Topic: newbie...Colorado

[toyhatsu]

I drive a 1991 Daihatsu Rocky with an `85 Toyota 4Runner front axle and a `91 Toyota pickup rear axle with TruTrack and 5.71:1's on 33 inch BFG muds.  Am working on getting the rest of the parts together for my 3RZ swap with Marlin dual xfer cases.  Marlin Crawler # 539 that I got off of the Pirate BBS along with the 3RZ.  I need a w56.  I drive wierd junk for sure

[Hyena]

Lets see some pics of this bad boy.  Rockies are pretty cool.

[toyhatsu [OP]]

This guy was following me so I pulled over  in a parking lot...good for comparison. 

[toyhatsu [OP]]

one more

[toyhatsu [OP]]

doh...too early in the morning

[WHITE_TRASH]

Its kinda funny that you would join this BB at this time.  I think Ill be doing a sas on a rocky here in a few months.  Danged fresh outta high school kids wanna go wheelin!

[toyhatsu [OP]]

It's been a pretty good truck for the last six years.  You can still get OEM parts.  I've gone through two transfer cases and a third member and found them in salvage yards on the internet.  With the engine swap I'll have all Toyota running gear.  If I had known at the time that I bought the Rocky the stuff that I know now I would have bought a 4Runner. But one thing leads to another and another and another and now I have too much money wrapped up into it to start over.  I have heard that Toyota owns 51% of Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.  Take a look at the rear axle as it looks like a Toyota 7 1/2".

As for the SAS I used the stock Rocky steering box, rear flat springs and the Daihatsu drive shaft flanges mounted right up to the Toyota thirds.

Don't have any good wheeling pics but here's a side shot.

I keep telling myself that it kinda looks like 2/3's of a 4Runner...good luck with the swap.

[84runner]

Good lookin ride newbie  and hell of a job on bobbing that 4 Runner

[Red_Runner]

id like to see what that thing can do in the rocks

[toyhatsu [OP]]

id like to see what that thing can do in the rocks

Well with the stock 1.6L 90hp it doesn't have a whole lot of power turning 300lbs of tires and wheels.  That's why I want to put in the 3RZ, W56 and dual xfer cases.  Stock R&P are 5.29's and I have 5.71's now so I can't go any lower there.  On the last 4-5' waterfall that I tried I got the front tires over and the rears most of the way up and ran out of power...slid back down and popped three inch gash in the sidewall of one tire.  I've smoked clutches and warped the fly wheel/ pressure plate, broke transmission  and engine mounts, a xfer case and a front third  on other rock challenges.  Some of those breakages were with the old wound up IFS.  After the engine/transmission/xfercase swap I want to go back to all of the trails that I broke stuff on and I am sure that it will do much better.  I will go back down to 5.29's and probably only have to watch the birfs but I found some Longs at the salvage yard and need to get those in.  I am hoping that my driving will be much more graceful

[84runner]

YOu found longs at a salvage yard  Sweet

[spaceman]

Where in Colorado, I'm in Telluride

[toyhatsu [OP]]

Where in Colorado, I'm in Telluride

Wish that I was in Telluride Durango area...much better mountains .  I'm in Colorado Springs with a single 14,110 ft  in the back yard.