Here is my buddys chevy thought you all might like.
some specs
350
th400
203/205
mog 404s
4link rear with coilovers
i think he has around 20-22 inches under the diff with 44s

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3

choppin some frame

4 link

got departure?

Awesome work!! It looks good but, is it the picture or is the truck really tall? It looks like the hood is over 5' in the air. Obvioulsly the spring mounts are located higher on a mog axles and I'm sure this has something to do with it but, what kind of leaves are used up front and are there any plans to change this?

it is really that tall. of course i am about 5'7". i am going to drop it about 3". it has 2" pro comp's in the front that will be changed to 4-link and coil-overs once i get the rear dialed in.

Were you going to run a traction bar up front during the test stages or just run without it till you do the 4 link?
Also, what were you going to do for steering?
Did you get your axles from Killeraxles?

i wasnt going to run a traction bar until i saw how much axle wrap i had. i think it will be ok but i dont know yet. it wont take me long to dial the rear. i already have hydro assist and im going to do high steer. i got my axles from a private seller for a good deal. i just had to drive 1200 miles to get them and it still was a deal. i did get the wheel hubs and brake brackets from Tibus Offroad. AKA killeraxles. Daniel was really good to deal with and has good prices and does awesome work. i cut and narrowed the housings myself.

looks great - I would like to see some more pics that have more light ( Pics look kinda dark?)......Keep us posted.....

awesome.. will that be the ride height or will it be any lower? looks kind of tall. any reason you narrowed the housing? just to keep it 'normal' fullwidth? just curious...

my blazer is so asking for mogs now.... maybe one day...:D

the wheel hubs make the axle wider. also the front axle was a driver side drop and he needed passenger. i believe the rear was off set a little too and he centered it up.

Drew

That thing looks like junk!!!!

grants stuff is week

Yacker

yeah the wheel hubs made me i believe around 3 inches wider on each side and the rear was offset 3" to the pass side. therefore cutting the housing 6" centered the diff and put me back to fullwidth 67" . when i go to rear steer i will be 69.5" in the rear. the front was offset to the drivers side 3" so i had to cut 14" off the pass side and add 7" to the drivers side. the front housing is 40" wide and rear is 38" that way when i go to rear steer the truck will still be wider in the front which will help it track down the road. ride height is about 3" shorter than in the pic, but it is still a BIG truck. im not too worried about it it will be stable.

oh yeah Yacker ur a homo:flipoff2: get your junk done before the snow melts. later

It will never be done!

i am making progress, tube bed started last week

tube bed.

arnt 38s cute :flipoff2:

back

better link pics i think

last one for now

Lookin alot better:flipoff2:

heres a few of how it sits now... more to come

this is it for now, i have pics of the jigs i made to narrow the axles if anyonw wants to see them, also comparison of exaxt axles to d60's

what is that in the last pic on the last post, don't know much about your axles (if that's what its for)
how are you going to limit the uptravel in the rear for the tanks?
I like it, excess at its best

The first time I've seen your thread. Everything is looking good! Are your axle shafts stock or Astralloy? The pic next to the D60 is very amusing!
I have Exaxt built axles with the Astralloy shafts all around. So your width at the rear is WMS to WMS about 67"?

the last pic is the supercharger im using, i am running unimog 404's, the up travel will be limited by the coilovers sitting on my couch, i am running astralloy shafts from exaxt the rear is set at 67 for now, i cut the rear housing 2" shorter than the front so that when i go to rear steer i will be 69.5" in the rear and 71.5" in the front. the shafts are soo much bigger than 60 stuff and that makes me feel good, now im just worried about splitting the portal boxes, i am going to re-enforce the boxes so that if the gears do strip the box wont explode.

I just saw that Exaxt now sells a reinforcement kit for the portal. haven't seen it yet.

The truck is perfect! with the exception of the heighth

Hey Buddy, What is this?

Hey Buddy, What is this?
3 posts up for yours he says what it is! Fawking Read!

Its a Supercharger, one of the old school kind.

the last pic is the supercharger im using,
No shit!
I am looking for a little more info!

Why did you angle the frame mounts for the upper links on the rear end soo much? Are you trying to limit down travel with suspension bind? OR is that just a way to get more flex out of the suspension? I have never seen mounts like that before.....

thanks

i forgot what kind of supercharger it is bit it came off a i think a 50s studibaker. good for about 7psi.

Drew

yeah I was a little curious about the tanks too. That is cool. I've never seen anyone inboard tanks on a 73-87. The only thing I was thinking is that is a lot of fuel for a wheeling truck. I think a Blazer tank or even a cell would have worked inbetween the frame rails and not taken up as much room. What was your reasoning?

prolly the 4mpg he gets and the tanks were inboarded before it was a so called trail truck. he used to DD this thing so sometimes we would have to drive a few miles to get to teh trail and sometimes there was no gas stations along the way.



DRew

looks like a McCulloch supercharger

yeah i think thats the brand sounds familiar.

Drew

mj is right, it is a McCulloch of a Studebaker Goldenhawk, was on a boat and i got it cheap from a buddy might as well use it.

Hicktruck- the upper links are only angles in about 38* the suspension doesnt bind at all i have fully cycled it with no tires, axle on the ground and other side on the frame, it will never see that much movement.

Super Jeff- I did the tanks that way so i could put the rock sliders on, i like the idea of having two tanks so i always have an aux supply of fuel. a blazer tank is actually bigger or atleast my buddys was, at 40 gallons while both of mine hold 32 combined and they are alot thinner than a blazer tank so they dont come up into the bed and they dont hang down to the axle.

American i am dropping the front down about 3" maybe more depending on oil pan clearance.

-Grant

Sick rig and nice work!

with those leaves up front, keep in mind that a portal axle sprung over puts the same forces on the springs as a conventional axle would with large blocks. iow, axlewrap. just somethin i was thinkin about. :smokin:

thanks roundeyes...

reddman i have that in mind, i am going to get the rear suspension antisquat figured out and working good, i have all the four-link materials for the front. the front will be done shortly after it it running again

Hey How Bout It Grant,

Truck looks great ......When is it gonna roll under power?
Ya know if you're not running by this weekend I know someone who could test out those tires for ya :smokin:

not sure when it'll be a runner, i will have all parts pretty soon, i have been going over some top secret plans on building a 600hp 575ftlb 468 bigblock with a mini blower and nitrous to throw in it but we'll see how things go with that.

so any news for us?

is it just me or does it seem as if alot of pirate users start bad ass threads and then never finish them? i have followed this one from the get go and have been waiting for some sort of progression photos, it seems as if the last set of pictures you posted were at a stage where you would be excited and try to finish it quickly just so you could go wheel it. so whats up with that beast?

is it just me or does it seem as if alot of pirate users start bad ass threads and then never finish them? i have followed this one from the get go and have been waiting for some sort of progression photos, it seems as if the last set of pictures you posted were at a stage where you would be excited and try to finish it quickly just so you could go wheel it. so whats up with that beast?Let's see an update.

grant u need to update this