Topic: Doc Holiday's yota buildup

[jimbo74]

your ditching longfields for smurfields?!!!! :X

[oz31p]

can do that prosess to your longs??

[79coyotefrg]

sorry guys ièm only 16 years old and only make $8.16 an hour ( Canadian ) ,, i have i tough time deciding what to do. itès just that someone just suggested that to me!!!.
I will most likley do the 63s in the back and rears in the front, crazy flex.


Later  Playerz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if this is the case,  then stay with the stock springs and add a leaf or two to the packs  run some 33's  till you wear them out  get a feel for your truck and how it handles,  dont make the mistake others have made and jump right to 38's  or 40's  just because someone else has them and looks good,  the more you run that truck offroad  the more you will see the benefits of keeping it low  and upgrading when parts break

and dont waste you money on stupid crap like smurf's   

and if you live in canada,  what kind of wheeling are you doing,  the stock springs with a added leaf  are very flexy

im betting you dont need near that much flex  or tires

next thing we know  there will be a friend of yours saying you were hurt cause you lifted the truck to 8 inches with 38 inch tires and flipped it and now your pushing up daisies

now  just keep things simple   and learn along the way

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

my truck allready is lifted with 33s and i am sick and tired of getting stuck, i wana get 37s so i can keep up with my friends without them having to keep getting me unstuck!!!

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

also, how is it a waste of money getting Smurfs .... there $40 a peice .
id rather get 2 sets of those then the $800 longfields, plus if i break one, there goes $40, oh well just pop in another one!!!

[DTB]

also, how is it a waste of money getting Smurfs .... there $40 a peice .
id rather get 2 sets of those then the $800 longfields, plus if i break one, there goes $40, oh well just pop in another one!!!

I just saw this post on wild yoats maybe it can help u. http://www.wildyoats.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=12424

[jimbo74]

also, how is it a waste of money getting Smurfs .... there $40 a peice .
id rather get 2 sets of those then the $800 longfields, plus if i break one, there goes $40, oh well just pop in another one!!!

whoa! didnt you start a thread on this last night?

you should have 1 thread with docs buildup and questions as the title......

[Willy Mammoth]

whoa! didnt you start a thread on this last night?

you should have 1 thread with docs buildup and questions as the title......

I think we will start moving your questions here so you can keep track of them and they won't be spread all over the place.

If you can't afford the Bobby Longs, then go for the others and let us know how they work for you.

[79coyotefrg]

also, how is it a waste of money getting Smurfs .... there $40 a peice .
id rather get 2 sets of those then the $800 longfields, plus if i break one, there goes $40, oh well just pop in another one!!!

because they aint $40  worth stronger than a stock birfield,   i think its time we see some pictures of your truck,     


and some pics of your buddy's truck 

and part of offroading is knowing your truck and your abilities

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

Ok here is my tuck, here is the description!!!
1980 Toyota 4x4 Shortbox Pickup - 20r, 4 speed tranny, 33 inch bfg all terrians, about 2 inches of lift, Brand spanken new frame  ,
Interior is like brand new, engine is rebuilt  came with everything you see including canopy, has cb radio, an ipod with over 1000 songs on it for tunes, paid $1000 for it ( canadian ) 





dont have any pics of my buddies Landcrusier, but i will get some soon!!!


 

[Willy Mammoth]

My guess is you have plenty of hight, you just need some gears, lockers and maybe a more agressive tire if you want to play in the wet stuff.

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

Well, heres an update, this weekand i am getting , ( ya i know i know here gay ) a 3 inch body lift    ,  for now i am gona stick with my stock springs, there allready have a huge ass lift shackle, so i need just a little bit more lift, im gona go with the tsl 36 inch swampers, next week im getting my gears ( Yukon 5.29s ) then next pay check i will get them installed, also i will also gett my aussie locker installed on my front and get the dude who will be doing my gears to weld up my rear end for me!!!
Ill post pictures and updates!!!
Peace out dudes!!!

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

well i was sitting down and thinking, what would it take to put a smallblock chevy V-8 in my yota , are there adapter kits you can kit so you can bolt the engine to the stock tranny ect..... or would i have to use a Turbo350 tranny or could i keep the manual toy tranny........

[yota-tota]

here's a link to thingy Holster.......i mean Doc    quote "beating the shizzel outta my truck" enjoy

http://www.blackflag4x4.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1153109437

[Shamb]

need to get a new bed on that thing!

[79coyotefrg]

well i was sitting down and thinking, what would it take to put a smallblock chevy V-8 in my yota , are there adapter kits you can kit so you can bolt the engine to the stock tranny ect..... or would i have to use a Turbo350 tranny or could i keep the manual toy tranny........

why didnt you just get a chevy truck 

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

i dont know, found this truck for $1000 Canadian , came with pretty much new 33 inch bfg all terrains, brand new custom frame, allready lifted, top end rebuild,,, interior is in awesome shape,  how could you go wrong!!!

[Doc Holiday [OP]]

A Buddy of mine said that i can take the sway bar out of my 80 pickup 4x4 to get more flex..... does this relly work, will i get more flex, how much more and is it worth it ,,,, is it dangerous!!!

[Travota]

I took mine out long ago, no complaints here

[Sundowner]

I think it's personal opinion. I put mine back in becuase I thought truck was squirrely without it, but I do a lot of highway driving, too.

[79coyotefrg]

i have had my truck for over 12 years,  and the sway bar has been  thrown away over 11 years ago,     up till a year ago it was my daily driver  and at times  driven over 100 miles EVERYDAY

its never fealt "squirrely"   it doesnt  take curves like its on rails  but anybody who wants  to do that  in a 4x4 deserves to be laying upside down in a ditch its a TRUCK

befor this truck i had a suzuki samuria,   great little truck, very capable.  people were sueing suzuki because they OH MY GOD,  would flip over if taking a sharp curve to fast   OH THE HUMANITY,  how could anybody  build a rig for people to drive on the street  that couldnt handle a 40mph curve at 70  HOW COULD THEY DO THAT

ITS A 4X4 YOU 
i delivered pizza with my sammy  and took corners  at speed all the time  but had a BRAIN  and knew what it could do and what WOULD  get me hanging from a seat belt


if you are afraid of driving your truck  without a sway bar,  go buy a Subaru   

[CTENG in KS]

MMM, I just build my own new one!  Me likey!

[Rocksurfer]

It will give you more travel, the natural response of a sway-bar to push back when the truck axle travels causing the sway-bar to twist is its job. By removing it you allow the axle to travel freely. There of course will be a little more sway in doing this on road, my suggestion would be to take it off drive it around on and offroad and see if you like the difference or if it scares you. It doesn't take long to remove so you can figure out if you like the results.

[Willy Mammoth]

Take it off and slow down around them there corners. 

[notajeep]

yeah... don't be a sway bar sissy.

[Weldo]

How about IFS?  What kind of improvement might you see by removing the sway bar on stock IFS?

[FIREBALL]

There's no helping IFS. IFS is for cars.

[All_Set]

Just unbolt it next time out, takes about 15 minutes, tie strap the sway bar out of the way and drive around.  Then decide.  You can make a pretty cheap "quick disconnnects " if you find you like the streetability more with the bar.

I didn't notice any difference in my rig, so I took the entire thing out.  (solid axle)  I'm still the "quickest" in the turns in my group.  

[notajeep]

My 80 never had one (at least when I got it) and I can still take the canyons at full throttle with out it being scary..... Did I mention that full throttle is about 50mph.

[FIREBALL]

LOL, ya but it's 26 years old.... that's not bad.