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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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Curious crazy how are the trucks on the highway/city in daily driver operations?
What is top cruise speed?
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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other then having un-balanced super swampers on the truck runs and drives great ... we'll be doing the swap to a near stock extra cab next so ill keep you all posted on progress im going to be opening a thread of my own with a few pics and more details cause i dont wanna hijack this thread anymore then i already have
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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Post the link in this thread too, please. We're all very interested in seeing what Y'all have going!

Thanks
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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You'll find this interesting.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f162...unning-191258/
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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Brake booster question?

Now that the mercedes diesel is in, what are you using for the brake booster. Did you use the diesel air pump? Or a japanese diesel air pump for brake boost?
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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all stock Toyota 4runner parts a.t.m on big red ....
little bit of new info, I picked up an 89 v6 gen1 2 door 4runner
and I'm slowly working on it, (got a block lift in the rear last night)
now gotta crank some torsion bars....
so there have been talks about a new plate possibly being made
but I'm gonna step it down a little and go with the 4cly Benz for mine
more or less to have a little more space so i don't have to move my rad
then a med to big turbo added later
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 09:07 AM
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also with the new plate I'm gonna be anal and make some new motor mounts that line up with the toy stuff to make it a little bit more of a bolt in kit,there will be lots of pics with info and descriptions added once the build begins, if all goes well there should be an almost bolt in kit for the 4cly Benz motor by mid spring to summer .....
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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didn't know there was a 4cyl benz diesel lol

i'd like to be able to run 75mph down the highway(and have lots of power left) on a set of 35's with 4.88 gears and get over 25mpg with a diesel.

possible with Mercedes 5cyl?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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the only issue i have with the 5 cyl is the space, if the truck was a v6 your gonna need to move the trans back, your gonna need a 2 inch bodylift to clear the top of the motor, and that was on an ifs beast ill post some pics of the two trucks we've done the swap on, there both having there own issues.
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i cant find any of the ifs beast atm
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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How much do you get for just the adapter plate?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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Hey crazy instead of lifting the whole truck 2" just to clear the hood why not cut out the hood and add one of those "power bulges". Not the ugly dragster square dog house style but the aerodynamic GT style. maybe with a cooling intake like an SC taco. just to help with airflow around the engine. Going this way you probably would'nt even have to go the full 2". All you'd need do is raise the already flared centre section of the hood the required amt. and you'd have a semi stock appearance.

Just an idea...
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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Hey crazy instead of lifting the whole truck 2" just to clear the hood why not cut out the hood and add one of those "power bulges". Not the ugly dragster square dog house style but the aerodynamic GT style. maybe with a cooling intake like an SC taco. just to help with airflow around the engine. Going this way you probably would'nt even have to go the full 2". All you'd need do is raise the already flared centre section of the hood the required amt. and you'd have a semi stock appearance.

Just an idea...
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