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ZRex

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Hey guys! My name is Mike, I run a 95 4Runner that I'll be posting a thread on soon. I'm a mechanic, going back to school for engineering, and have a fabrication shop at dads house (Dad used to build drag cars years ago so I've been trying to get all of the knowledge I can). My gearhead tendencies started when I lived in WA and received my first motorcycle FREE from the town mayor. I've owned somewhere around 100 motorcycles since and that's where I learned most of my mechanical skills. I also am kind of a gun nut and like to build AR's and reload my own ammo!

Cheers,
Mike
 
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Welcome to Overland Bound Mike!
 
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welcome my fellow 2nd gen 4runner brother lol. i have been building my 2nd gen for over a year now and have swapped the lexus ls400 v8 into her and also mated a r150F manual trans to it. i look forward to seeing your build as well, what are your plans?
 

ZRex

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Thanks, guys!

welcome my fellow 2nd gen 4runner brother lol. i have been building my 2nd gen for over a year now and have swapped the lexus ls400 v8 into her and also mated a r150F manual trans to it. i look forward to seeing your build as well, what are your plans?
I'm coming up on a year in mine now, bought it late last year.

I'm very familiar with the 1UZ and 2UZ, haven't had a chance to play with the 3UZ yet. I owned an LS400 for a while and always wanted to put a manual trans in it, I had the Aisin AR5 but didn't want to shell out for the UZ to R154 bell housing and clutch stuff.

Here's my old Lexus. It was very low!


I'll get a build thread going here in a little bit!
 
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