T&J Performance Center is now bigger than ever! Our twelve thousand square foot facility includes a manufacturing and fabrication department, ten full service bays and a trained staff of caring enthusiasts. T&J Performance Center has been in business for the past 25 years and have been involved in various off road race classes for the past ten years. We are current memebers of ORBA, CORVA, ASA and an authorized Jeepspeed Dealer. Please feel free to drop by and take a look at our showroom or give us a call.
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Archive for April, 2011
1985 Toyota Pickup – Orbit-Eye Toyota
1985 Toyota Pickup – Orbit-Eye Toyota
Leaf springs lead a tough life. They are faced with the dual responsibility of both locating and suspending axles. Over thousands of cycles, leaf springs eventually fatigue and either sag or break. Whether on a high-speed desert-runner or creepy-crawly trail rig, leaf packs are subjected to stress sufficient to send springs curled up and whimpering to the proverbial corner.
Advanced Off-Road Research of Grand Junction, Colorado, hit a winning chord with the invention of new technology to eliminate the age-old problem of twisted, fatigued leaf springs. Dubbed the Orbit-Eye, this spherical bearing is similar to the Heim joints that make linkage suspensions long on both performance and durability. Orbit-Eyes were designed specifically to stand up to the stress experienced by spring eye bushings.
The Orbit Eye works to alleviate the problems that arise with today’s rigs and the greater wheel articulation that they offer. When the spherical bearings twist instead of the leaf springs, the result is a leaf pack that lives longer and can move more freely. Since the springs are free to stuff and droop without twisting laterally, inter-leaf friction is reduced and suspension action becomes smoother. Since traditional leaf packs inherently act as antisway bars, Orbit-Eye springs may be ordered with a traditional urethane bushing in one of the ends for a great combination of street stability and off-road suspension flex.
We took an ’85 Toyota pickup that was already trial-worthy and kicked up the performance factor several notches.
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1967 Nissan Patrol
1967 Nissan Patrol – Adventure Patrol
It’s not every day that you see a Nissan Patrol rolling down the trail, so when Sheldon Neal of Irvine, California, went searching for his perfect four-wheel vehicle and ran across this rare ’67 Patrol, he couldn’t get it home fast enough to start on its restoration and buildup. He knew he had quite a chore ahead of him, though, as parts for these vehicles are very hard to come by.
Sheldon’s solution to the scarcity of OE Patrol parts was to restore the vehicle with high-quality custom components. Because this would be his extreme-use trail rig, Sheldon needed more power and durability than the factory components originally offered. The little Nissan engine had already been swapped out before Sheldon acquired the vehicle in favor of a Chevy 327ci powerplant. Sheldon rebuilt the top end, including porting and polishing new performance heads, and then fit the engine with all the right performance components, such as a Holley Pro-Jection fuel system, an Accel distributor, Hedman headers, and a 3-inch Flowmaster exhaust system for aspiration. Transferring the power to the ground is a Turbo 400 transmission coupled to a dependable Dana Spicer Model 18 transfer case.
For the suspension and driveline work, Sheldon dropped the Patrol off at T&J’s Performance Center in Orange, California.
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Toyota Tacoma BDS Suspension Lift Kit
In this tough economy we’ve all had to cinch our belt a few notches, but that doesn’t mean we should neglect our cherished 4x4s. If you’re on a meager budget and looking to increase your truck’s off-road capabilities, there are ways to modify it without breaking the bank. Obviously you can’t purchase a coilover suspension dirt-cheap, but you can find a budget lift that isn’t just a compromise.
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Strengthen your differential at T&J
Whether your rock crawling or racing through the desert one of your vehicles biggest weak points will be your front differential. Let T&J Performance Center install a custom differential axle truss to help strengthen your housing. This will help to prevent your axle housing form bending. Constructed out of 4130 chromoly steel tubing for strength to help ease your mind on the trail. As an added bonus you can have us install our Barnett Performance Heavy Duty Differential cover at a discount with no extra charge for labor. This Differential cover is available for your Dana 44, Dana 30 and for you Ford guys your Dana 50.
