Meet Frank The Tank, An LS-Swapped Land Cruiser Panel Truck

In advance of the purists cry foul of yet another 80-collection Toyota Land Cruiser with an LS V8 less than the hood, listen to us out. The newest online video from the fellas at Fullboost can take a in depth glance at ‘Frank the Tank’, an 80-collection Land Cruiser, developed by Mark Boxer of HoonTV.

Ahead of talking about the powerplant, we’d be remiss not to mention that this is a panel truck. This primarily signifies that the manufacturing unit human body panels at the back again are deleted and fitted with replacements that are much lighter – a observe that actually sells the Baja pre-runner aesthetic. The conversion came at the expense of the rear doors, earning this a two-door Land Cruiser. 

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While swapping an LS into a Land Cruiser is nothing at all new, the quantity of conversion kits offered built the position amazingly easy when it came to ‘Frank the Tank’. The Marks4wd package that Boxer made use of authorized him to hold the identical airbox, fuel traces, headers, and tower shafts from the manufacturing unit vehicle. Allegedly, Boxer desired to incorporate a turbo to the LS, but he opted to hold anything approximately stock – only including minimal elements like a new exhaust and cam.

From the exterior, ‘Frank the Tank’ was painted in a mattress liner end. Positive, this isn’t the very first time we have seen Rhino Liner made use of on the exterior of an offroad motor vehicle, but there’s much more than satisfies the eye when it arrives to this Land Cruiser. Along with the in depth modifications associated with the panel truck conversion, the fellas also extra new bumpers and fender flares to incorporate to the pre-runner glance.

Soon after all was stated and performed, Boxer stated that there’s not much that he would adjust in the upcoming with these a bulletproof set up. He described that there were being plans for other engine swaps like a 1JZ, but the total of engineering working experience driving the LS swap built it a no-brainer.