacker

iTrader: (1)

nice use of the link mounts




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Frontier4x4

Thanks. I'm still thinking about glass bedsides. For some reason I can only find good passenger sides and I only really need the driver side.

yotasavg

rad build!

slacker

iTrader: (1)

I f your interested in my opinion ? I would suggest the bed sides and build a "tube bed" to mount them on .... much like this one
(dove tail)

front hi clearance can be done in such a manner as well



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Frontier4x4

Yep, that's how I usually do them. If I could get some bobbed one's by next week I would run them!

slacker

iTrader: (1)

sorry not a chance .. the freight /transit time just to get to you , would be 7-10 days


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Frontier4x4

Picked up the trans that Advance Transmission out of Knoxville built for me. I just told them what I'm running and build me something that will hold up to it. It's a TH350 with billet sprag. GM made a few different flywheel and torque converter patterns.

10.75" - Small GM, TH350, 700r
11.5" - Large GM, TH400, 6.0 LQ4 using the HD transmissions
11" - LSX motors, 5.3, 5.7. 6.0 LQ9, etc using the lighter duty transmissions.

The 6.0 LQ9 that I'm using comes with the LSX pattern so I swapped a 6.0 LQ4 on it that is the large GM pattern and using a TH400 torque convereter. The converter is a Dacco DC540 which is a stock stall HD converter.