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Great overview on the Marlin story. I too lived through that time wheelin era and saw all the Toyotas were mall crawlers, lots of chrome.
So you'll have the range box, 1.1 or 4.7, and the rear case with still work as stock? Until you do the LC case where you case twin stick the rear of course.
Seems like there is a lot of weight out past the cross-member. Is the plan for a second cross-member to support it?
Does the cup holder come apart so you can make an "billet" aluminum insert that will house/cover all you current and future levers?
When you go to a triple setup, will you move the shifters forward to the tranny so you havetriple shifters for your triple boxes ?
Hey Mike,Incredible write-up! Love the photos.
Have you calculated the fuel mileage by the gallons of gas pumped and recording the mileage on the odometer.... or just going by the instrument panel?
May 4, 2017: 2nd trip to TLCA's Cruise MoabFinally leaving for Moab!All loaded up and ready for another 14 hr road trip!One last sexy pic before hit'n the roadI couldn't make it five miles on the freeway when this white 3rd gen caught up and began cruising behind me. Queue Jerry Reed's 'East Bound and Down' music!!Ohh man I'm love'n this hood stickerFuel mileage has dropped due to larger tires and lift plus my speedometer is reading 4 to 5 MPH too low. 14.9 is probably really 15.5 or so...
May 2, 2017: Fender trimming & my first ever Turtle Hood sticker!One day before Moab I finally got my fenders trimmed for the larger 33s rubbers. We only trimmed as lil as needed for now because we must make entirely new cab mount brackets for the 37s/39s to come soon.The tires are kept on and suspension cycled after each small cut to recheck interference.I also got some Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers installed to help get my front width back closer to stock (the further you extend a lower A-arm down below horizontal (more lift) the more narrow the front width becomes).[
To check for clearance we reattached the drivetrain in it's original location of crossmember to transmission tail housing.It turns out there are only two issues.1. T/case top is contacting the bottom of the cab where the e-brake cables are held:2. The top of the t/case front output section is not touching but is very close to a body rail:
have pics in a thread on here. Air would be sweet, but then you have to add a bunch of control solenoids and an air supply
why does your speedo say 0mph on a busy freeway?
Don't the wheel spacers make it MORE likely that the outer edge of the tire will hit the fender when turning the wheel ?
and, you guys should produce a billet RF1A housing already clearanced for the 23-spline. ALL RED
Maybe a combo cross-member skid plate.
sounds to me like a simple 2" body lift will fix that.
In my experience bandaids like body lifts only cause more problems elsewhere. I highly dislike body lifts and only made a 1" kit for my Hilux because I thought it was required for the 3RZ-FE conversion. I was wrong. Bumpers since welded to the frame. Not gonna go back now.This is what comes to mind when I hear the words "body lift"
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