Turbo66's 70' baja build

tikotiko · Post by **tikotiko** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:24 pm

whats up dude welcome to the off road forum thats i nice way to start we love pics and videos

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:17 pm

ok so i picked up the engine that ill be using. now to find the time to start working on it again lol

Post by **david58** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:31 pm

What engine is that?

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:40 pm

Ecotec

How long till you plan to have it running?

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:32 pm

my goal is to be able to take it on thanksgiving to jawbone. I dont even know if that is realistic or not but im going to try my hardest. I think early october ill be taking 6 weeks off work and if i can get a baby sitter for a few days a week so i can get in the garage and go to town on it i think ill have a good shot at it. there will be things that ill be doing to cut some time off, like using a stock fuel tank for now. Ill eventually want to make a custom tank that will hold as much as it can under the hood.

wish me luck, and ill keep updating as i wrench away.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:40 pm

Check out TurboBaja, he did wonders with the underhood tank.

turbobaja · Post by **turbobaja** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:35 am

Good looking progress on the baja turbo66! The world needs more turbo bajas

. My first set of wheels was a '66 baja too, and it got me in trouble pretty quick as well

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I wanted to keep my back seat open so I made the best use I could of the stock tank and location. Here's a link to my fuel tank build. It's easier than it might look, and I can tell you have the skills to pull it (or something like it) off.

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... c&start=30

Good luck getting that beast off-road worthy with a youngster on the way! Keep on wrenchin'

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:39 pm

got me some new tires today! what do you guys think? not sure how they do in sand or dirt but i got a deal i couldnt pass up.

Post by **david58** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:41 pm

turbo66 wrote:got me some new tires today! what do you guys think? not sure how they do in sand or dirt but i got a deal i couldnt pass up.

They look like they have some bite to them, and they are round and black. What size are they?

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:48 pm

I have those on my DD/tow rig F250. They are VERY loud, and very grippy. However, the torque of the Diesel and the weight of my right foot have caused a couple of lugs to go missing

They should be great on your baja. Are they 31's?

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:36 am

they are 31x10.5x15 mickey thompson baja mtz tires. My baja prob wont be seeing alot of street action, if it does i really wont be heavy on the gas pedal due to fear of breaking the trans lol. So on dirt and sand i hope i dont have a problem with knobs ripping off.

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:02 pm

here are some pictures for you guys and gals...... all i really got done today was rebuilding the rear brakes got the tires mounted on the rims. I just had to throw the fiberglass on to get a picture of what its gonna look like.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:22 pm

Looks good. I like the stance, nice work.

turbo66 · Post by **turbo66** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:25 am

off topic from the build, didn't want to start a new topic. My buddy saw this a few days ago. apparently its sitting on a toyota frame. Kinda cool mod.

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:38 am

nice squareback, who owns the vineyard?