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Well, it's been a long, long time since I've had any updates.

And unfortunately, it looks like this project has gotten the best of me.

I'm officially out of money, deep into the red, and not really close to getting it done. Still trying to track down parts (pain in the ass), and I still have ...

OK so finally got the damn body lift. I was seriously looking on Mcmaster Saturday for the raw material to make my own when the mailman dropped it off.

The kit is of so so quality; certainly could have done the same myself. The only thing I really needed were the 9th and 10th body mount brackets ...

As far as I'm concerned, there is no feasible way to do this swap without at least a 1.5" body lift. You would have to cut or beat the shit out of the trans tunnel to avoid the body lift, and possibly clearance around the brake booster.

I don't think the ABS lines (or rear heat lines) will be an ...

Holy shit this is awesome. Looks great!

You really need to put together a mount kit for this swap to sell! The next HASPORT!

Glad to see another swapper here! Was hoping to attract others here. Smitherz build so comprehensive, I thought it would be great to put a ton on info in one place.

Still no body lift. Guess 4Crawler is cracking those HPDE molecules one by one. Ordered it 3 weeks ago now...

So I'm at a standstill ...

Yeah, I saw how you chopped the shock towers. I REALLY want to avoid that, but it looks like that may be requisite to fit these things. I either have to buy a welder, grow some balls and slice those towers, or have to go for SC400 manifolds, which I know would fit better, but are such a performance ...

Been out of town for a while, so here's a small update of what I've gotten done since then.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/dillie2002/IMG_1602.jpg

FINALLY dropped the engine in. It looks great! Fits fairly well, BUT, there's some serious issues.

I had a modest 1/2" body lift on the ...

Dude I wish my parts bin looked like that! All I have are some Honda badges and some blue wedge bulbs!

Engine and engine bay look PHENOMENAL! SOOOO clean.

Now get some mud on there...

Shit, I had the same gen. Integra! My first car. Never made it fast (though I bought $3K worth of parts to build an awesome big cam B18B, but never did it), but I hammered it on tracks all over AZ and CA. Then I had that same revelation. But it was a great car, and a few weeks back, my buddy in ...

A/C is gonna be a pain. Definitely need it, but you're right, it has to be one of the last things I do. I'm sure I can find a shop to make me some custom lines. The Lexus compressor rolled on it's side and some neon green oil came out, so I'm sure it's good to go as far as storage is concerned. With ...

Finally yanked out the 5VZ. What a pain. So many wire connectors and hard to reach bolts. Coming from Honda swaps, this is certainly more difficult,

You're right man, I should have cut that radiator support. I was hoping I could preserve my A/C system by keeping the condenser and compressor in the ...

I really like this independent setup, but it looks like you have a ton more room in front of your gas tank up to the header down pipe than on a 4Runner. Don't think there's enough room for a cat then muffler this way.

Where's your fuel filter at? Is there any issue with having mega hot exhuast ...

First, hats off to Smitherz. I decided to throw this build on this site because this is one of the best resources for 1UZ swaps, and I'm not a big fan of some of the other Toyota truck sites. Smitherz Tacoma is the shit, and this site definitely provides one of the most comprehensive outlines on how ...