Heres my hilux project.
Its a 87 Toyota hilux 2wd with a 2L diesel engine.

What it looked like when I got it and put some rims on it (17" tomason tn3's)


Some rust on the bed



Picture of the frame


Enginebay


After cleaning, replacing headgasket, exhaust valves, cam bearings and painting the engineblock


Cnotching the frame






And heres the turbo thats going to find its way into the engine bay


More pics to follow as project progresses

 

Wow, I though my bed was beat up! Mine has holes, but those are only drilled holes (thing came with a POS toolbox and had two holes drilled on the floor of it). Nice engine shot and the turbo's gonna be killer. Some of the other guys on here talked me out of going for a turbo on my 4x4 because turbos need to be moving for the boost. What you planning for the rest of it?

 

lowering, nice paint, etc, make it a nice cruiser with some ooomph

the bed is trash.. might have to get a new one, well atleast the sides. Then make a plywood bedfloor onto a grid made of tube....

 

Wood would warp, but diamond plate aluminum would be b****en! Whatever though, your truck, your decision. I'm sure she'll look hot when you progress through the build.

Did that loop on your current bed come standard? I've only seen those on JDM Hiluxes, but never any here in the states.

 

Not if its the right type, they use plywood on trailers here and it works fine, so I'd use the same stuff on the truck bed.

Yeah the loop came as standard, looks like an ass, so I already used a sawzall to cut it off

 

I don't know why, but my dad installed one of those on his Ram 1500; he claims he got it for his ladders, but he almost never has them on it. Not to mention, the thing has piping to hold them on the rack so from the front, his truck looks, how can I say this with a straight face... horny!

childish humor, I know...

 

great build!

 

what kind of drink is that? (the pic with the turbo)

 

A turbo diesel lowrider mini! I know not a new idea, but a hella kewl one no doubt. Goodluck with the build, cant wait to see more. . .

 

Notch on pax side almost done



60Amps and a tig... makes it a breeze to do

Gin longdrink I have a russian friend who brings me drinks when he goes to visit his grandparents.

 

Notched

 

Nice work! Looks real good!

 

Rear crossmember fabrication

 

Some frame crossmember fabrication

 

Small update...
I had some time to think what to do for the truck.

I decided to take another route... I'll be building this for drifting.
Heres what I'll be doing

 

HELL YEA dude! I love drift trucks. Keep us updated!

 

that's one of my inspirations!

 

Is that actually a truck or is it just a body?

 

ACtually a Dodge D50, if i remember, it had a leaf setup still. And a 4G63 motor?

 

I'd love a diesel in my rig
maybe I'll 'pane her instead