Her name is Leroy.

[aLaFleur]

I've had this truck for a few years now. The only one of many that I just cant let go. I'm pretty far along into the build though so I guess i'll just hit the highlights... It's a 1980 toyota sr5 looooong bed.

The day I picked her up





After the first drop...



Then she got some bbs's



New grill headlight trim and corner lights folled by a buff and wax





And this is where the motor gave out on me. Why repair when you can upgrade? I blew up the beastly (80ish hp) 20r so I decided to swap in a 2rz from a 96 tacoma. The motor literaly only has 200 original miles on it. The truck was totaled right after it was bought.

Bye bye 20r







Hello 2rz! This is the donor truck

[aLaFleur]

Took forever to cut the motor out of there



I've never seen this swap done in this model truck before and if it has been i'll be damned if I can find any info on it so i'm just making it up as I go haha Had to make new mounts of course...



And an oil pan...

[aLaFleur]

Some new wheels were in order of course. Don't see enough stanced trucks and mine isn't quite there YET... These are the track wheels. The fancy ones are a secret for a little bit longer So Super advan sa3r's 16x8 et28 and 16x9 et25

Before



After





I had a nice little pile of wheels for a while haha



Now the swap is an increase in power and all buuuuut I want to go fast



I'm going to have to build a different turbo mani since this one sits so high.



A few shots while I was switching shops








New tires





New radiator



New shifter

[aLaFleur]

Working out the supension right now and I still have to finish up the harness to get it driveable. Here's how she is sitting right now



I'm skipping a lot of parts and stuff here and i'm keeping most of the other plans under wraps. Almost everything is already purcased as far as interior and stuff... Should be nice and unique (I hope) And yes, nasty offset wheels, irs swap, and flares are on the list... Shouldn't be much longer now.

[Volvosome]

that turbo is tiny, not really thought its gigantic.

[ChristopherJason]

looking good man i like the 3 Spoke Rims on there better then the BBS's

[mrturboextreme]

I like what your doing here.

Please continue.

[KürBFèéleR]

Damn, this will be sick

[aLaFleur]

Thanks guys!

[Bodoman]

Awesome stuff. Love old trucks like this. Keep it up

[NorCalFocus]

New shifter

[Jesus Christ]

Awesome build, love old yotas.

[blowntwofive]

love it man please dont ruin it with flairs the body is way way too clean too do that

[aLaFleur]

Even have some wood grain grips for it that match my steering wheel.

love it man please dont ruin it with flairs the body is way way too clean too do that

That's the only reason I haven't done it already... I'm not 100% sure if i'm doing it or not yet but I do want to soooo bad.

[Madhatter]

wow this is nice... haha