Author Topic: Project Mo Power (Read 23962 times)

Brandon · « **on:** Aug 16, 2002, 10:42:39 AM »

1983 Toyota pickup..

I bought it 12 years ago now and the project is still going. Current status is little odds n ends to make him legal (ref time)

Sports Marlin Crawler dual 23 spline cases, but axles are now front HD HP 44 with hi-steer, rear is a 60 with 9" ends and disk breaks, spool, and 35 spline moser shafts. It has a removable top, flatbed, rear mounted radiator, half doors, etc..

Best part is that purrin High Output Ford 5.0, gotta love power that puts you in the back of your seat with 38" swampers..

Tranny is a NP435 giving me a low of 142:1 with 4:10's in the diffs and 2.28's in the cases.

http://www.rivercityrockcrawlers.com/TechReports/MoPower/mo.htm

Brandon · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 21, 2002, 10:26:22 AM »

had to have a custom speedometer cable made with one side to the automter gauge, the other to a speed sensor that adapted to the toy tcase

yota83 · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 23, 2002, 07:26:12 PM »

ill conferm the sweet sweet sound of the purrin 5.0...

man it sounds nice... now lets see you smog it so you can hit the trail brandon? ... lol

Brandon · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 04, 2003, 10:55:22 AM »

Truck is SMOGGED AND LEGAL..

I just built the front bumper for my 8274..

brainlessfool · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 04, 2003, 01:04:32 PM »

Hey Brandon, looks sweeeeeeeeeet!:thumb: how bout some more pics of that dash you've got? it looks very nice . I have an 83 and the dash is so small that any way to do some mods to it or of great intrest to me:drool:

cruzila · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 06, 2003, 11:06:36 AM »

Nice job on the bumper :thumb: Got a full pan back shot of thr rig with the bumper and roll bar?

dhbiker456 · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 06, 2003, 11:39:07 AM »

Clean swap.

But i still dont like Ford Engines

Brandon · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 06:44:06 AM »

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Nice job on the bumper :thumb: Got a full pan back shot of thr rig with the bumper and roll bar?

I need to take a real clean one so I can start getting ideas for my new flame paint job

old bumper in that shot, side view of my bumper though..

Brandon · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 06:46:08 AM »

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Clean swap.

But i still dont like Ford Engines

ride shotgun and I'll change your mind..

Brandon · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 06:49:53 AM »

winch is recessed in a bit, cut the grill out behind it. Still have room for my ac stuff back there though

brainlessfool · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 07:17:37 AM »

that dash:drool:

Brandon · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 08:47:56 AM »

check out my switch panel

cruzila · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 07, 2003, 11:48:46 AM »

Which one is for nitrous?

Brandon · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 12, 2003, 09:05:52 AM »

plasma's are cool..

still need to put a top on the bumper, can't decide metal or aluminim diamondplate. Still workin on the flame scheme too

Squirrel_4_life · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 24, 2003, 08:47:19 AM »

That rear mounted radiator, how well does it work. Did you simply move the radiotor to the bed and run longer coolant lines to it?

cruzila · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 26, 2003, 01:59:11 PM »

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plasma's are cool..

still need to put a top on the bumper, can't decide metal or aluminim diamondplate. Still workin on the flame scheme too

Use expanded or perforated metal :thumb:

Brandon · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 07:50:19 AM »

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That rear mounted radiator, how well does it work. Did you simply move the radiotor to the bed and run longer coolant lines to it?

works great, hardly need a fan. Stays at whatever thermostat I use..

I used copper lines with hoses at the ends

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 08:38:58 AM »

hey brandon nice job on the swap

heres another way to do the lines
i went to school with the local exhaust god. made the job easy. at first i didnt want to use exhaust tubing, then it clicked, antifreeze is an anticorrosive!

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 08:41:33 AM »

heres another one

Brandon · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 09:31:02 AM »

I wish I knew someone that could do that for me.. How is that flat rad workin??

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 12:18:25 PM »

it sure works great no matter how much mud gets caked on it it stays cool. soon im either gonna replace the bed or cut the supports out and give it a bit of an angle cause its just a little tricky to fill!!! luckily i have a very steep hill on the side of my lawn that i drive up to fill it. just pull the upper hose and fill away like normal.
hows yours did you have to pull your hose off of the engine to get rid of the impending air lock of did it fill ok?

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 28, 2003, 12:22:24 PM »

exhaust is kinda close

Brandon · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 01, 2003, 05:02:29 PM »

I had it get air bubbles a couple times, but it is working well now. I would like to put another fill at the engine sometime

Brandon · « **Reply #23 on:** Jul 17, 2003, 07:52:57 AM »

slight fender trim, got plexiglass and/or expanded metal for the holes to put in still

Brandon · « **Reply #24 on:** Aug 05, 2003, 09:32:32 AM »

bumper

Brandon · « **Reply #25 on:** Aug 20, 2003, 03:49:45 PM »

Barrett

Toyoballs · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 14, 2004, 04:38:40 PM »

So are you going to be able to reuse your orig frt grill - from the photo's it looks like it. BTW reaaaaaaally nice work, looks great

Brandon · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 15, 2004, 02:33:57 PM »

no, the radiator is where the grill was - so no hood latch either. I have a toyota land cruiser grill I will put in front and then fab something for the sides. Most will be hidden by my bumper with 8274 in it anyway

thanks

Brandon · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 13, 2004, 08:49:31 AM »

rad is back up front and I still have issues! Drove it one day and the next it shot to 240 (air in the system) so I'm rippin the motor apart..

if there are any motor guru's here maybe they could recommend what to do with the heads and if I should do anything else, here are the plugs (distributor would be at the top, firewall at the bottom)

Brandon · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 18, 2004, 02:27:42 PM »

what is wrong with this picture?

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