Topic: sas 5lug taco?

[funnrunner51]

so I'm thinking of making my 2wd 5 lug taco 4wd. right now I'm just trying to collect parts for the build. money is tight so it will be a lengthy process. my build plan is to collect all the parts so i don't have a half done project sitting around. i want to keep it all yota so no wagoneer 44 in the front. i want to run 35" to 37" tires but keep its center of gravity low, so i was thinking of running fiber glass fenders since they are already on there. full cage all the way to the end of the bed so i can put two jump seats in the bed for the kids. so has anyone here converted a 5 lug taco yet? has anyone put a yota axle in a taco?

[AWSUMDC]

so I'm thinking of making my 2wd 5 lug taco 4wd. right now I'm just trying to collect parts for the build. money is tight so it will be a lengthy process. my build plan is to collect all the parts so i don't have a half done project sitting around. i want to keep it all yota so no wagoneer 44 in the front. i want to run 35" to 37" tires but keep its center of gravity low, so i was thinking of running fiber glass fenders since they are already on there. full cage all the way to the end of the bed so i can put two jump seats in the bed for the kids. so has anyone here converted a 5 lug taco yet? has anyone put a yota axle in a taco?

Yes, people have sased a 2wd Taco before and some have even used Toy axle's on then however the pickup truck ale is too narrow.  An FJ 80 axle would be great or even a diamond but you are on a tight budget.  Also, you would want to change that rear axle as well.  What year is this Taco?

Neat thing is you can put the front diff on either side and then you can choice what ever T-case you want.  Either right hand drop or left hand drop.  You'll need an adapter at the tranny unless you plan on swapping that too.

You've got alot of work in front of you but it can and has been done before.

[86rustbucket]

this guy just did it, but he dumped the toyota axle idea by the end of the first page

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=59297.0

[<MIKE>]

check out iNfErNaLs Macho Taco.. its the lime green one.

[tom w.]

i'm in the process of doing a SAS with a toyota axle. it's really not as bad as people make it out to be... if you run 1.5" spacers it's one inch narrower on each side than stock tacoma width.

if i could start over again i would have started with a 2wd 4cyl 5-speed, because a) there's a lot less to cut off, b) i could use a w56 with the stock bellhousing get a passenger drop transfercase, c) duals are much cheaper.

[funnrunner51 [OP]]

well thanx for the help guys. so on the toy axle, is the tacoma frame to wide or is the axle mounting perches to wide? haven't measured it out yet. a friend of mine just put a wagoneer axle in his ranger and the perches are to wide so he had to rig up the rear shackles, not pretty. oh yea the truck is a 98 extenda cab 2.4L 5 speed.

[funnrunner51 [OP]]

so tom.w do you have any pictures of your build? i'd like to see how your doing the yota axle everyone else does 44's or 60's. so a w56 will bolt right in to a 2.4? do you use the 2.4L bell or the w56? thanx

[tom w.]

i have a build thread in this section. and on the w56, yes, it will bolt up if you use the tacoma bellhousing, but i've never done it. and i'm not 100% sure if the 2wd and 4wd taco bellhousings are the same.

as far as spring perch width i believe the tacoma frame is 3" wider than pre-taco frames, so the perches on the axle are a little narrower. if you look at my thread you can see how i mounted the shackles. TEAM RAMROD also mounted his shackles like that when he was leaf sprung. he used a diamond housing that was 64" WMS to WMS but i'm pretty sure the perches were stock toyota width.

[yotatough]

yes the 2wd bellhousing is the same as the 4wd and the 2rz (2.4) is the same bell as the 3rz (2.7) thats what I'm running, w59 bellhousing, w56 tranny, and pass drop gear drive cases. its the cheapest and easiest way I found to go.

also skys offroad makes the killer little cut ins for the shackles nice and neat http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new/detaproduct.php?id=182&PHPSESSID=7eeb9d423bebb60e254156879960cb9d


heres another 2wd to 4wd taco with a toy axle
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=459214

[yotatough]

this one also has alot of what your gonna do, just you have alot less to cut off because of lack of a front diff.

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=64393.0

[funnrunner51 [OP]]

yotatough thanx for the links the one on pirate is exactly what i was looking for that thing i sweet. now i just need to collect all my parts. i hope to start on it this fall or at least when the weather cools off, because my garage is a damn sweat lodge

[funnrunner51 [OP]]

hey tom what was you build thread under?

[tom w.]

Shoot I don't remember. Look under my profile for threads started. It'll be there somewhere