I have an 85 4runner, that has taken a heck of a beating. We destroyed it in delta two years ago at the first old school rock crawl, and we were competitive and all I had done at the time was weld the diffs, and put a cheapo lift, so with very little mods, you can do a lot with a yota, but they really don't hold up to that kind of killer abuse for very long (after one comp, my rig was perma-trashed). I also got bored with how weak the 22re was and got into the middle of a supra swap and lost all motivation cause the guys I've wheeled with that have that supra motor destroy all kinds of stuff. I'm not talking axle shafts and u-joints. they blow up 3rd members and stearing knuckles. A toyota doesn't hold together well with lots of power and a lead foot. If you're not breaking things with a 4.3 and 40's you are one heak of a good driver, and definitly don't have a heavy right foot, and use common sense, which I never had, or your 40's are so bald that you can't get enough traction to break anything. and yea, they are insainly cheap to gear compared to everything else. you can do a t-case doubler with 4x1 gears for around $800, and it is an easy mod to do. To get the gearing you could easily get in a yota, is going to cost you a ton more, and be a heck of a lot harder to do on a jeep or other rig. I like my yota for what it is, don't get me wrong and you can have a ton of hardcore fun with a yota probably cheaper that you could with most jeeps, but at the end of the day, it is still a crappy little yota.