I installed the entire drive train for the first time this past weekend. '96 5.7L Vortec, SM465, NP203 GRB and NP205.

Damn.

Hows the 1/4 eliptic working out? I took mine out this weekend and played with it, it works prety kick butt!

Jeff

More pics Jack!

Please!

Front Dana 60 with 5.86 gears and ARB. The next project is to fabricate steering arms. The tie rod will go behind the axle and the front half of the arms will connect to regular drag link and hydro-assist ram. Tires are 42" TSLs.

Hows the 1/4 eliptic working out?

Great to hear that your suspension with the stronger springs is kicking butt, Jeff. My 1/4 elliptical is not yet installed. I need to finish work on the rear D60. Then, following the July RCAA competition in Cedar City, SnortClown will come down to my shop to set up the suspension. So, hopefully in a couple weeks, I will at least have a rolling chassis.

two words... bad-ass... oh wait :D... you get the picture...

-LCL

35-spline inner and outer axles, with Warn full-time drive flange and Aggressive Off-road beadlocks.

Another view of the drivetrain. You can also see the control arm hangers clamped to the frame rails.

George Thorogood say" B B B B Bad to the BBBBONE!!!!!!"

Looking really nice!


DTS diff cover with preloads on the front housing?

DTS diff cover with preloads on the front housing?
Summit Racing version of the same. 1/2" thick Al. What I really like about these covers is that they give you more room to route the air line for the ARB.

You and Nolen may have to chain the bumpers together and do a pull off.

I think you guys are pretty close in terms of tires, HP and final gearing.

you may get him with the wheelbase!

:usa: :usa: :usa: :smokin: :beer: :nuke:
Have a safe Fourth of July!

Double take! :eek: :eek: Yikes that is quite the rig Jack! You are not messing around with this dude! What kind of body are you going to put on it?

Looks great!

The body is a '65 FJ45 with removable top. Front fenders will be narrowed about 4" and raised 2" into the apron. The box will be narrowed so that the sides are flush with the frame and shortened. This will completely eliminate the wheelwells. Hopefully these mods to the body will provide lots of room for suspension travel while keeping the height down.

With the mods to the fenders and aprons will you be able to keep the factory look on the outer lip? I have though about cutting the inside line to help pull the fender in, but cutting the apron is a great idea, for added clearance. Kind’a a chopped front end look. Sounds like you are going to have an incredible rig once it is finished with the main build up. (Notice I did not say finished, rigs like this are never really finished… or at least that is my short experience.):cool:

With the mods to the fenders and aprons will you be able to keep the factory look on the outer lip?
Yep! The twin for this truck will be my daily drive and tow rig. By making one cut in each of the 4 front fenders and then welding them back together, I can make one pair 4" narrower and the other pair 4" wider and retain the original lip of each fender. The street rig will get the wide fenders and the truggy gets the narrow ones.

I am VERY interested to see how you move the fenders up. I kept the lip on my fenders, but I have done it with LONG bumpstops.

I have no complaints in the performance, but it would be nice to have all the uptravel I can.

Please take your usual photos of this process.

I love having an extreme Cruiser that still looks like a Cruiser :D

ive got WOOD :rasta:

You'll be happy with the Snortclowns help, those guys know their 1/4 eliptics! Trevor helped me alot over the phone. Good luck and keep the awsome updates coming! Your work is great!

Jeff

man i just popped wood over yout t-case setup!!!! i would love to have the 203-205 doubler but i just didn't have the wheelbase for it so i had to get an atlas.

:D :D :D :D

me very happy!


what's the eta for completion?:confused:

Georg, you are probably going to come up here and kick my fat butt -- I just don't see me finishing in time for the FJ45 run:mad3: I have a lot of body work to do, and in all liklihood it will be into the fall before I am finished. This one-day-per-week with the Cruisers is a real PITA.:nuke:

Don't this butt kicking stuff belong over on the Chit Chat with the whips and killin kitties????
Also the references to getting "wood" over these pix.....you guys may need therapy......:D :D :D :D
Butch

I guess I need therapy because Medusa's rig gives me wood.

Sorry.:flipoff2:

watch out Texican, I'll post a link to this thread over in Shit-Chat and they'll eat you alive:eek:

:laughing:

Nolen this is not the only reason you need therapy.....
FJ60
Post away.....ain't skeered!!!
Butch

How wide is that front axle? Do you have any close up pics of the spring perch on the pumpkin (passenger side)?? I am dropping a full width 44 in the front of my cruiser (this winter when I can afford the gears the 60 will go in) and I don't really want to outboard the springs.

My uncle can weld it but I haven't seen anyone do it yet.

The front axle was narrowed to 64.5" (WMS). I have a tech article (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jrice/cruiser/D60HD/D60.html) on my website that goes into some detail on the options for putting wide front axles in cruisers. There is also a pretty detailed picture of the passsenger's spring perch on that page, as well as a detailed explanation on how I narrowed the axle housing.

damn that's awsome madusa
I'm about at the same point with my cj-10
can't wait to get it done so we can do a comparo

Originally posted by texican
Don't this butt kicking stuff belong over on the Chit Chat with the whips and killin kitties????
Also the references to getting "wood" over these pix.....you guys may need therapy......:D :D :D :D
Butch


may need therapy? :eek: :D you dont get out much do you!!
im in bad need of therapy :flipoff2:

well jack, if the 45 isn't done in time we'd still be happy to have you join us. just bring that fj40 or yours, or maybe even medusa!?;)