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This first post has been restructured to provide a better outline on where the runner currently is. The original post in this thread has been moved a few posts down.
This build will be broken into 5 different stages, hopefully being completed in order. If a part pops up for a price thats fair enough, I my get it anyways.
STAGE 1 - Reliabilty __Buy Truck ____Craigslist $800 __Pull Motor __Rebuild Motor ____Crackway Racing Engines ____LCEngineering Various Parts ____Engnbldr Rebuild Kit __Turbo Swap ____CT20 to GT2554R ______LCEngineering Kit __Motor Install ____Rebuild PS Pump ____New Radiator ______LCEngineering ____Exide Battery ______Exide Edge __Exhaust ____Full 2.25" Turbo Back ____Borla ProXS Muffler ____Test Pipe __Transmission ____Trans Cooler ____Shift Improver __Brake Rebuild ____New Pads & Shoes ____Slotted Rotors ____New Calipers ____V6 Booster and Master ____Drum Rebuild
__Interior ____LED swap ____Alpine Head Unit ____Kicker Speakers ____PeelNSeal ____Wet Okole Seat Covers
STAGE 2 - Suspension __Front End ____Upper & Lower Ball Joints ____Inner & Outer TREs ____1.5" Ball Joint Spacers ____Rancho 5145 Shocks ____Old Man Emu Steering Stabilizer ____Sway A Way Torsion Bars ____Repack Wheel Bearings __Rear End ____Skys Offroad Design Complete 63" chevy Spring Swap including Bilstein 5150 Shocks ____LSPV Drop Bracket - http://www.offroadsolutions.com/prod...-lift-bracket/ ____All Pro 6" Shackles __Body Lift ____1" 4Crawler Body Lift - http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/BodyLiftKit.shtml __Bushings ____Energy Suspension Polyeurethane Bushing Kit
STAGE 2.5 - Long Travel __Dirt Designs one off long travel ____Fox 2.0" Air Shocks ______McNeil Racing High Clearance Fenders
STAGE 3 - Armor __Front Bumper ____Plate Bumper With Tube Hoops ____Winch ______Smittybilt XRC8 ________Synthetic Line ____Led Light Bar ____Fog Lights ____D-Ring Mounts ______D-Rings ________Daystar Isolators __Rear Bumper ____Plate Bumper With Tube Hoops ____Tire Swingout ____Jerry Can Mount __Sliders ____Stubbs Welding SKO - http://www.stubbswelding.com/page2.html __IFS Brace ____Custom __Belly Armor ____BudBuilt
Maint Log:
Engine Rebuild (04/26/12@172691)
First Oil Change (02/17/18@173121)
Second Oil Change (03/11/18@173752)
Front and Rear 4.88 Diff Installed (03/25/18@174114)
Front End Steering rebuild (02/12/21@183417)
Last edited by space-junk; 04-14-2021 at 07:53 AM.
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Picked this up the other day for $800. previous owner just dumped a ton of money into it chasing a blown head gasket he didnt know he had. anyways, its an '87 4runner SR5 Turbo. 176K miles with auto trans.
only have a few pics of it for now as we've had a busy couple of days, but here they are.
plans are to get a rebuild on the motor, rebuild the turbo(just to freshen it up, it works fine) and fix the misc. little things wrong with it.
will have motor pics sometime soon...
FWIW, the PO just replaced the solenoid for OD, and the trans shifts SMOOTH. and it only blows white smoke under HARD acceleration.
its a little gutless for my taste, but she runs just fine.
Last edited by space-junk; 04-10-2016 at 12:50 PM.
If it is blowing white smoke you could be damaging the turbo by driving it. I messed up a rebuilt turbo before I found the motor had a cracked exhaust port.
It is a sharp looking rig.
talked to Ted at Engnbldr tonight... got some great info... hes a great guy to deal with!
gonna be ordering his rebuild kit and sending the head out to him to have some work done on it... also trying to track down a CT20 rebuild kit... one thats decent quality... if i cant find one, i think ill track down a t3 off the 4 cyl mustang...
picked up a couple supplies today so i can pull the top and start sorting those gremlins out... AFAIK its got a crack in each corner above the rear window, so thats gonna need to get filled in... doing some research and i think ive decided to pull the windows and trim out and clean those up as well...
anyways, Mudbunni wants the top to be color matched to the rig... i think they look better black, but shes gonna be driving it so ill aquiesce to her request.. picked up some Rustoleum Hammer White and some scuff pads... might give it a shot to see how itll turn out... anyone ever used hammered paint on their top?
You call her gutless... yet just HOW FAST could your runner go? And HOW long did it take to get to said speed? And I'm not talking about going downhill.... butthead.
You call her gutless... yet just HOW FAST could your runner go? And HOW long did it take to get to said speed? And I'm not talking about going downhill.... butthead.
not very fast... 16.5 minutes...
LuLu was fast in first and second... it was 3rd thru 5th that messed her up...
anyways, i called her gutless because i wasnt able to mash on the pedal... REALLY build up boost... im sure that shes got some power, but thats not a risk i was willing to take... and first gear really is gutless...
You call her gutless... yet just HOW FAST could your runner go? And HOW long did it take to get to said speed? And I'm not talking about going downhill.... butthead.
02-19-2012, 04:32 PM
