1986 2WD street sleeper build

[Spicoli]

Redrilling axle and gonna put on disc brakes. Sounds like your gonna use the stock axle. I demand more info.

[LethalEthan]

i wanna run the mazda

[mackmitsubishi]

Re-drilling axle and gonna put on disc brakes. Sounds like your gonna use the stock axle. I demand more info.

yes i do it all the time with Toyota 4x4 rears.....I turn down the axle OD so a brake rotor fits over it.
The hardest part on them is machining the large center bore since on most 4x4 axles. The rear axle face also gets a machine job so the press in studs fit flush when you torque the lug nuts...the backing plate gets removed and a CNC cuts out billet caliper brackets..we build rears for local drag guys so i should have extra parts lying around.

I have never done a brake swap on a mighty max so i dont know what the axle face looks like. I think i can use newer montero disk brakes and bracketry then just drill to the more common 5x4.5 bolt pattern...

[Spicoli]

Done it for a yoter rear too. Lemme know how it goes. Ive been debating bout jsut getting a newer montero rear and swapping in. But there wider then stock.

[marlin3030hntr]

Oh come on guys be a man and throw a mildly wicked ford 302 in that baby with a t5 and haul ass and have a bad ass truck, atleast those are my plans for this 1st gen i found in my neighborhood that has a blown motor.

[85TDW50]

Couple of you are not thinkin like the rest of us. If you call a cab with MISSING rockers and cab corners almost perfect, you are out of your mind. Yes it can be fixed, but there are plenty of cabs around that don't need that work. I personally don't use rusty cabs. I have yet to see one be repair to MY standards. Im against a bondo cab. Ask TYE, his cab almost flew off the freeway from rusty mounts.

Where do you live Mike? I've never seen a Cab around here that doesnt need Rockers at the very least, even Mid 90's - Early 2000's Trucks need Rockers if they're used in the snow.

[netstat]

Jeez, you guys talk about these things like you've gone through 15 cabs... have you? lol at this point i wouldn't be surprised.

[85TDW50]

Jeez, you guys talk about these things like you've gone through 15 cabs... have you? lol at this point i wouldn't be surprised.

Depends on where you live, The Road Chemicals used in the winter really do a number on a vehicle.

I picked up my cab for $100 and at the time there were no D50's in local classifieds or even junkyards in the area for that matter. Floors, Rockers, ect were no problem because i had new Rockers and Floorpans

All in all i think i have less than $400 total in the body (including the price of the cab) since i already had most of the stuff i needed. I would have had everything i needed, but somebody stole a bunch of my 1st Gen parts

It was fun though, i enjoy doing body work, otherwise i would be bored out of my mind.

[mikewarme]

Couple of you are not thinkin like the rest of us. If you call a cab with MISSING rockers and cab corners almost perfect, you are out of your mind. Yes it can be fixed, but there are plenty of cabs around that don't need that work. I personally don't use rusty cabs. I have yet to see one be repair to MY standards. Im against a bondo cab. Ask TYE, his cab almost flew off the freeway from rusty mounts.

Where do you live Mike? I've never seen a Cab around here that doesnt need Rockers at the very least, even Mid 90's - Early 2000's Trucks need Rockers if they're used in the snow.

I live in California. All 3 of my 1st gens are rust free aside from maybe some fender damage

[mackmitsubishi]

here in the NY tri-state area you are lucky if you find pre 90 cars on the road and ALL junkyards scrap anything older than 99..
Also NY has very stringent dmv inspection rules so most with older cars just scrap them..and in my area, most homes pay 10k-20k property tax so you can just imagine my type of neigbors and the risk of keeping to much visible junk in your backyard. (jerk off building inspectors)... ..so you may find d50s elsewere in near perfect shape but not in my area...

lets get back to my project...just got my yota front hubs from the blaster and will paint them later...
i hope this is a straight forward swap like the 2nd gen guys