took me 3 weeks to finish. got more power now on aspalt (5.71 ratio r&ps). will be testing off road soon... hehe hope everything holds up... 

Nice work, very impressive.

Nice job Barcus! I noticed one thing of concern. It could be the photo but it looks like the upper bracket on the rear axle could be a little under built. That upper bracket is under a lot of stress and if it breaks it could be very dangerous. Like I said it could just be the angle in the photo. I am really impressed how well that turned out. That toy front diff looks to fit pretty well. I love to see new Ideas come to life. Very nice.

Mike 

       I agree I built three different brackets on my rear axle before I made one strong enough very dangerous when they snap   my second one snaped going up dickey-belle at Zuwharrie this past april we had a big mess on our hands but back at camp we welded up a new one with pieces of our  ;Dtrailer and its worked well so far
 
   Nice work this is excactly what I'm doing to the Real Red Wagon I got my axles out of an 86' pickup let us know how it goes off road

thanks guys i really appreciate it. ill look into the bracket and c how to reinforce it.

Looks like a good Mod barcus.    I got a couple of questions for you.  What model Hilux did you get 5.71 diffs from?  Year and engine type?  With changing the rear stud pattern did you just drill 4 new holes in the axle or did it require building up with weld first?  How did you weld to the cast diff centre for the rear A arm mount?  Thanks

In Oz they were in an early Hi-Ace van, not in a Hilux.

the donnor axles came from a 92 hilux. got the r&ps from precision gear.

http://www.precisiongear.com/toyring.htm

for the rear axles, we did buildup 1st before we drilled new holes. on the drum though we just drilled the new holes because the face is to thin to buildup. ill see if i can get a photo of the studs without the drum.

the rear carrier of the hilux is made from cast iron so welding should not be problem. 

CJ, I have seen Hi Ace vans with 5.28 (or something like that)  But I wasn't aware that they also come out with a 5.7.  Do you know what year model Hiace van?

Barcus,  That would be great if you could show pics of the axle.  I know cast Iron can be welded, but it is real difficult, it requires pre and post heating of the entire job and also require low hydrogen electrodes from what I can remember.

Northwestoffroad.com also sells 5.71 ring gears for the toy axles. They are richmonds if I'm not mistaken.

I'm no pro at this stuff, but my Norton Antivirus tells me a denial of service worm is on this page somewhere. 

I'm no pro at this stuff, but my Norton Antivirus tells me a denial of service worm is on this page somewhere. 

Its probably getting a bit overexcited about CJ's script. I've been probed by CJ, I feel so dirty now 

You drive a 4wd so  feeling dirty should feel right 

hey could you shoot a couple more pics of  how the front diff fits in under the engine and how you mounted it. I have contemplated this swap for awhile jus to get a stronger toyota rearend.