new 1985 pickup
 

Hey guys, I'm sure some of you saw I was selling my 1993 4Runner.. it was lited, and pretty nice, but I needed to get something with a little more power and a straight axle. I just bought a 1985 toyota pickup truck with 94K original miles, 6 inches of lift, a built chevy 350 bored .60 over and much more stuff done to it. check out my new cardomain for pics and specs on it. http://www.cardomain.com/id/muchado85

BTW, I only paid $3250 for it

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Guess I'll never understand why people buy Toyota's and then put domestic drivetrains in them. If I wanted V-8 power, lower reliability and lack of economy, I'd just buy a Ford or Chevy.
That's just me, however. Pay no attention. :chair:

Jim

Hey man I still give ya props, things nice. Get the sag outa the back though... I got the same thing now.

Also there was a letter to the editor thingy about the whole domestic drivetrain thing in Petersen's 4WD a few months ago. I kinda agree to a point but the man wanted more power, and what'd he get... More power.

ive been thinking about putting a 350 in my 4runner, american power and um.... japanese looks? capability?

the toyota platform is an awesome vehicle to build on, I understand the whole thing where people don't like the sound of putting a domestic motor in a Toyota... as far as I'm concerned, the 350 is a great motor, very very powerful, and with the toyota drivetrain/suspension setup, it's a great combo.. that's just my opinion though. I love my truck the way it's got power... sure it eats up that premium fuel, but it gets almost as good as i was getting in my 3.0L 4Runner... with over twice the amount of HP. Well worth the sacrifice IMO... thanks for the comments guys.. anyone have a ARB bumper they would like to sell?
-Rob

i guess now you can change your vehicle specs on your posts

That thing is gonna be a beast. Looks awsome dude. :bigok: I dont care what any else says Chevotas rock. :rockon:

well i kinda have to agree with mytruck......

anyways, muchado are ya ready to wheel it ?? im thinking about hitting Tuttle Creek on sat.

awsome truck. is the motor wieght significant? (does handle diffrent with new heavy motor up front?)

I dont know how the motor handles differently or not.... I am sure it plays a role. I just tried flexing it out on a mound of dirt.. wasnt too impressed with the flex. I definetly will try to get some softer springs, these are for 3 inches of lift, so I might get some 4 inch springs from marlin crawler.. we will see. the power is insane.. but so is the mileage.. it's suckin gas up like no other....

I dont think I'll be able to make it to tuttle creek this weekend. I dont know how good it'll wheel right now. I am getting ready to move back to Hays from Overland Park because school is starting soon. I will be at Tuttle Creek over Labor Day weekend for sure tho, we should get a bunch of the kansas people together... I am on this board, but mainly on pavementsucks.com and I'm gonna try and get some people together for labor day.. that's only a month away!! I'm just really really busy right now gettin ready for school, so I want to hold off on the wheelin... I cant believe I actually said that, but now that the truck shuffling is done, I need to get down to buisness getting stuff packed for school and spending those last days with my buds..