66' R2.8 FJ ... round 2 - Lateral-g Forums

Sheck44 · #1 11-08-2018, 06:57 PM

Ok ... here we go again, but this time more emphasis on Resto

NO rust 1966 FJ40 from Alaska

PLan;
Very traditional exterior, awesome drivetrain, and bad A!! interior
Colour - Toyota Calvary blue, traditional white hard top, white front grill/bezel and powder coated custom 16" white smoothie wheels with 33's
OME 2" suspension with Fox shocks (again)
Crate Cummins R2.8 Diesel engine, GM NV4500 5 speed tranny, Toyota split case
and lots of cool crap

so far ....
Stripped down to bare steel and epoxied

IMG_0354 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

IMG_0391 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

ALL holes are getting filled in

IMG_0352 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2018-09-27 at 9.59.04 AM by Steve Heck, on Flickr

Sheck44 · #2 11-08-2018, 06:59 PM

New crate R2.8 Cummins Diesel engine

IMG_7748 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

**syborg tt** · #3 11-18-2018, 08:32 AM

Subscribed

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Sheck44 · #4 11-19-2018, 06:13 AM

So ... found a guy in Washington that will tune this little baby to put out 480 foot Lbs of torque !! Thats more than my 6.0L LS

Cant wait to see this !

Steve

**waynieZ** · #5 11-19-2018, 01:44 PM

Wow you'll be able to pull full grown trees out of the ground!!
SWEET! you know I'll be watching!

Sheck44 · #6 11-19-2018, 06:02 PM

LMAO ... yup, mom will be happy

**Ketzer** · #7 11-20-2018, 07:57 PM

Who did you source the wheels through?
We’ve been toying with the idea of going to 18s on ours just to give it some more stability on the highway. Nothing like the wallow of 33s on a 15x6 wheel....

Jeff-