So awhile back I picked up a 78 long box sr5. In the building of it I actually made money. In the end I had a 20/22r hybrid with a 45dcoe, 4 to 1 header W58, alloy wheels and performance tires, a spare 8" rear axle, and a MSD 6al with ss coil and about $50 in my pocket licensed and all.



As I got it.





After my wife hit it with some wax and I put wheels and tires on it.





After the new engine install and rear 3" blocks and 3 coils removed from the front springs.





And the engine I put in in all its short lived glory.





So I had some issues with oil pressure and a rattle that sounded like the timing chain. I shimmed the oil pump relief piston 1/4" and it went away and I still only had 10 psi at idle hot. I knew it wouldn't last long but I rodded that balls out of it anyway and it let go at about 20 miles an hour as I shifted into 3rd go figure.


The damage to the engine is kinda extensive.














I'm ordering up a new cam, double valve springs, oversized valves and a complete rebuild kit with new rockers etc in the next couple weeks so she'll be back in action far better than before. In inspecting the engine today it was apparent it wasn't going to live long anyway. The whole damned thing was trashed but hell I made money and had fun plus I have all the fun parts for the next engine.

 

sweet stuff man.. looking foward to whats next !

 

thats one badass yellow truck!

 

Thanks, too bad its green. My phone doesn't make the color right at all.


I'll be back to work on this over the weekend. I'm picking up a pair of 40 mikunis for it today.

 

What? its not yellow?! Hurry up and get that motor put together!
Then paint it yellow... Lol

 

What are you going to so with that 45dcoe =)

 

It'll be for sale soon but I have a feeling a friend is going to pick it up as soon as I say go. If not it'll be for sale here.

It really is green. The same color as the corolla in this pic my cheap point and shoot digital and my phone don't let the true color come out.

 

Anyone ever mention the word colorblind to ya just kiddin, nice looking ol (lime) Corolla parked on the (green) grass

 

Limes sure as heck ain't purple so I call it green.


I am actually the only male in my family that isn't color blind.

 

So....what color are the pink flames on the Ford?

 

They are exactly what they look like. Semi gloss krylon "watermelon". I paint stuff with fluorescents but I have yet to find one in a rattle can that doesn't fade badly so I've settled with that paint till I find one thats UV stable.

 

TRUCK1ST GENERATION
1973-1978



Hilux/Truck 2WD 2.0L 73-74
Short Box Chassis Code: RN22
Long Box Chassis Code: RN27
Engine Code: 18R

Hilux/Truck 2WD 2.2L 75-78
Chassis Code: Short Box RN23
Chassis Code: Long Box RN28
Engine Code: 20R

*The Hilux name was not used in Toyota's sales
materials starting in 1973, but some trucks
still featured the Hilux badge through 1975.
*Short Box available 1973-1978
*Long Box available 1974-1978
*Cab/Chassis available in 1978
*Chinook Camper available 1973-1978

Internet Reference:
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Color Chart 73 74 75 76 77 78
Deep Green (632)
Copper Metallic (474)
Light Blue (854)
Light Blue Metallic (861)
(Pueblo) Brown (415)
(Medium) Blue (857)
Medium Blue (842)
Olive (637)
Orange (352)
Pure Yellow (534)
Red (345)
Red (336)
Suntan Yellow (518)
White (012)
Yellow (541)
Yellow Green (6A1)



















1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978

1977 TV AD

 

so i was half right!...

and Nolan... you have way too much useful information

 

Why the heck would they call it yellow green when it is a heck of a lot more green than yellow? Even Crayola got that right with their crayon colors.

Interesting info, I didn't think there were THAT many color choices back then.

 

That does seem like a lot of color choices, maybe slight changes from year to year or different code# and name but the same color. Can't say I recall ever seeing the copper metallic

Rink, I just have too much useless time looking for useful info that some might find useful, but after 35 years is probably useless

 

A good friend is going to check on a 20/22r I found on CL and if it is what it is supposed to be I'll be shoving it in when I get home.

Supposed to be a fresh built head on a semi tired short block with a stage 3 crower cam, ported & polish job done. It has a down draft weber, header and a low mile dual friction zoom clutch too. This will get me by till I build the new short block to slap that head on. I'm stoked.

 

hey how did ya get that single sidedraft manifold ive been looking for one and one one makes them lol

 

It's a typical cannon manifold. It came with the last engine so I have no idea where it came from. It will be for sale pretty soon once my dual 45's get here.



Got the new engine today and started cleaning it up. It came with a saweet 1 5/8" loooong tube header. If the new header fits good I won't have to play musical headers. I have a headman shorty (left) that will go on when I body drop it and finish the suspension due to all my other headers hanging below the frame. The pace setter (2nd from left) is what was on the old engine and it fits decent enough. I picked up another equal length header (2nd from right) that clears the frame great but hangs too far below the frame to work. The large tube looong bastid on the right is what I'm going to try and fit tomorrow. I really hope it works out.

 

why is that the east side of washington has all the headers,carbs,and body parts and the west side has all the motor parts,delta cam, and wheelers lol....I have been looking forever for some headers but thier always on your side of the mountains LOL