The Turbo Rock Lobster

[steezemcqueen]

Dylan's 1997 4Runner SR5 5 Speed 4WD.

Companies and People who have helped along the way


Total Chaos Fabrication

InSain Fabrication

Icon Vehicle Dynamics

FN Wheels

Baja Designs

Cooper Tire

Specs

1997 4Runner SR5 4WD. Sunfire Red
3.4L 5VZ-FE Turbocharged.
R150F 5 Speed
Differential Gear Ratio: 4.88:1
Max Crawl Ratio: 223:1
Front Lift: 3.5 inches
Rear Lift: 5 inches

Modifications

Engine
Custom Turbo setup
Garrett GTX3076R Turbo
Front mount intercooler
Greddy BOV
550cc injectors
E85 and 91 tunes
AEM FIC6
3 inch turbo-back exhaust
Borla XR-1 muffler

Drivetrain
Exedy Clutch
URD Short Shifter
Marlin Crawler TacoBox Dual Case Setup with 4.7 low range gears
Homemade Transfer Case Crossmember with 4xInnovations mount
Elocker Axle Swap
Front ARB Air Locker
4.88 Gears


Suspension, Wheels, Tires
ICON 2.5 front coilovers
OME 861 rear coils
Custom spec'd ICON 2.5 rear shocks
Total Chaos UCA's
1" diff drop
2" body lift
Panhard bar drop
DOM lower and upper links and Panhard bar with Heims
No sway bars
ToyTec extended front and rear stainless braided brake lines
315/75/16 Cooper STT Pros
16x8 Konig Countersteer Offroad wheels from FN Wheels

Exterior, Armor, Recovery
InSain Fab front bumper
ComeUp Seal Gen2 9.5rs Winch
Rear bumper with swing out tire carrier, Hi-Lift and RotoPax gas can mount. Built by InSain
BudBuilt front skid
Lil' Skip's belly pan
Lil' Skips gas tank skid
Lotus Development RCAMS
Marlin Crawler Rear Full Face Diff Armor
Full Wrap
CVT Mt Baker Hardshell tent
InSain Fab Aluminum Modular Roof Rack

Lighting
2002 Model Clear Headlights
Morimoto Stage III D2S 55w HID Projector Retrofit from
Clear corner lights
Baja Designs Squadron Fogs and Reverse lights
Baja Designs 20 inch Onx6 light bar
Baja Designs S2 camp lights

Interior
Interior lights and gauges swapped to LED's
Boost Gauge
Innovate MTX-L Wideband AFR Gauge
LoTek Double Pillar Pod
Ultragauge
Kenwood Head Unit
Uniden CB/PA
ARB cargo drawer system with ARB fridge and Alucab tilting fridge slide

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Timeline

first i started with Chuck Norris

then i got Shelia

Shelia turned into this

on to the Rock Lobster

 

[steezemcqueen]

wheeled it stock for awhile

lifted

flexed

 

[JohnsD90]

Where is Chuck now?

 

[steezemcqueen]

Where is Chuck now?

chillin at home, my dad put chains on all 4's and gets firewood with it around the property. thing goes anywhere.

 

[auxiliary]

That false floor is pretty awesome.

 

[SkylineGTRracer]

I love how you have ALL Toyotas. gotta love that front end!

 

[steezemcqueen]

naked shot

teaser shot

gonna finish it up tomorrow and have a couple other things done

 

[oxn]

love the wheels. going to something or other like that...:fro:

-O-

 

[steezemcqueen]

giggity

 

[steezemcqueen]

annnnnnd they're back

crappy pic but i only had my phone

 

[Duhockey]

annnnnnd they're back

crappy pic but i only had my phone

oooohhhh, preeeetttttyyyy lights!
:dancin:

 

[steezemcqueen]

front has been jacked up :guitar3:

before

 

[auxiliary]

What did you use to lift the front up?

 

[steezemcqueen]

What did you use to lift the front up?

they are fabtech coilovers..i just adjusted them up

 

[(4)runnin'it]

gosh why'd you wait soo long to crank up the front, that looks 9000 times better.

 

[UARandy3]

gosh why'd you wait soo long to crank up the front, that looks 9000 times better.

Agreed. Looks much better now. Looking good man!

 

[steezemcqueen]

gosh why'd you wait soo long to crank up the front, that looks 9000 times better.

they were used coilovers and the adjusting collars were seized. i finally got around to disassembling and rebuilding them yesterday

thanks guys :guitar3:

tire time

 

[Duhockey]

gosh why'd you wait soo long to crank up the front, that looks 9000 times better.

LOL,
the coilovers were seized, he tried everything short of a bomb to get them to move,

thats why it took him so long! :lol:

Im sure he will chime in with the rest of the story of how he fixed it.

 

[steezemcqueen]

better picture of the rock lights

 

[Duhockey]

better picture of the rock lights

Tis true, but it needs to be darker too...

too light outside... go somewhere darker!