Fire Guys '86 Toy Xcab with 300+hp pre-runner

[FireGuysRacing]

Well, as requested I am starting a thread for the build up of my pre runner for our race team.  I'll start with some pictures and get into the stuff I am doing to it soon.

Jason

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

that thing is sweet man... looks good

[GJToyotabug]

looks good jason let me know when you are in town again i'll be happy to help, i might not be much help but i make good company

[THK Matt]

DAMNNNNNNNN

I will be watchin this sucker fo sho.

[FireGuysRacing]

I will be there for the next two days starting about midday tomorrow.

Jason

[GJToyotabug]

cool pm me your address and i'll see if i can make it out considering i'm missing an engine right now   so lets hope i can make it out

[boggerunner]

can i stop by after work around 5 and check it out?

[GJToyotabug]

if you go phill you got to give me a ride

[FireGuysRacing]

Man, I hate to do this to you but tomorrows Captain here at the fire station called in sick and I have been put on mandetory overtime.  I am going to have to cancel my trip down there this week.  I'll keep you informed on when I will be back down.  It sucks, but on the bright side its more $$$ for the projects right!?!

Jason

[NorCalToy]

dang...nice setup. waht suspension are you running up front?

[GJToyotabug]

oh dang well ya win some ya lose some but yeah always nice to have money

[THK Matt]

dang...nice setup. waht suspension are you running up front?

Total Chaos, I believe.

[88_Pathy]

What was done to the 3.4 to get 300+ hp? Those are some beasty numbers.

[GJToyotabug]

hmm from the looks of it it has a supercharger and probably some head work and a bore but idk

[FireGuysRacing]

Yes, I am running Total Chaos Second generation suspension so it will have 12" of front wheel travel with a coil over, by-pass, and a bump shock per corner on the front.  The rear has a trussed Ford 9" with 35 spline chromoly axles, a by-pass shock, and a bump shock.  I am putting in a 22 gallon fuel cell and will be making a place in front of the rear axle to store stuff and that will be an extra tank for fuel that I will just plum into the fuel cell to fill it when it gets low.  We will be caging it front to back very similar to our race truck with a couple differences and upgrades with tricks of the trade we have learned over the years.  As for the motor, it is a 3.4 ltr supercharged Toyota V6 with larger injectors and run with an SDS computer.   I am figuring that motor with the supercharger is probably 280-285hp with headers on it, then I am adding larger injectors and aftermarket brain to tell it what I want it to do.  SDS is the computer we are running the race truck with and you are able to tune 30-40+ hp on the dyno when all is said and done.  Oh yeah, it will have the Tundra conversion fiberglass.

Jason

[NorCalToy]

wow, way nice setup...have you run the truck at all or waht? im really interested in hearing how you like the TC kit with 4x4 still.

[Duffil]

in thanks for the chance.

[FireGuysRacing]

I actually have run the truck with the first gen TC kit so it was torsion bar with a single bypass shock before and it worked great.  The second gen TC kit will have the same wheel travel just with a coil over, by-pass, and a bump shock which should be nice.  The truck is in the state you see it in the pictures right now so we will all have to watch the progress as I am able to get it done!

Jason

[THK Matt]

oh so  thats what a 2ng gen TC Caddy kit does... eliminates the torsion bars?! AWESOME!

[GJToyotabug]

also better ride when your jumping and all that

[THK Matt]

also better ride when your jumping and all that

Well of course.

Its a more consistant travel track and its more responsive.

[SteveB]

Are you keeping the 4x4 or disconnecting it? I know a lot of dessert guys dont like the 4x4 because it limits front end travel.

[FireGuysRacing]

Keeping it.  The race truck is 2wd so the prerunner/chase vehicle will remain 4wd.  I will have to service the CV boots quite often with 12" of travel up front, but that is the price to pay with this set-up.  Baja almost requires 4wd in some places, if we can't keep up a decent pace in the race truck we get stuck.  We will probably see who wants to go play in the silt of Baja next time we try to race down there and try to get a truck or two for the really bad silt beds and most of your trucks built the way they are with the very large tires would be able to move around the silt beds and pull us through if need be with ease!

Jason

[THK Matt]

Are you keeping the 4x4 or disconnecting it? I know a lot of dessert guys dont like the 4x4 because it limits front end travel.

you run T100 or Porsche 930 CVs.

[FireGuysRacing]

T-100

[GJToyotabug]

i was thinking the same thing downey makes some good axles for it

[SteveB]

downey gets those axles from race runner. I would know i used to work there

[GJToyotabug]

ok then go to race runner

[THK Matt]

That settles that

[boggerunner]

i stopped by today and bought the interior cage outta this truck today, it looks sweet.
thanks jason