this thread is awesome! im gunna be started basically the same project. i just picked up an 86 extra cab 2 wheel drive that i will be turning into a crawler/hunting rig. i have some questions bout the trans/transfer case mount. were you able to just bolt it tot the frame? or did you just weld it?

 

and by mount i mean the crossmember.

 

You have to make your own mounts

 

do you have pictures of how you made yours?

 

I never made mine. I just tacked it to the frame when I had the 3.4 in it. I can't remember the website but a few different people make a fancy x-member that bolts to the back of the transfer case and has Polly bushings. You just weld up some plate with a hole on each one and there ya go. Do you plan on running duals?

 

ya i wanna. im buying 2 trucks as of today. an 83 with 2 cabs and a bed. and the 86 extra cab. neither have engines. so ill have 2 cases now.

 

Well... This should help me finally get my turbo truck done! (My early b day present to myself!)

 

any updates???

 

No :/ building my other turbo truck.

 

Well where's that build?

 

Well I have an update kinda. I finally got the title work done on it so the title will be here soon. Other turnip truck is 87ex cab. So far I've pulled the motor taken it to the machine shop and solid axle swapped it. Motor is gonna be fully build.

 

so , i sold this truck to a good friend!! im hoping he will keep updating!!

 

K this is really weird.. I sold my white turbo truck a few months back.. I drove it every day no problem, as soon as I sold it, the spark plug popped out of the head,and we traded back.. I sold this truck to my friend and two or three days later his parents made him bring it back? I think its a sign to keep them? They always say "if you love something let it go. If it comes back its ment to be" I have had this one for a long time and I felt so bad about it sitting and not getting it done.. and it came back.. even in those few days I really regretted selling it. I'm just gonna keep it and finish it!

NOW, my question for everyone, this is my new idea..

Fix a knocky 22re I have and tap if for a turbo and make it a factory turbo truck again, then take the 4 inch springs OUT and put stock 85 springs in front and rear. So it Will look and drive like a factory solid axle ex cab.. my 87 turbo ex cab I built is on 5 inch springs, 35s, Duals with 4.7s ect. So I feel like the truck would do me more good as a daily driver that's stock then to have another built one? I'd have my BUILT 99 runner and 2 built excabs.. who thinks I should go stock and who thinks I should keep the 4s and put it on 35s or 33s? Or who has a different suggestion?