1973 HILUX Racer 4508

[hilux-1983]

The wife is in Luuuuuuvvvv with those dogs. I just wish you were closer and not so expensive. Her b-day is 2morrow and I'd take one if I could. They're cute. YEAH I SAID CUTE!!!!! So what

[Steve_925]

The wife is in Luuuuuuvvvv with those dogs. I just wish you were closer and not so expensive. Her b-day is 2morrow and I'd take one if I could. They're cute. YEAH I SAID CUTE!!!!! So what

thank you, where do you live?



heres the stud

[axled89]

that's cool man.   my freind has a boxer named bugzy.   he rocks.

[Steve_925]

got my longs today!!!! i was finally able to put together my front axle. i ended up relizing that my axle was crooked so i squared it up and i now have to cut my air bump mounts off and re-do them, thats going to suck.
you can also see how i remounted my radiator and fan, i also completly redid my exauhst. took 6 more inches out of the front end and cut the out of my fenders. the problem is now lights wont fit into the inside buckets, so im going to have to figure somthing out so it doesnt look funny.

[89sastoyo]

you don't think wiht the exaust right there it will cause to much heat to your motor? But the front looks good more norrow I dig it.

[Steve_925]

thanx, it probably will get hotter. if it does ill take the t-stat out and that'll solve it

[TacoRunner]

Well, there is the other reason you dont have any get up and go in that motor. Your exhaust is to short. You dont have enough back pressure.

[Steve_925]

before the exaust went to the back of the cab and then up and dumped out behind the passengers head. it did help the power when i ran smaller tubing

[Blingn]

trks lookin good

[Steve_925]

trks lookin good

your gonna be at KOH right?

[minicrawlin]

just read thru ur thread your truck is wicked awesome bud!! sweet build! are you gonna be at KOH with that thing? I'd be stoked to see it there! keep it up man!   

[Steve_925]

ya ill be there with it for sure. im countin down the days

[Slolyfe]

Good Bro! Any picts of the fender tubes?

[Steve_925]

nope, you can see the tubes i put around the grill though

[GrenadedToy]

i dunno about that exhaust.. seems like it would just add more heat to an already hot engine bay, plus more fumes to breathe.. looks like its almost touching your fan too? seems like the heat from the muffler might melt the fan and/or the belt.. 
 
why didnt you run it out the back?

[zippo]

thanx, it probably will get hotter. if it does ill take the t-stat out and that'll solve it

Yeah, The problem is you oil will be crazy hot. I would put an oil cooler on it. and run a long tube header to get some back pressure.

[twistedtoy92]

I agree on the exhaust.... you wont be happy with that location.... BUT your Toy is the keep the good work

[minicrawlin]

ya i'm with these guys on the exhaust but it's your toy and you sure the hell know what your doing obviously!! ha ha

[minicrawlin]

ya ill be there with it for sure. im countin down the days

Nice dude thats awesome hopefully i'll scout you out with that truck! i'd be stoked to see it!! I'm co-crewchief on Team RockAddicts if you see us! counting down the days for SURE!!

[Steve_925]

you can see in the pic how i had my exauhst. that flex tube went to some schedule 40 pipe(2" i.d.) that was welded to my slider so i could slide on the exaust, then it went up and out. i cant really go any where else, it wont fit antwhere around my drivshaft and even if i ran it around the front of the engine and back, my upper link is in the way on the driver side. it is touching the fan and will probably melt it, but i really dont give a . it may heat up the oil a little, but so does bounsing it of the rev limiter. the only thing i dont like about it is that im am going to be sucking in some fumes

[Steve_925]

Nice dude thats awesome hopefully i'll scout you out with that truck! i'd be stoked to see it!! I'm co-crewchief on Team RockAddicts if you see us! counting down the days for SURE!!

if you see me say whats up

[pumkin toy]

yeah sucking up the exhaust fumes from that front exit exhaust is what is gonna suck the worst!  otherwise i dont think it will be too bad.  Truck is lookin sick though! did you lower it some more?  it seems lower than what i remember

[Steve_925]

its basically at bump, have to relocate the air bumps so i had to lower it all the way down

[pumkin toy]

oh thats why its all sick low rider style!

[P-DiseToy24]

Damn rigs lookin bitchin cant wait to see it out on the rocks.  Let me know how you like that front axle.

[Steve_925]

radiators back off and getting mount how it was originally with the fan in front and not at an angle. gonna have to rework the exhaust too. lame!

[Steve_925]

just finished up mounting my new aluminum radiator. worked out pretty well and fits much better. now i just have to have the outlet rewelded since it was pointing the wrong direction. i re-did my exaust for the 5th time, this one is crazyer than any of them. i put my exhaust into my slider. i was going to come out of my slider and into a muffler, but i got a crazy idea of making some baffles and sliding them into the tube and making my slider a muffler. IT WORKED. i didnt take any pics along the way but what i did is i took a piece of 1/2" hollow tube and welded little flaps to it. the flaps(baffles) run about 3 feet into the tube.hopfully it holds up.
in the picture you can see where my old exhaust was.

[axled89]

that should work at least for awhile.   lol.

[89sastoyo]

haha exaust is so fun man whats it sound like? But that is much better than the other you had going on no affence it was just crazy lol. just make sure no one touches your slider lol. deff originally for sure.

[BUDDERS]

Wow, you got an imagination man.  I don't think I would have thought of that solution.