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Reply #58 - 20th Annual TLCA Rubithon (6/20/08) & Coyote Lake (7/3/08)
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Reply #61 - MCR8/Rubicon (9/12/09) & Mirror Lake (10/31/09)
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Reply #112 - CAL4WD's 45th Annual Sierra Trek/Fordyce Trail (8/11/12)



Since I own this forum I get to be the first to show off my rig


I've got a 1981 SR5 shortbed that I bought from Marlin on July 4th.


Here are the "then and now" pictures..

[BigMike]

I pulled out the stock 2.4l 22R and replaced it with a 1995 T100 2.7l 3RZ-FE.

[Mike D]

It looks so pretty 

[BigMike]

I haven't gotten much time to get out and play with it yet, so here are some basic pictures that Ive got so far

[98runner chevota]

very nice mike. VERY Cute BaBe with the TRuck To

Mark

[83yota]

  

[SWAMPER]

Mike I dint know you were asian

Hey how are those bald x-terrains holding up they look slick

[BigMike]

These tires actually suck monkey balls, dont buy em.

I see them all over the place at school under SUVs and lifted Chevy Trucks and Mall rated Jeeps. I cant wait until I change my tires so I cant be affiliated with any of those marroons.

[SWAMPER]

I know X-Terrains suck possers like em cause they look off-road but last hella long

[Jared]

man mike your doing one hell of a job with that rig also... i still remember when your dad told me you finally got a rig....  Good luck and i cant wait till next summer man....  keep it up..... this ones for you.... 

[Mike D]

looking good BigMike !!! 

[TrackVino]

Very nice, and a quick build, mine will take about twice as long

[iNfErNaL]

Damn,that looks pretty nice!. .Oh yeah,you're truck looks pretty cool too. .

[FATB0Y]

Big Mike Like your Rig How much trouble was the 3RZ swap and was it worth it? I have A 94 Xtr cab W/22RE and 31X10.5 on the hwy it sucks in 5th gear.

[BigMike]

Big Mike Like your Rig How much trouble was the 3RZ swap and was it worth it? I have A 94 Xtr cab W/22RE and 31X10.5 on the hwy it sucks in 5th gear.

I'll just sat that it was alot of fun
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=4401.0

[BigMike]

Got some new pictures I haven't uploaded from the 4Runner Jambo last month

The first 3 pics are from Lower Big Johnson.

Excellent Rear Suspension in the 4th pic that's early into Claw Hammer.

[BigMike]

[BigMike]

The area picture is from atop a huge mound of red rocks in the middle of nowhere, just before the entrance to the Outter Limits trail.

The Jeep belongs to Carlos, the 84 XtraCab 4.3l Chevy rig is 4THEWKN's and mine is on the right

[iNfErNaL]

Sweet pics!!! ,looked for you,but didn't see you out there.Only saw your dad .

[BigMike]

Yeah I know, I didn't get to meet as many people as I was expecting. I ran two trails on Friday and then drove around and checked out some mines on Saturday morning, and then drove into the back side of Outter Limits about noon and hiked down to meet the group that was coming up.

After this summer my rig will be ready for all the trails up there I hope, so next year I'll run with the big boys on the big trails

[BigMike]

In that next to last picture, after we took some pictures of rigs passing by, we drove out onto that dry lake bed and around the mountain range to the right and checked out some mind shafts that we couldn't find. GPS was on but we couldn't locate the mines.

Anyhow, the three of us were in high range doing a good 70 across that lake bed. I only had 5 - 7 psi in my tires too, I was a bit worried they would get cooked. But that lake bed was as smooth as ice. And there was a slight breeze to the west, so we were driving a bit staggered from one another in three different parallel lines. It was like a car commercial. The 4.3 was on my front right and the Wrangler was on my rear left, and our dust trails were really really long

That had to have been one of the coolest things I've ever done in a desert on flat ground. Also in the middle of the lake, there is a mound that divides a military zone. Many many "No Tresspassing, Government Military Site" signs that ran down the entire length of the lake. It was really cool-

[iNfErNaL]

the three of us were in high range doing a good 70 across that lake bed. I only had 5 - 7 psi in my tires too, I was a bit worried they would get cooked. But that lake bed was as smooth as ice.

Yup ,that's a LOT of fun,we were haulin' arse on our way to our trail,i'd say I got up to about 55,60 with 4 psi all around,and @ one point got all 4s off the ground,my son and I were having a blast!!!!.Don't know if any of my friends got pics,but that sure was a lot of fun!!!!.

[KDC]

That had to have been one of the coolest things I've ever done in a desert on flat ground. Also in the middle of the lake, there is a mound that divides a military zone. Many many "No Tresspassing, Government Military Site" signs that ran down the entire length of the lake. It was really cool-

Hey BigMike, I remember when I was like 9 years old ridin with my dad and a friend from the Victor Valley 4 Wheelers doin a scouting run to find new areas for trails, and we came over a ridge and saw some tanks shooting target practice.  It was so cool.

[BigMike]

Awesome- Yeah, we heard a lot of explosions and Angelo said that it was some bombs. He used to be in the Military and he knew those sounds

[norcalyoter]

hey big mike i was wondering if you have seen the movie tango and cash? cause your rig looks alot like one in the movie not the black one but when they show the warehouse forthe first time you see it pull in just thought i would bring it up

[whiteman]

hey big mike i was wondering if you have seen the movie tango and cash? cause your rig looks alot like one in the movie not the black one but when they show the warehouse forthe first time you see it pull in just thought i would bring it up

       
       I know what your talking about,  thats a good movie.

[BigMike]

I recently took some pictures of my engine bay, and since I have not shared a pic of it here since Nov of 2004, here ya go

I got the valve cover powder coated Sept. 19th of last year but I haven't taken any pics of it until now.

[wa4x4]

That looks legit Mike! Glad you stuck with the 2 tone!

[CrazyYota]

any action pics in snow?

[BigMike]

There is a video of my truck in the snow on my MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/husoku) but its not that great of a video for what you are looking for. I have another action video of my truck at full throttle going around a tree stump, but I have not figured out how to convert DVD to DivX for free.

Anyone know of excellent FREEware that can rip DVDs to AVI/MPEG/DivX/etc ?