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The truth IS out there...

Somewhere around here, there is a photo of it all lit up in dense fog on one of our Tinkham runs... now THAT is spooky Maybe Midiwall has it...

 

uhhhhh you sure thats drool?

 

Dude I wanna SAS my rig too!! :cry: :cry:

I guess for now I will just have to be proud of my IFS...

BTW, I too am proudly sporting the IFS core sticker! my jeeper buddies think it's real funny!

 

I WANNA SEE THE SPOOKY PICTURE!!!!!!!!!

 

good luck w/ the SAS!

Are you using a Waggy axle?

I'm sure you've checked out K-Ton's Site on his swap. Lots of pic's and info-

Be careful w/ the Plasma cutter- they do cut steel like a hot knife thru butter. My first time using one was on my SAS- I had to do a little bit of repair welding when I set the cutting depth a "bit" to deep.

later

 

Yep, it's an '83 Waggy axle

I rode with Chef at AZRocks this past year and correspond with him pretty regularly. I am actually working from his parts list since his is also a 2001.

I used to work in a shop where I used a plasma cutter every day, so I have a few hours in on them, but thanks for the reminder

 

but I"m sure you're not using his $6k recipe

 

I am just shy of $6k now and still have a driveshaft to go...

 

I could easily be wrong, but where have I heard a SAS can be done for around $2500? $6000 is a lot of money.

Chris

 

no, hes being realistic and adding up all the actuall costs involved with doing the swap. you could put a solid axle under your truck for $2500 no prob.

on the other side of that theres a few $15g swaps out there.

 

So what's the differences between the $2500 setup and the $15K setup, because obviously there's something involved and things being cut, right?

Chris

 

I suppose that if you went with pretty much everything from a low end junkyard and made the custom parts yourself, you could do the swap for less money. I went closer to the high end with most items.

You would have to be fabbing a lot of stuff youself to get it much lower though...

 

It all depends on what you consider to be "part of the swap"

The really spendy ones are done in a shop and include the cost of regearing both diffs, adding new tires and wheels.

The real cheap ones are done with fabbed stuff by people who already have the rear geared and are not doing tires.

Check out the thread below this about a swap, not all of that crosses over, but I think that it is a very practical way to look at adding a leaf sprung solid axle to the front.

 

Do you guys find the axles at a junkyard or buy them from a shop that makes them, because that seems like it would be a large portion of the cost?

Chris

 

Check out K-ton's parts list at; http://www.members.cox.net/fourbychef/SAS/Expenses.xls

I had planned on doing it cheaper, but once you begin buying the stuff, it starts to add up in a big hurry. Heck, I have over $60 into 9/16" Grade 8 bolts for the springs alone... that's jsut six bolts, washers and nuts.

I am not sure I would want to trust my life to a $2500 swap

 

I will go to a yard or a private owner and look for an 85 for $200 or so.

You could go Wagoneer as Dave and Rob have done/are doing, or you could go bling bling and get a custom toy axle from Brian Ellinger at FRORF.

 

Mine came from a junkyard in Arizona. All cleaned up and ready to be re-built. An Arizona TTORA member bought it down there for a project he was working on, then moved up here with it. I was lucky enough to get a good deal on it when he needed to sell it to recoup moving expenses.

 

I can't find the axles on his site. Do you have link or is it something I have to email him about?

Chris

 

They are on the Tacoma Project.

Not sure exactly, but the pic is on the first page and it flows from there.

Custom width, custom inner axles, no price set yet, but I have heard over $1000. If I had the bling, I would do it to have something new and different. Right now I want anything with strength and articulation.

 

It would definitely be an awesome addition. I'm going to hold off, but now I'm wondering if I should spend the money for an ARB for my IFS in between now and then since I'll have to spend it twice.

I'd really like to get the rear axle articulation a lot better too, and I'm beginning work on a gas tank relocation/adjustment, and new cross members and skids, but I'm in the very early stages at this point. Don't want to mess up this thread!

Chris