Hello,

I'm a new member with a a 1987 toyota short bed with a 22rte swap. I seem to have followed Pertano and Blazinrolla over here from toyota3tc.com. I'm a corolla lover and I bought this half done project truck from a young guy who intended to turn it into a drift truck. She has plenty of issues that are being ironed out now.

Against my better judgement about not buying second hand unfinished projects, I bought this thing for $1000. What makes it worse is the fact that this is a 3rd or 4th hand project and the motor is partially dismantled.



Turns out, the head is NA with a couple of stripped threads on the exhaust side. The block has the oil return boss so I assume it's a true turbo block. The AFM is for the 5mg supra. I was able to get it running as is just to check the oil pressure. I attached the afm directly to the intake and it started on the second try. Oil pressure was great.



The wiring also needs a good going though. I'm currently tearing down the motor to install new gaskets. I've never worked on a 22r so this is new to me.

More recent pics to come.

 

congrats and welcome mann...

 

Out of curiosity, what kind of suspension setup would one use on a drift truck? 4-link rear with coilovers all around? or were they planning on sticking with a leafspring setup?

 

welcome to toyotaminis.com.

 

Welcome to the site...truck is looking good!

 

Looks to me like you got a good lil truck to do some wrenching on and I have no doubt itll turn out to be a beast. Good luck with the buildup and hope to see more and hear more in the future. Welcome to toyotaminis man !

 

Welcome to toyota minis...

 

Thanks for the welcome.
I have been steadily working on her.
Replaced all the engine gaskets including the headgasket. Added some color.



The interior was bare when I bought it. Also had some rust issues in the floor.



Luckily most of it was surface rust caused by the leaking windshield. I did have to cut out one bad spot.





Test fitting the 4runner carpet and toyota fx16 seats I got from the junkyard.



I will coat the entire floor with POR-15.

 

Welcome to MINIS!!
Nice project truck!

 

looks good brotha welcome.. wow thats 3 of us

 

Well,
I finally installed the turbo. The previous owner removed the oil feed fitting from the block and lost it. For weeks I tried to find a fitting that would work but had no luck. My solution was to use a banjo bolt. I cut the feed line fitting off and connected the banjo bolt style fitting to the feed line with a swage connector.



I then spent 2 hours trying to bolt the oil lines to the block while still attached to the turbo. HUGE FAIL!!!!! I could not line up the banjo bolt threads into the block with the turbo attached. So, I install the lines first then bolted in the turbo. 20 minute job!!!



I need to modify the downpipe to line up with the turbo. She sounds like a beast with the open downpipe.

 

Looking good!!

 

I have a turbo truck and once you go turbo there is no other way,be careful of too much pressure or do you have the stock turbo?5-7 psi.good luck with all of the work ahead.

 

Thanks. The turbo is stock and I am not a power hog. I am happy with the the power it has.

Here is a pic as of today.









I just need to tighten up the suspension and complete the interior.

 

Thats a cool truck man. I wish i was making that kind of progress with mine lol

 

Lookin good! Can't wait to see it finished! It's posts like this that REALLY motivate me to do work on mine! Thx!

 

Welcome! You sure are making good things of that truck! Looks sweet! I like the 22rte. I have a 7mgte in mine and it has lots of power. But the 22rte sure would be a fun ride!

 

Nice job! looks great!

 

very nice! good job bro how did you clean the paint off the wheels?

 

progress looks awesome!