Complete Corvette drivetrain in a '74 toyota Hilux

[hambler]

That's out of the blue!
Good work on that minitruck, looks really cool. Keeping the patina, I suppose?
For images, I use imgur , after I resize it to 1024x something , click on the small arrow in the upper right corner of the picture>get share links > BBCode (forums) and paste it directly in the text field on here.
Now that you know that, don't be shy on pictures.

Yep keeping the patina, I'm not into nice paint - then you're just scared to use the vehicle, and especially with this being a truck I want to use it and abuse it! I'm guessing the resizing of the pictures is the trick I was missing, if I get it figured out I have lots of pictures!

[gnmzl]

That's out of the blue!
Good work on that minitruck, looks really cool. Keeping the patina, I suppose?
For images, I use imgur , after I resize it to 1024x something , click on the small arrow in the upper right corner of the picture>get share links > BBCode (forums) and paste it directly in the text field on here.
Now that you know that, don't be shy on pictures.

[Quillhill36]

This is sick. S/w photos just suck.

[hambler]

I seem to be struggling with pictures- a lot of the pictures I try to upload, either directly from my computer or through a link to the Imgur file, fail. Any tips or tricks, not sure what I'm missing?

[hambler]

Hello all, I am new to this forum and thought I would share my latest build. I have a 1974 Toyota Hilux that I bought because I love small cars, especially small trucks and I thought it would be an awesome vehicle to build. As these things do, the project got a little carried away. I knew I wanted it to be relatively lightweight, handle well, retain the stock width and most importantly not cut into the bed or mount anything in the bed- I want to use this as a truck, and thus it needs a fully functioning bed. What was originally going to be Miata suspension with an aluminum 5.3 LS truck engine resulted in me purchasing a wrecked 2013 Grand Sport Corvette. For those not familiar, these came with a hand built dry sump Ls3 (which we are adding an LSA blower to), a z06 6 speed manual transmission, z06 differential, z06 suspension and z06 brakes. To fit it all under my little truck we made a custom frame from scratch which narrowed the front suspension mounting points 13" and the rear suspension mounting points 15". I realize this does change certain characteristics of the suspension geometry, and if it's effected enough to cause problems I will redesign it later to fix whatever issues I find. It is getting a cage closely resembling an NHRA 8.50 cage, and if I ever run an NHRA sanctioned event (would really like to compete in Hot Rod Drag Week) I can easily modify the cage to be NHRA legal. Since this is Stanceworks, I'll mention wheels- I have 3 and half sets. I have a set of 3 piece CCW classics, custom made with specific offsets and spacers to clear the z06 brakes with a 16" wheel in the back. They measure 16x10.5 in the back, and 17x4 in the front, and this is my drag setup. I then have a set of 3 piece HRE 547r's, measuring 18x9 in the front and 18x11 in the back. These will either be "show" wheels or maybe get very sticky rubber for autocross/road course duty. Finally we found a 18x8" steel wheels for VW transporter van that fit and clear the 6 piston brakes with a very small spacer. I have 6 of these wheels, and they will be my daily driver and burnout wheels (hence why I have two extra). There is a lot more going on in this build than I could begin to explain in an introduction paragraph, so if you have any questions just ask!
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