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  1. dorton

    Pongo, The story of our 2016 Tacoma

    In the later part of 2015, while doing some camping and wheeling with a good friend, a plan for a trip was born. With the trip, came the necessity of more room than my 2007 FJ Cruiser(named Scully) had to offer. It did great for local runs, and weekend trips, but my 63qt fridge ate up almost...
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    Chevy 63's on a 1st gen 4runner

    I have been contemplating about what to do to the rear suspension of my 4runner. I have budbuilt spring hangers and other goodies to do the chevy 63" leafspring swap. One of my concerns are, if i do the swap in the rear, i will need to do something about the front to even it out. I have explored...
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    1st Gen 4runner Suspension Suggestions

    I have an 86 4runner that I have been trying to decide what route I am going with the suspension. I'm not interested in building a SAS, a crawler mudder, or any other combo of big tire monster. Right now the suspension is stock and I'm running 265/75r16s which I am very happy with. I do not...
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    My Boomerang 1st Gen 4runner build

    I sold this one about 3 years ago, and was recently called by the person that purchased it from me. He was wanting to dump it because it had a blown head gasket just past the current 300k mark. I was excited, because when I sold it the first time, it was almost by accident. I had priced it...
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    My 70' K5 Blazer build up

    I posted a thread recently about possibly building up a project we've had for quite a while. Here is the thread where I was curious, and posted about possible powertrain combo's. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/73852-Thoughts-on-PowerPlant-for-possible-Project?highlight= The...
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    Thoughts on PowerPlant for possible Project

    I have a 70' Chevy Blazer that has been sitting in my garage for the last 10 years or so. It is a very nice old rig, and just within the last couple weeks I've gotten the itch to start messing with it again. It has been probably 6 or 7 years since it was fired up. I changed all the fluids...
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