Hello all, I am new to this forum and thought I would share my latest build. I have a 1974 Toyota Hilux that I bought because I love small cars, especially small trucks and I thought it would be an awesome vehicle to build. As these things do, the project got a little carried away. I knew I wanted it to be relatively lightweight, handle well, retain the stock width and most importantly not cut into the bed or mount anything in the bed- I want to use this as a truck, and thus it needs a fully functioning bed. What was originally going to be Miata suspension with an aluminum 5.3 LS truck engine resulted in me purchasing a wrecked 2013 Grand Sport Corvette. For those not familiar, these came with a hand built dry sump Ls3 (which we are adding an LSA blower to), a z06 6 speed manual transmission, z06 differential, z06 suspension and z06 brakes. To fit it all under my little truck we made a custom frame from scratch which narrowed the front suspension mounting points 13" and the rear suspension mounting points 15". I realize this does change certain characteristics of the suspension geometry, and if it's effected enough to cause problems I will redesign it later to fix whatever issues I find. It is getting a cage closely resembling an NHRA 8.50 cage, and if I ever run an NHRA sanctioned event (would really like to compete in Hot Rod Drag Week) I can easily modify the cage to be NHRA legal. Since this is Stanceworks, I'll mention wheels- I have 3 and half sets. I have a set of 3 piece CCW classics, custom made with specific offsets and spacers to clear the z06 brakes with a 16" wheel in the back. They measure 16x10.5 in the back, and 17x4 in the front, and this is my drag setup. I then have a set of 3 piece HRE 547r's, measuring 18x9 in the front and 18x11 in the back. These will either be "show" wheels or maybe get very sticky rubber for autocross/road course duty. Finally we found a 18x8" steel wheels for VW transporter van that fit and clear the 6 piston brakes with a very small spacer. I have 6 of these wheels, and they will be my daily driver and burnout wheels (hence why I have two extra). There is a lot more going on in this build than I could begin to explain in an introduction paragraph, so if you have any questions just ask!
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