Let's talk axles

I'M PRETTY SURE THE TACO IS 8.4 I HAD ONE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR ME DOWN THE ROAD I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH MY MINI TRUCK STUFF FOR A BIT LONGER AND TRY TO JUST SET IT UP AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
 
drkelly said:
Isn't the Tacoma non-Elocker rear diff an 8.4 too? The T100 version is significantly wider that mini-truck stuff isn't it? I know the Tacoma rear is wider than the IFS rear too.
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Yes the non-elocker rears were the 8.4, wms is in the 65" range I think.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
You are also running taller tires and a good bit more motor than he.
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Yeah but listen to what I said, everyone told me the same thing when I wanted to switch to tons, ground clearance will suck, the extra weight will suck, the extra width will suck, blah, blah, blah. I didn't trust my toy stuff enough to keep it so I did the swap anyway and stayed on the same tires and changed to a front 4 link instead of the 3 link. With everything other than the axles and the extra link up front the same I have noticed none of the negatives that everyone told me would happen and there's only been positves.
 
I would guess swapping from Toys to a typical set of tons (D60/14BFF) would add about 450-600 lbs.
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
Yeah but listen to what I said, everyone told me the same thing when I wanted to switch to tons, ground clearance will suck, the extra weight will suck, the extra width will suck, blah, blah, blah. I didn't trust my toy stuff enough to keep it so I did the swap anyway and stayed on the same tires and changed to a front 4 link instead of the 3 link. With everything other than the axles and the extra link up front the same I have noticed none of the negatives that everyone told me would happen and there's only been positves.
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So are you saying your HP/WT ratio did NOT suffer? Or that it just isn't noticeable?

If the latter it would mean towards reasoning that you're running a 6cyl.

I'm 100% confident my buggy would benefit greatly from running lighter toy axles with better clearance...until the axles and diffs exploded that is.
 
GONOVRIT said:
So are you saying your HP/WT ratio did NOT suffer? Or that it just isn't noticeable?

If the latter it would mean towards reasoning that you're running a 6cyl.

I'm 100% confident my buggy would benefit greatly from running lighter toy axles with better clearance...until the axles and diffs exploded that is.
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My buggy weighs 400 lbs more now with the tons so yes my hp/wt ratio suffered some but can I notice it? NO, if anything the extra weight seems to help the buggy more and clearance wise I hit just as much stuff with the diffs now as I did with toys, when going over rocks taller than your tires any diff is going to hit lol.
 
For what it's worth I have been running an fj60 front (built) and tacoma 8.4 (stock) rear in my tacoma with 39.5's and a 3rz and have had zero breakage. I recently ditched the taco rear for a full float fj80 rear but haven't wheeled it yet. With the taco 8.4, full exo cage, full fuel cell, the truck weighed in at 3980 without me in it.

Edit: and I personally built the fj60 and fj80 thirds, both are welded. I was running a lockright in the tacoma 8.4
 
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