Project "Head on" begins..... 56k grab some coffee

[Tofer]

this will be Yotaworks' first build!

the background:
my buddy was hit head on driving to yakima in his 85 4runner. the truck was totaled. he ended up getting $7700 PLUS got to keep the truck from the insurance company. so with the money he bought another 85 4runner. the plan is to grab the badland bumpers/ slider and the axles off the old and throw them under the new. do some body touch up and clean up the new one and get it back on the road. he wants to part out / scrap what he can off the old 4runner.


In with the new:
its an 85 4runner that already has a built 350 with a turbo350 tranny and toyota Tcase. the bellhousing is cracked that has to be replaced. but after that it should be a fairly simple swap

87 sb 350 roller block

- Bored .030 over
- Factory Forged rods and crank
- Roller rockers
- RPM aluminum heads
- aluminum performer intake
- block hugger headers
- Holley 650 cfm truck avenger
- Pertronix flame thrower billet distributer
- FlowKooler water pump
- 100amp 1 wire GM Alt
- Toyota power steering pump
- Dual Flowmaster custom exhaust
- Dual electric fans
- 22x19 Summit aluminum radiator

Transmission TH 350

- shift kit
- corvette 2500 stall convertor
- Advanced Adapters Tcase adapter
- Toyota Tcase

Suspension

- 4" Skyjackers Waggy springs front
- 56" Chevy rear springs
- 2" body lift
- F350 Front Shock mounts
- Sky Manufacturing rear shock hoop
- Sky Manufacturing Boomerang front shackels
- Allpro High steer
- IFS steering box
- Custom extened long travel front driveline
- Custom rear driveline
- Warn Hubs
- R&D Engineering High strength birfs
- Spooled Rear
- 4.10 gears front and rear
- Chromolly high strength 30 spline rear axles
- Front Backing Plate Eliminator
- Front Axle Truss

Exterior

- AllPro Front winch bumper
- AllPro rear bumper

Interior

- Triple Gages
- Simpson 5 point harnesses
- B&M ratchet shifter






Out with the Old:
85 4runner




at Billybobs when we picked it up after the crash

sitting in the YotaWorks shop

Hood and bumper off

Radiator out... i dont think it'll be reusable lol

pile of parts starting to grow under the work bench.

yay for sawzalls

Alternator meet powersteering pump.... power steering pump meet alternator...... now make babies

big holes make it easy to pull motors.


i'll post new pics as the build continues.

[slosurfer]

Sweet, I'll be watching this one.

[Whitey]

He got almost $8000 for an 85 4Runner?

[Chapman88SR5]

He got almost $8000 for an 85 4Runner?

Thats what I wanna know! How!?

[4runnerchevy]

Yay

[Good Times]

***subscribing***

[YotaFun]

Same here, this is gonna be an awesome buiild!

[Tofer]

He got almost $8000 for an 85 4Runner?

he laid out over $12,000 in receipts for the insurance adjuster


More progress again tonight.... but started off with some bad news. the motor is shot. we were able to get about 30psi on one cylinder... the good news is we were able to pull the front axle and get it moved out of the way as well as pull all the ARB lines and ECU and motor harness.



the frame just wants to be triangulated.... thats all...

[YotaFun]

Damn, That hurt....

[Terracoma]

Hot damn, those rails are tweaked...