So here it is in its current form, unfortinatly i dont have pictures of before i tore it down to this, lets just say it wasnt good by any means haha.
But here is how she sits now, my plans are to drop it either 5/5 or 7/7

 

Nice keep us posted..

 

will do, today im going to start fitting the new core support

 

Looks like fun. Whats up with the motor?

 

I was going to use the bottom end for my 85 4x4 but found that one of the freeze plugs had a hole so i ended up throwing it on an engine stand and just rebuilding the motor from the 85.

This is what got done today


now i just need to weld it up but it fits decent all things considered

 

Well i finished tearing the bottom end apart to have a look at things and found some things that shouldnt be in there, pieces of the plastic timing guides which im assuming are the old ones because the ones that are on there now are newer, i also found out that all the rod bearings are warn down and will need replaced along with the main bearings. So that being said it looks like its time for a complete rebuild on the lower end.

 

well i made a little more progress the past couple days, i got the core support welded in and started test fitting body panels. shes not perfect but itll work for me.

 

You're a badass.

 

haha thanks, ive done all this in a shead or outside in the gravel, no shop here haha

 

Well fellas i havent made a whole lot of progress kinda of at a stand still until the motor gets rebuild, but here are some updated pictures of how its sittin now.

 

She's getting there man.

 

Nice work. I too am in the process of to a full build on a 22r. Any preformance mods being done while you have yours apart?

 

Yea slowly but surely shes gettin there, as far as performance not a whole lot cuz shes's gonna be to low to try to go fast. Really just minor things LC engineering rebuild kit, weber 32/36, maybe dual springs, and a cam, header, full exhaust, short shifter... my next build will be performance driven tho so once this one is done ill get a thread on that one going once i pick up a truck for it not sure what year toyota it will be yet.

 

Well guys i guess the side of me thats driven for performance got the best of me, Ive been talking to Mike from LC Engineering and we've come to the understanding that within the next 3 months my 22r build is going to be starting and the first thing on the list is a stroker kit, then will be the stage 3 head and cam, followed by a set of 45mm weber sidedraft carbs, a 9lb aluminum flywheel with a dual comp clutch kit, and a 75 shot of nitrous amongst other little things to complete the build so this thing should be around 180 to the wheels off the bottle. Just thought id drop in and give an update let me know what you guys think.

 

What compression ratio are you going to run?

 

Im not postive yet but im thinking around 12:1 since im not going to be spraying it often

 

12:1 is this gonna be a pure drag weekend warrior .

 

Yup, your going to be running race fuel. i looked into running it but id like to keep mine on pump fuel since i enjoy driving and cruising. i may end up with around 10:1 personally with a wet shot of 75 or 100.

 

That's we're I'm at been at 10-5:1 for about six years now 12:1 be fun tho real fun with gas

 

You running 91 or 93?

Definitely would be fun at 12:1 cr. the nitrous would hit pretty good.