Finally starting my build after about a year of trying to choose between make it a drift truck or doing a SAS.

Drifting is starting to blow up here so I decided to show people that trucks can drift too.

Since I've had a welded 8" v6 rearend sitting in my back yard for about a year, Im gonna finally put it to good use.

The motor will be all stock, untill something gives way which will probably be the bottom end since the top half has been rebuilt. Only thing I'll add is a progressive carb to clean up the engine bay a little and give it a little more grunt. Also EGR will be blocked off.(Been juggling the idea of stuffing a 1uz in it)

My exhaust is just a cat delete, 2" piping from manifold back to a 2" thrush turbo muffler. The stock exhaust manifold seem to work well with the 2" piping

For suspension I got 3" steel blocks from streetacos, stock leaf pack(3leafs and overload) and loosened torsion up front with cheap a** shocks from napa. The fronts gonna have all new energy suspension bushings and drop spindles. And addco anti-swaybars will be added front and back.

And gonna be doing the hydro e-brake mod latter on

Its gonna be kind of a slow build since its my daily. I'll get pic up of its current state up tomorrow.

 

Not sure about over there, but here you can get an oem 1-ton bar *from toyota* less than you can get aftermarket bars for. Also heard the addco bars have fitment issues in the rear...

Can't wait to see some progress on this!

 

Yeah after writing that I remembered I could just pull a 1ton sway bar off a 1st gen 4runner

 

Not many toyotas around me so things like that usually I have to get from toyota, but I get discounts so it works lol.

 

thats kinda what im doing with my 91 cant wait to c ur progress.

 

my trucks stance right now gonna just drop the back and make it leveled out

 

rear end just needs to be cleaned and painted and it'll be ready to be installed

 

Nice

 

cleaned up and painted the axle housing today
First painted it black...


...then red... although it looks orange in the pics


..gonna finish up with the drums tomorrow then paint the whole thing black again

Oh yeah almost forgot to ask, but can anyone tell if its the a v6 pumpkin??darn things pretty heavy btw, I'd say about 25-30lbs maybe more , idk im not a scale. lol

Edit:also have no idea what the wires on the top of the pumpkin are for

 

oh yeah heres my motor. A but messy. Haven't touched it in a while. Completely stock, NGK plugs and wires of course, and some timing tweeks. 10* advanced

 

So did some research on nissan s14 dimensions and compared them to my truck. Came up with this.

S14 stats
Height : 50.8 in.
Overall length : 177.2 in.or14.75ft
Wheelbase : 99.4 in.
Overall Width : 68.1 in.

Toyota pickup longbed RN55L:
Height:56"
Overall length:15.5'
Wheelbase:116"
Overall width:62"

Its kind of close, my trucks just a little bit bigger.

 

rear ends finally done


just waiting for one of my friends to get a day off to help me out, damn v6 rear is heavy AF!!

 

Looks like the diff might touch the gas tank when installed. Did anyone that installed a v6 diff have this problem??

 

looking good braddah. you gotta locker? or you gonna weld it?

 

What did you spray it with? Looking at doing mine once I get the axles back in and the new drums.

 

Thanks! And its welded Can't wait to see the confused look on peoples faces when I turn and the tires start chirping.lol. Gonna put a locker in it later though, I'm kinda on a budget ATM.lol

 

Painted it with rustoleum gloss black protective enamel after a good scrub down with a scuffing pad and purple power degreaser.

 

my 89 got the v6 430's welded no probs. may differ on years.

 

Sweet yeah I got my 7.5 welded and no problems I just welded it like beefed posted with 4 plates. That's what the 240 guys do I hear. I love the 22r especially in my 4x but need a little more power to spin those tires

 

Sweet thanks for the info! I did my springs and plates in por-15, but trying to save some $$ lol.