I'm cheating at tiny trucks.

[lostonthetrails]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

No, it's plastic.

No I meant like the body style. Like a chevy S10...

[Lentsnh2012]

Originally Posted by lostonthetrails

No I meant like the body style. Like a chevy S10...

*sarcasm*

Serious answer: It is a 1991-1998 Toyota FZJ80 (Landcruiser) hardbody from eBay.

[lostonthetrails]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

*sarcasm*

Serious answer: It is a 1991-1998 Toyota FZJ80 (Landcruiser) hardbody from eBay.

Ok, haha thanks. It's hard to get sarcasm over the web, lol.

[War Pig]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

This amount of steering is ludicrous. Obviously, once there's shocks on there, it'll never steer that much, but wow.

It will steer that much if you mount the shocks on top of the axles

[joe.bielski]

Damn that looks tight!!! Lotsa GCM goodies... You running this rig at the north vs south comp next week?

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by War Pig

It will steer that much if you mount the shocks on top of the axles

I'll have to investigate the stealing of that idea.

Originally Posted by joe.bielski

Damn that looks tight!!! Lotsa GCM goodies... You running this rig at the north vs south comp next week?

It's getting there. This won't be ready for some time though. Certainly not for Saturday. I'm waiting on a few parts from my friend GCM, which I'll be picking up at the comp this weekend.

[rm25x]

Sweet build so far, looking forward to seeing what else you do with it.

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by rm25x

Sweet build so far, looking forward to seeing what else you do with it.

Thanks, I hope to make it look more Toyota-like.

Thanks to comping in the woods and seeing friends again, I've got a couple more necessary pieces to get this build going again.



The front motor mount and dual servo mount from GCM is a choice bit of kit. It gives you the solid mount points for a winch, servo, and moves your transmission forward for transfer case points.



Nice strong connection between my transmission and transfer case makes for a spacious full interior.



HR hardened steel gears in the transmission and an 88T 48P Spur from Robinson Racing. Oh, and a TZi Winch for winching. I can attest with total certainty that this winch will easily alter courses before it would fail. I pulled a 10 pound boulder out of the course this weekend, along with the Range Rover Classic, which is a 12 pound truck. That's at least, eleventeen pounds.

[Szczerba]

GCM always bringing the cool parts. That motor/trans mount will get some nice caster on the motor, good for overall performance.

I need to step my winch game up to TZi sometime soon.

[Hammer!]

nice

[Bananaclip]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

GCM always bringing the cool parts. That motor/trans mount will get some nice caster on the motor, good for overall performance.

I need to step my winch game up to TZi sometime soon.

Looking pretty solid so far buddy. I'm thinking I need to step my winch game up soon as well.

[BadWagon]

This is shaping up to be a super duper tiny turk.

More please.

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

GCM always bringing the cool parts. That motor/trans mount will get some nice caster on the motor, good for overall performance.

I need to step my winch game up to TZi sometime soon.

If there's one thing I know about tiny trucks, it's where to put the caster.

Originally Posted by Hammer!

nice

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Looking pretty solid so far buddy. I'm thinking I need to step my winch game up soon as well.

My winch game is strong. My driving game is weak. Lots of time to practice.

Originally Posted by BadWagon

This is shaping up to be a super duper tiny turk.

More please.

Thanks very much. I put a monster order in at RPP today. It's going to be pretty wild. Have you heard of an 80 turn motor?!

[BadWagon]

80 turn? Ah, no. Lol

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by BadWagon

80 turn? Ah, no. Lol

I may have gotten that wrong. I'm new to comping.

Body got a few minor cuts.



Rear end got a significant bob. 1.25 inches if I recall. There's a bunch of filling, sanding, filling, priming, sanding, priming to do, but it's back in one piece again.



I'm not entirely sure I'm going to stick with this rear end the way it is, but it gives me a starting point for something wilder.

Look at those approach and departure angles!



Big tires make me happy. As big as Class 2 will allow, and proven in last season's comps, courtesy of n00b. I had these on my Class 2 Tuber Cruiser and I'm looking forward to using them this go around. I added Crawler Innovations lil' Nova's as the stock foams are a bit soft. Yes, those fenders are going to be trimmed.



A few new parts arrived. I'm excited to get these together and then break things.

[BadWagon]

Winning! The bob looks good, as does the wheel tire combo.

[doublej]

Turn it into a truck cab!

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by BadWagon

Winning! The bob looks good, as does the wheel tire combo.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by doublej

Turn it into a truck cab!

That's an interesting thought.

I may have lost it completely... Going for another deep cut.

[BadWagon]

Oh boy...

[Bananaclip]

Love the bob! Hacked up trail rigs warm my heart. Oh, I need to know what method you use to cut say your hood? I'm guessing thread but I need to know for my current project.