Highntight
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Ok here we go. After many conversations with skippy on here I decided to throw up a few pictures of my Toyota build. Its already done but I figured I would atleast throw up a few pictures that I took throughout the build. This is no crazy build thread just your average run of the mill Cummins motor in a Toyota.....
After Ryan (skippy) Moved in down the road a few years back He started filling my head with wonderous ideas and dreams of having a bad a$$ Toyota that could go just about anywhere. So one sunday afternoon Ryan came over and decided to cut my bed in half and remove 11 inches. It turned out better than i planned and after that it was on like donkey kong. Shortly after that I Bought some 37" Goodyear Mtrs from Ryan We set forth on making them fit via a new set of trail-gear springs.
It turned out a little taller than we planned but with plans of the cummins motor going in soon we let it ride and decided to see how much the motor was gonna make the front end sag. Before we made any ride height adjustments. So now it was time to pull the old 3.0 and get to work on the cummins swap.
The motor swap went extremely easy and have more room under the hood than I did with the 3.0. The only problem we had with the cummins swap was the started solenoid hit the passenger side frame rail. With a quick cut with the plasma cutter I removed the ears off the strater rotated it to where the solenoid would clear the frame rail and we TIG welded them back up. Another problem someone might run into is how tall the motor is I have a 2 inch body lift and I would say its almost essential to complete this swap and keep the motor out of your steering components.
The low end torque of the cummins motor is awesome for crawling especially with the sm420 trans its mated to.
Now onto the pics. Sorry for the novel worth of text.
I hate welding body panels
After body work
Time for the little baby motor
After Ryan (skippy) Moved in down the road a few years back He started filling my head with wonderous ideas and dreams of having a bad a$$ Toyota that could go just about anywhere. So one sunday afternoon Ryan came over and decided to cut my bed in half and remove 11 inches. It turned out better than i planned and after that it was on like donkey kong. Shortly after that I Bought some 37" Goodyear Mtrs from Ryan We set forth on making them fit via a new set of trail-gear springs.It turned out a little taller than we planned but with plans of the cummins motor going in soon we let it ride and decided to see how much the motor was gonna make the front end sag. Before we made any ride height adjustments. So now it was time to pull the old 3.0 and get to work on the cummins swap.
The motor swap went extremely easy and have more room under the hood than I did with the 3.0. The only problem we had with the cummins swap was the started solenoid hit the passenger side frame rail. With a quick cut with the plasma cutter I removed the ears off the strater rotated it to where the solenoid would clear the frame rail and we TIG welded them back up. Another problem someone might run into is how tall the motor is I have a 2 inch body lift and I would say its almost essential to complete this swap and keep the motor out of your steering components.
The low end torque of the cummins motor is awesome for crawling especially with the sm420 trans its mated to.
Now onto the pics. Sorry for the novel worth of text.
I hate welding body panels
After body work
Time for the little baby motor
