driffter33's Build Thread

[driffter33]

looks good man. hope that spring doesnt pop out.

Ya I am happy with it. The setup is stiff like an old 3/4 ton truvk but that will get better ass I add armour. The springs aren't going any where, they are a tight fit with the shocks disconected. With them conected the springs are in there good.

 

[mcgarrey]

question

hey i am wanting to get 315 75 16s currious as to what kind of backspacing you recomend and if you think they will work on my 97 toyota, i have a 3 inch suspension lift and a 3 inch body bout am waiting to get the tires obviously to put it all together

 

[driffter33]

A few pics from King of the Hammers 2012 camp out.

KOH 1012 pictures by driffter33 - Photobucket

Free Ride Home!

 

[catalina34]

Cleaned up the engine bay a little this morning.

Here is a pic of Spectre filter, air raid smooth bore intake, and Poweraid cyclone spacer that has been bored out so is now just a spacer.

and here is the fitch fuel Catullus.

How did you get the MAF tube out of the airbox? Cut it?

 

[driffter33]

How did you get the MAF tube out of the airbox? Cut it?

Sorry haven't been on this thread for months been too into my mnt biking! Recently placed 3rd overall in the socall Triple Crown Mnt Bike series!!!

Some where in my thread I think there is a pick that shows how my MAF tube broke over haf way around so I really had no choice but to cut the rest of the way and ditch the filter box! Makes a big differance on under hood noise! I liked the change!

 

[driffter33]

Well again I wanted to do things a touch different and recently started on a set of one off custom skid plates! Here are a few pics there wil be more when I find time to build the center section tha will connect to the front section go allthe way back to the gas tank skid.

 

[driffter33]

So I got sometime today to work on a belly skid. It is not finnished yet but its on the runner.

It was dark by the time we got it bolted on so untill tomarrow this will have to do. I'm very happy with the way this turnned out!

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

Sweet! Looking good Jay! It's been a while, how ya been man?

By any chance, would you like this thread moved to the 3rd gen T4R's section? I think you'll get a lot more appreciation over there.

 

[driffter33]

Yup been awhile! I need to get the runner ready for KOH!
Yes it would be sweet to have this moved over to the 3rd Gen section and delete the (out of order) from the title!

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

Yup been awhile! I need to get the runner ready for KOH!
Yes it would be sweet to have this moved over to the 3rd Gen section and delete the (out of order) from the title!

Your wish is my command, sir!

 

[driffter33]

Hey thanks for the move master modorator COB!

 

[SCRunner12]

Glad to see you're back! All of you SoCal guys just fell off the forums, but are slowly coming back. Nice work on the skids. How are you bolting the belly skid on?

 

[brian2sun]

Good work Jay! Just a thought.. Even with my external cooler, I noticed my tranny gets a little hotter with my skids on. You may want to drill some holes on the sides to improve airflow if needed.

 

[driffter33]

Glad to see you're back! All of you SoCal guys just fell off the forums, but are slowly coming back. Nice work on the skids. How are you bolting the belly skid on?

Tis the season of the 4runner!;-) Right now the belly skid is only bolted to the front skid and to the rear cross member. I will be adding bolts through the tranny mount cross member aswell.

" Good work Jay! Just a thought.. Even with my external cooler, I noticed my tranny gets a little hotter with my skids on. You may want to drill some holes on the sides to improve airflow if needed."

Brian, I agree! I'm hoping that my 2" body lift helps also. The nice thing about doing things custom is that you can change any time you want and I am less than $200 into my skids.

 

[driffter33]

So here are a couple of pics of the bellypan installed. There will be some more mounting points added.

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

Those are cool! Love how they extend all the way side to side to each frame rail.

BTW, I'm in for KOH this year. Last year was a blast, no way I'm skipping this year. I'll come a lot more prepared this time around.

It would be sweet to tow out a trailer to keep the truck lighter in the desert. We all meeting up together like last year? Same spot, right?

 

[Bandit Runner]

Nice skidplates! I'm glad your build thread got moved over here, because I missed a lot of your updates.

 

[SantaCruzRunner]

Those are cool! Love how they extend all the way side to side to each frame rail.

x2 they look sweet :banana:

 

[driffter33]

Those are cool! Love how they extend all the way side to side to each frame rail.

BTW, I'm in for KOH this year. Last year was a blast, no way I'm skipping this year. I'll come a lot more prepared this time around.

It would be sweet to tow out a trailer to keep the truck lighter in the desert. We all meeting up together like last year? Same spot, right?

Thanks!

I'm not sure how KOH meet up is going down this year yet! A trailer would be sooo sweet!

 

[driffter33]

Went and found a bit of snow new years day, good times!