Thepinktaco's SAC

[thepinktaco]

95 Tacoma 2.7 5 speed

Before:
- 3 in Toytec front spacer
- 2.5 in Procomp add a leaf
- 32 x 11.5 Mud Kings
- 01-04 style tail lights
- Downey Header
- Flowmaster 40 series muffler
- Faded paint and custom dents

Now:
- FJ 80 front axle with E-locker
- FJ 80 OME J springs
- Dual triangulated 4 link
- Turbo trans/case with 4.7s
- 63" Chevy rear springs
- E-locker rear
- 1 halfdoor
- 2x6 Sliders cut out rockers
- Homemade rear bumper
- Homemade plate front bumper with winch
- More faded paint and dents



At Paragon this past summer for TTORA Mini-takover


Cutting away


Glad to see this gone



Sitting all clean with the axle mocked in place


Steering box in


2x4x.250 crossmember and all the brackets cut out


New T-case mount


Coilbuckets

[thepinktaco]

Back on the ground, moved the axle forward about 2 inches



Flex pics. Couldnt go any higher because the tire was lifting the truck on the bumper.




Still need limit chains and lower the bumpstops so this doesnt happen. Link hitting the tie rod when turned and flexed.


I need to buy new coils too. Either 4 or 6 inch springs for the FJ 80. The truck drives super smooth, better than it did stock and alot better than with the spacer lift. Ill have more pics of it in a month or so because the truck is at home and Im at school.

[jhama78]

You Taco guys trip me out with your acronyms... Nice SAC... lol The SAS looks good mayne

[crash]

WTF is a SAC

[thepinktaco]

Solid axle conversion.

[mkmarz]

sac

Can't wait to wheel with ya in the spring.

[85xtracab]

SAC must be an east coast thing

lookin forward to seeing it wheel.

[jhama78]

Originally Posted by 85xtracab

SAC must be an east coast thing

lookin forward to seeing it wheel.

Nah its not a regional thing... from what Ive seen its a Tacoma only thing... never heard anybody doing a SAS on a 86-95 call it a SAC....

[crash]

Bunch of clowns

[KYOTA]

its a ttora thing, they all have it in their sigs "GOT SAC?" "I Been SAC'd!!" etc.

[randii]

Back in the mid-90s, the cool kids called it a live-axle swap.

Wonder what it will be in 2010?

Randii

[thepinktaco]

I only call it a SAC because whenever Im talking to someone I always said solid axle conversion instead of swap. People that dont know much about the subject thought I was just swaping solid axles instead of converting from IFS to solid. Most of the time now I just call it straight axled.

[thepinktaco]

I still need to finish a bunch of stuff but it rides great. One of the upper links needs to be moved, finish welding the exhaust up, make actual shock tabs on the links, buy bigger coils, and definetly swap the leaf springs. That pic was taken with the front end and trans/tcase in the bed though. I was suprised that the coils compressed to almost half the expanded height. Ill be getting some 6 inch lift coils to go in it once I get it back on the road.

[PaulW]

You definately need to beef up your links.

[munsen]

You need to PAINT DAT SHIT!!!!! The eastcoast and rust are the debil!

[thepinktaco]

Originally Posted by munsen

You need to PAINT DAT SHIT!!!!! The eastcoast and rust are the debil!

Everyone says that. I had to get the truck out of the shop before I could paint it and now its just sitting at my house while I finish up school. Its been to cold to paint it. It will come right off with the wire brush so Im not worried about it.

[CronusTRD]

That fag Jason Demello wanted to coin his own term, so he started calling it a SAC and all the equally faggy lemmings decided to hug his golden nutsack and follow him.

[Davidtacoma]

Originally Posted by PaulW

You definately need to beef up your links.

I've told him that 2-3 time on TTORA and the dude don't listen!!!! its only 1.5" tubing unsleeved at that!!!!

-David

[thepinktaco]

Originally Posted by Davidtacoma

I've told him that 2-3 time on TTORA and the dude don't listen!!!! its only 1.5" tubing unsleeved at that!!!!

-David

Ive listened. Its what I had at the time and Im still not sure if the setup is going to work the way I want it. Once I drive the thing and make sure it handles Im going to sleeve the lowers. When doing my links I was goign to go with 1 3/4 x.250 and was told plenty of times that it was in stock. When it came down to buying it they didnt have it and noone in the area carried it. I only had 2 days to get it done so I had to use what I had.

[Davidtacoma]

Originally Posted by thepinktaco

Ive listened. Its what I had at the time and Im still not sure if the setup is going to work the way I want it. Once I drive the thing and make sure it handles Im going to sleeve the lowers. When doing my links I was goign to go with 1 3/4 x.250 and was told plenty of times that it was in stock. When it came down to buying it they didnt have it and noone in the area carried it. I only had 2 days to get it done so I had to use what I had.

Buy some 2" .250 and stick what you have in there, then you should be good

-David

[thepinktaco]

Originally Posted by Davidtacoma

Buy some 2" .250 and stick what you have in there, then you should be good

-David

Thats what I plan on doing. Im also going to box in the link mounts and probably brace them so they never move, that is once I get to test it out. If I cant find a way to get around the interference problems Im going to have to come up with new lowers anyways.

[thepinktaco]

Havent updated this in awhile.

Truck drives and wheels great. Made a 700+ mile wheeling trip to Rausch Creek in July and rode smooth and straight the whole way. I get no bump steer either. Overall Im happy except that the truck leans about an 1 or 2 lower on the drivers side.

A couple of poser shots.





And I finally got the tie rod at Rausch Creek.
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The tie rod is now 1.25" DOM sleeved with 1" solid. Everything has held up great except for the front diff cover which has a few nice dents in it. Wont be wheeling until springtime anyways so it gives me time to get some diff protection.

[thepinktaco]

Well its been awhile since an update.



Swapped the w56 out for a R151 turbo trans with 4.7s using the R155 bellhousing for the 3rz to R151



Single twin stick mod, free and easy.



Made up a new rear bumper with hitch. Finally got side protection and the first time out I still broke out the tail light.

[thepinktaco]

Just finished up the sliders and its finally been nice to put the half door on. Cut the old rotted slammed in rockers out and replaced with 2x6 welded to the frame and body mounts. Still need to find a lighter red to match the rest of the truck better.

[thepinktaco]

Side protection didnt help when this was hiding in the bushes.