How many Yota`s we got here?

[NEK5]

Just curious as to how many of you guys are wheeling yotas. I`m seriously considering one for my next rig. IMO you can`t beat the gained economy, and from what I hear, they make pretty mean wheelers. If I find one sooner than later, I probably won`t bother fixing the rest of the rot on my rig, just strip it, and wheel it at my buddys woods, or part it out.

 

[twoslo4five0]

im sure your gonna find a ton here seeing as this is a chevy based site

 

[Greg72]

Kid Jethro has just started a buildup on one.....using Chevy parts.

That's about the only way to keep my interest in such a thing.


If you're going to build something so small, why not take it to the next level and build a REAL buggy?? Make it as light as possible so you can still use 1/2 ton running gear, and you'll be able to scrounge parts (almost for free) from people who are all rushing to join the "1-Ton Club"

 

[stockk5]

haha i know of a few.. not on here.. but man.. ur ideas change so fast every day it seems, gotta focus a lil to get something done!

 

[mikey_d05]

im sure your gonna find a ton here seeing as this is a chevy based site

There are more than you think...or former Chevy guys that no longer frequent here because they've gone to the dark side.

Yota's have a light but strong for their size powertrain, boxed frame, lighter and more compact body.

I used to run a K5, and went to an '87 4Runner.

22RE, 5 speed, dual cases, the 1-tons and 40's from under my K5. Planning on shedding the 1-tons and building a pair of 9's next year to drop ~500 lbs.

My buddy's rig, 22RE, 4.7 case, 'Yota axles, 5.29, yadda yadda:

He drives his to and from the trail with 35" MT/R's. Gets 22 MPG (IIRC) doing it.

 

[mikey_d05]

If you're going to build something so small, why not take it to the next level and build a REAL buggy?? Make it as light as possible so you can still use 1/2 ton running gear, and you'll be able to scrounge parts (almost for free) from people who are all rushing to join the "1-Ton Club"

"REAL" buggies are EXPENSIVE! I dropped a ton of weight and gained a lot of wheelability going to a Toyota...we built mine in a month and yes, I had the 'tons and 40's laying around, but other than that it was CHEAP!

 

[Greg72]

"REAL" buggies are EXPENSIVE! I dropped a ton of weight and gained a lot of wheelability going to a Toyota...we built mine in a month and yes, I had the 'tons and 40's laying around, but other than that it was CHEAP!

I know....cheap is a relative thing.

Just trying to express that it's pretty easy to get 1/2 ton axles for next to nothing (I gave away my 12 bolt for free)....a used 350SBC is usually dirt cheap (at least the one's I'm selling are), scounge up a less-desireable aluminum xfer case, some junkyard coils and some DOM or HREW for the links and chassis. Throw it all together in a bowl, mix it up....and pour it into a brownie pan. Maybe you'll end up with something even more compact and manueverable than a 'Yota??

 

[mikey_d05]

I never said it was manueverable...mine has a 115" wheelbase...6" longer than my K5.

If you had a 'Yota frame, chevy driveline, and lots of tube and time. You could most certainly make it lighter and more compact. As a matter of fact...an F-Toy on full widths may be in my future some time.

 

[Thunder]

I have a Highlander. It is not an offroader. But I am seriously concidering getting a Taco soon. I really like Toyotas.

 

[81jimmyslt]

At the shop we are getting ready to build the wife's 86 turbo pickup. Getting a wagoneer front, with crane highsteer arms and knuckles, 4 link in the rear with SAW air shocks 3 link panhard in front. Doubler, 4.7 gears case, locked and loaded.

Hell it made it 7 miles into the rubicon to rescue my blazer, STOCK.

 

[jonathon]

I like the SFA Toy's... neat rigs if you can find one that isn't rusted out, which seems to be the case unless it spent it's whole life in southern California. The trucks seem to fetch too much around here unless they have been dicked with or thrashed..

Friend of mine has an '81, rusty but it's a nice truck offroad. 4" of lift and 34" Super Swampers and it does very well.

 

[mikey_d05]

At the shop we are getting ready to build the wife's 86 turbo pickup. Getting a wagoneer front, with crane highsteer arms and knuckles, 4 link in the rear with SAW air shocks 3 link panhard in front. Doubler, 4.7 gears case, locked and loaded.

Hell it made it 7 miles into the rubicon to rescue my blazer, STOCK.

Just out of curiousity, what size tires and gears will be on/in it? I had to run duals with stock gears since the Marlin sets were on backorder. I had to finesse the clutch on some of the wicked stuff but otherwise it was low enough, and I run 39.5's with 4.56's in the axles.Also, if she drives aggresively, you might want to think about putting a 4340 output shaft in the rear case.

 

[NEK5]

Yeah, don`t worry guys, I already talked myself out of it. Yes, I do change my mind alot, and that needs to stop. I think what I need to do, is actually plan to do something big, like a cab swap, and actually go through with it. Then, maybe I won`t change my mind so much. I have, however, decided I`m going to leave my rig the way it is, topless, until I swap the cab on the frame. Date for that is mid October, and for now, I`ll just wheel/bash my rig up a little bit in the woods at my buddys. I give you my word, if I don`t go through with this cab swap, for nothing but a damn good reason, I will resign my membership on this site, forever. Deal?

 

[NEK5]

gotta focus a lil to get something done!

That`s the thing I always overlook. I don`t focus on what I`m doing, I focus on what I could do. Then it goes on and on. Its a vicious cycle

 

[Cajun4x4]

my buddy has a 89 yota that we SAS'd on 38s

 

[sandawgk5]

I have plans to go with a Formula 4 chassis on a yota frame and put my K5 running gear in it with a doubler. I am shooting for about 115" and it will be linked front and rear. Plan on running 47s

Dik

 

[Jason4x4]

My buddy has an 89 4runner, we put it on an 85 frame, so it now has a solid front axle, it was easier to do that then getting the frame straightened after his wife ran into a civic. It's got 4" lift on 32" 11.5 bfg. 217k on the engine, still going strong.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

im sure your gonna find a ton here seeing as this is a chevy based site

my first wheeler was my '94 'yota p/u on 33s in high school (still in the family, my dad's weekend cruiser now), now I have a '95 4runner with a Sky mfg 2" spacer in the rear and 31 BFGs that may be Baja Claws soon. But I'm trying to sell my 4runner right now to fund the touch ups on my Blazer or to get a FJ80. I always say, If I wouldn't be building my Blazer, I'd be building a 'Yota. These things are awesome...but of course full width 1 tons SBC, etc.

 

[bowtiepower00]

Had a few, sure I'll have a few more. You can't kill them. Even better with a SBC under the hood. Even a smogger 305 will turn one into a rocket. My 87 'Runner was one of my favorites. The IFS is much stronger than GM IFS. The solid axles (minus birfields) are really tough for the size and weight, as are the geardrive transfer cases. My first choice for a trail rig- though not nearly as cool as seeing a fullsize on the trails, IMO.

 

[81jimmyslt]

Just out of curiousity, what size tires and gears will be on/in it? I had to run duals with stock gears since the Marlin sets were on backorder. I had to finesse the clutch on some of the wicked stuff but otherwise it was low enough, and I run 39.5's with 4.56's in the axles.Also, if she drives aggresively, you might want to think about putting a 4340 output shaft in the rear case.

It will be running 5.29 in the rear toy 4 cyl and 5.38 in the front D44 Waggy

4.7 gears in one case (trail-gear stuff), stock in the other. 36" or 37" tires are the plan, but maybe 40" down the road when we get chromoly axle goodies.