4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Homepage 4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine
Get Adobe Flash player

2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner - Introducing Project Venture Toy

2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Mastercraft Seats
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Billet Adapter
Here's the piece that let's... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Billet Adapter
Here's the piece that let's us take a Tacoma Prerunner and mate its 2WD version auto tranny to a transfer case. Inchworm Rock Walkin' Gear has designed this billet goodie to replace the 2WD tailhousing and output driveshaft yoke and make the tail look like the rear of a GM TH350 tranny. Along with a splined coupler, this opens the door to a variety of transfer case possibilities. We'll show you more on this adapter kit and what we plan to bolt up behind it in the next project installment.
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Oil Pan Conversion Kit
To give you a peek forward,... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Oil Pan Conversion Kit
To give you a peek forward, we'll be torching off the entire front suspension and rebuilding to fit a solid axle up front. In anticipation of things to come, we sourced an oil pan conversion from Sky Manufacturing. The stock oil pan is a front sump type to clear the IFS componentry. For our axle conversion, a rear sump is needed. Sky has assembled the genuine Toyota parts sourced from the 2WD T100 truck and offers them in kit form at a reasonable cost. The oil pickup and dipstick components are included.
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Remove Fender Flares
We started the project by... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Remove Fender Flares
We started the project by stripping off a lot of the stock parts. We'll need room to fit some larger tires so the fender flares needed to go and we'll be trimming some sheetmetal later. Both bumpers were pulled as they will be replaced as well.
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Strip Interior
Further stripping took place... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Strip Interior
Further stripping took place in the interior of the truck as we prepared for safety upgrades in the form of an interior cage and the swap to a set of aftermarket suspension seats. We'll be cutting into the floor a bit to sprout a couple shifter levers when we add a transfer case.
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Rollcage Tubing
We purchased an internal cage... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Rollcage Tubing
We purchased an internal cage kit from Offroad Solutions in Arvada, Colorado. They sell a preassembled (2-pieces) version and this unassembled kit built from beefy 1 3/4" x .120" wall DOM tubing. The cages are available for '95-'04 Tacoma X-tra cab models and the kit we got can be shipped to your location via UPS.
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Tubing Wrap
Tubing goodness showed up... 
   
  read full caption
2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner Tubing Wrap
Tubing goodness showed up at our door about a week or so later. UPS delivered the cage kit in two bundles and a box holding the smaller tubes and mounting hardware. Total weight of the three packages was about 100 lbs. The tubing was all shrink-wrapped together and the cut and notched ends were protected with cardboard caps.

Prev | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | Next

Discuss in Our Forums
Jeep Wrangler Research
Jeep Wrangler The all new Jeep Wrangler is a good car, with practical styling to fit your lifestyle. Fuel efficiency is important and the 2010 Wrangler with a 18.6 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 15.5 capacity gets 17 mpg, and can seat 4 people comfortably. You may also be interested in the Jeep Liberty and the Ford Escape.

Related Photos

Latest Articles
 
New Products - What Will They Think Of Next?
New Products Gets Supersized... more
 
 
2007 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited - J 100 K
A JK Way Beyond Unlimited... more
 
1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ Buildup - TJ Transformed
A 1997 TJ Made "Rock Ready"... more

More Related Content