Tomorrow I am picking up my Rockwells. The Rockwells are currenlty on a CJ frame. The wheelbase was setup at 113 1/2". The four link front and rear looks funny but I will post pics as soon as I get them cleaned up.

Plans:

Shave front and rear pumpkins, Truly lock the front and rear third members, Possibly get rid of the current 4-link setup and go to grader ball front and rear. I don't like the setup of the current links. I will be running Willwood pinion brakes front and rear. I will post pics once I get the Sammi in the shop and get the 1 tons out from underneath it. The Rockwells are currently on 44" tires and I plan to run that size when the build is completed.

Feel free to post up pics of what your wheelbase is at and what tires you are running. Always open to suggestions and constructive criticism.

Nice find, cannot wait to watch the build!

picked them up today. this is going to be so sweet! I did flex out the suspension after I pulled it off the trailer. It is currently on 44's and I had the rear tire exactly 44" off the ground. I will take pics tomorrow after church if I get a chance. I put the calcualations into the RTI score calculator and I am only at 780.

picked them up today. this is going to be so sweet! I did flex out the suspension after I pulled it off the trailer. It is currently on 44's and I had the rear tire exactly 44" off the ground. I will take pics tomorrow after church if I get a chance

Pray to the Gods of Offroad for a Quick and Positive build while you are there!

Why would you ever need rockwells under a zuk? They are going to be heavier than the zuk itself. Other than "something different", whats the point? :shaking:

Why would you ever need rockwells under a zuk? They are going to be heavier than the zuk itself. Other than "something different", whats the point? :shaking:


ever think that maybe just maybe it might be what he wants to do:shaking:

Previously I had a Dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Everyone kept saying I could only run 40's. The axle shafts couldn't take 44's. I want to run 44's so I picked up the Rockwells. I shouldn't have any issues now. A bonus is the factory gearing and the pumpkin height on the Rockwell is quite a bit higher (once it is shaved) than the Dana 60 I have in it right now. Combined with the 44's I should be able to get over rocks much easier. I will post pics of the front axle ride height today if possible. The front axle is shaved and I still have to finish the rear. Looks killer!

ever think that maybe just maybe it might be what he wants to do:shaking:

No, i didnt think of that, Thanks for clearing that up for me...

Previously I had a Dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Everyone kept saying I could only run 40's. The axle shafts couldn't take 44's. I want to run 44's so I picked up the Rockwells. I shouldn't have any issues now. A bonus is the factory gearing and the pumpkin height on the Rockwell is quite a bit higher (once it is shaved) than the Dana 60 I have in it right now. Combined with the 44's I should be able to get over rocks much easier. I will post pics of the front axle ride height today if possible. The front axle is shaved and I still have to finish the rear. Looks killer!

Get some pics up the suspense is killing me!

No, i didnt think of that, Thanks for clearing that up for me...

Glad I could help!:flipoff2:

Get some pics up the suspense is killing me!

Agreed this should look wild.

Got the Sammi in the shop this afternoon. Started pulling the axles out. The suspension will be out tomorrow night. I did some measuring tonight and I am contemplating using part of the CJ frame. It is beefy and all the links in the center are currently mounted to it. I am almost 1.5" away from tucking the Sammi frame inside of the CJ frame.

I will get some pics up soon. Thanks for watching. Tonight my buddy and I got out the tape measure and at 113" the front axle will be sitting at the tip of the front fender and the rear axle will be sitting at the tip of the rear of the tub. I will have 22" of tire/wheel in front and behind the tub. This should give me a super angle of approach and departure.

The current CJ frame has a belly clearance of 34" at 113 1/2" wheelbase. I won't know if I need to drop the coils down some until I get things under the Sammi.

Previously I had a Dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Everyone kept saying I could only run 40's. The axle shafts couldn't take 44's. I want to run 44's so I picked up the Rockwells. I shouldn't have any issues now. A bonus is the factory gearing and the pumpkin height on the Rockwell is quite a bit higher (once it is shaved) than the Dana 60 I have in it right now. Combined with the 44's I should be able to get over rocks much easier. I will post pics of the front axle ride height today if possible. The front axle is shaved and I still have to finish the rear. Looks killer!

A Dana 60 and a 14 bolt handles 44s with a full size rig. Your Sammi's turning radious is gonna suck. Ever watch the Ultimate Truck Channange? A bunch of trucks run 1 ton chevy drivelines.

Go to page three and check out the "rockwells on a zuk" thread. He's running 48" goodyears. Pretty cool I guess. The wheel base is really long for the rig, and it's probably only like 115". He also has the hubs out so it's really wide. If I were you I would keep the hubs flipped in. Hubs in, are at 69" like your 60. His sami case seemed to hold up. As far as turning, run a 10" ram or pull the stops out and run a 12" ram. Rockwells are capable of turning really sharp.

A Dana 60 and a 14 bolt handles 44s with a full size rig. Your Sammi's turning radious is gonna suck. Ever watch the Ultimate Truck Channange? A bunch of trucks run 1 ton chevy drivelines.


He never said they werent both steering axles....Hint hint do it, F*#k all the haters....

He never said they werent both steering axles....Hint hint do it, F*#k all the haters....

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He never said they werent both steering axles....Hint hint do it, F*#k all the haters....

He never stated they are both steering axles.

He never stated they are both steering axles.

Yep, we will have to see:D

The hubs have been flipped on both axles. All the studs have now been replaced with right hand thread studs and nuts. Got home too late from work and it is too dark. Hope to get pics tomorrow.

Rocks are going to be sitting under the Zuk by the end of the day. Will not be connnected but placement should be about right. Will have pics for sure.

Got pix yet?? Come on man, were all waiting here!!! :flipoff2:

Here are the pics from today.

1. Here are the axles I pulled this morning. Dana 60 Kingpin front axle and Corporate 14 bolt rear
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2. Here are the 4" YJ's that the axles were mounted too.
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3. Here were the new 40's and MRT wheels (which are for sale) I just got for the 1 tons. I was upgrading from the 36" Iroks I was running in the third pic below.
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4. Here is the pic of the Sammi after I put the Sammi up in the air and rolled the Rockwells under it just to see the fit. The axles are sitting on bald 44's right now. I will strip down the axles this week and start cleaning and working them over.

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Thats a sick and awesome build, but you would have been fine with the d60/14bff on 44's with such a small/light rig and gutless engine. Hell you could probably run 54" boggers on the axles you had in there :D

But its still cool and different, and you will never have to worry about axles again.

Looks killer, but how you gonna get it back out of the garage.......lol

Looks good ... :D

I will put my other set of 44 TSL's on it and air them down. It will sit lower than it sits right now. I have to do some fender trimming on the front and rear. I still have the factory gas tank and skid which will be coming off this week. I will be taking off the step bars on the side and boat siding it. Got alot of work to do!

Today I took the day off from work and got some work done on the front Rockwell.

First I pulled the third memeber out (will be dismantling this later). Just so everyone can tell the size of this thing, it is currently sitting on a full size creeper! I had to use a cherry picker to pull it out of the axle.
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Then I started cutting off all the tabs and cleaning up the axles.
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I gotta say the USA6x6 diff cover looks killer all welded up and pretty! Pure Beef!
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I will end up cutting these tabs off tomorrow and may leave the Hydraulic steering mount. Hopefully it will work for what I need. I will mock up my hydraulic cylinder tomorrow and see. If not it will come off also.
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Will have more pics up this weekend.

Picked up another steering Rockwell last Saturday. I am going All Wheel Steer! Got the owner of the local fab shop over last night and we mapped out how we are going to build the crossmember that will house the front and rear 360 joints and have a mount that will hold up the tranny/transfercase.

Once we get that fabbed up we will build the wishbone links that will bolt to the axle (don't like how everyone is welding their links direcetly to their axles). Our goal is to make every part removable so if something does bend or break I won't have to break out the plasma cutter and grinder.

Got the 44" TSL's mounted up on the Rockwell Beadlocks yesterday and they look great. Still need to finish grooving them. I found a set of 50% tread TSL's that have seen some trail love that need just a little help.

Me and you are extremest. You no what would go good with your build.? A 4bt. lol:mr-t:

called Copperhead fab today. I am gonna order a set of weld on beadlocks for the inside of my 15" wheels. Double beadlocks!!!

Looks like a bunch of fun. Can hardly wait to see the thing done :-)

Stock motor will be pissed off at the new addition of mass! Clutch will fail and t-case will explode making the trail fixes difficult ones. It is a unique build and I am curious to the outcome and function I will admit. Good luck on it!

This sammi does not have the stock motor. The 1.3 was ditched in favor of a 2.8 V6. It is mated to a 700R4 automatic and a twin stick Dana 300 transfer case. The t/c has stock gears for now but if I find that I need more I will install the Terra 4 to 1 gears.

I plan to (in the next year or so) pull the 2.8 and upgrade to a LS1 or LT1 but for now wanted to keep the weight down and see what a lightweight v6 powered Sammi on Rockwells is capable of.:D

Here are pics from tonight. Got the custom crossmember (built by Creative Metal Works Inc.) clamped into position tonight.

The owner Matt was great to work with. He came over to the shop. Looked at what I want. Took my drawing and made it a reality. Awesome work!!! He bent the main bottom plate from 1/4 and made the plates that will hold the joints from 3/8. The overall crossmember weighs in a little over 50 lbs. Pure beef!

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Here are some updated pics. Tonight I finished cutting the sections of the link down. Got the angles cut and then welded them together. I used 3x3" 3/16th steel tubing. Extremely heavy and over built but I did it that way so I will have no issues in the future when if I go bigger on the motor and tires.

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Santa Clause dressed in a brown suit and driving a brown truck showed up today with presents for the rear steer rockwell. Now that the parts are in I will be able to shave the pan, install the new boots and guards and get it under the Sammi.

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Sweet man, nice work! Is that going to be a 1 link type setup?

sure is. I have the front link set at exactly 10 degrees so the front axle should be placed well. I have actually decided on a longer wheelbase then what was originally planned. I am changing it from 113 to 120. I will be looking to go larger when money allows. 47, 49, 52 or 54. We will see.

looks pretty beefy.....is your transfer case mounted by the two holes in the skidplate ?
there's going to be alot of stress on those...just wonderin'

you should get some angry diff covers hahaha

Interesting suspension set up. I've never seen any thing like that before.

Is it possible for you to go into more detail where the link mounts into the cross member?
Otherwise, great work man! Biiiiiitchin!

Saweet!!!! That looks KILLER!!

Tonight I got the Sammi standing on its front two feet. I made some 1/4" upper coil buckets with 1/4" gussets for extra support. My buddy Travass came over and put the Heat to it. Turned out looking good.

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I used stock TJ coils. With the full weight of the Sammi on them they compress to 13 1/2" inches. I lifted the front this evening and the springs stretch to a full 20" inches when they stop stretching and lift the axle off the ground.

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I have some more work to do on the brackets that hold the spring in place. I cut them a little too large and will cut and smooth them down. They gotta look good.

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I welded the link on the other day. Looks pretty killer. Had Travis weld on a couple of spots that my weld didn't penitrate

killer lookin! dont cut if you dont have too! the full body looks sick!

killer lookin! dont cut if you dont have too! the full body looks sick!


x2 on the body thing! Looks :smokin:

more pics!

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I still have a lot to do. I have not hooked up the steering on either axle. I still have panhards to build. I have to finish some welding and grinding. Still need to cut the driver side rear fender out. I still need to do some trimming on the front fenders. etc. etc. etc.

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Didn't flex very high. My front fender was all over the 44. No panhards so I didn't feel safe to keep going since the coils and the 1 link were the only thing holding the body to the axles.

More to come! ;D

Lookin good dude. Nice flex pics.:smokin:

website was down the other nite. here is what I was going to post then.

Progress pics from tonight. I pulled out the diff, cut off the old pan, ground down the inside, welded on the pretty new "Shaved" pan and then began assembling the axle. Nothing ever goes back together as easy as it comes apart. :-\

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I gotta say, the plasma cutter makes it nice and quick!

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Then, a little welding, a little grinding and Wallah! Nice and smooth...
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Thats killer man! It looks mean!

Makes me wanna dig out my rockwells.

I had planned on doing something real similar, but chickened out.

Wow what a killer build.. I also am running a dana 300 twin sticked on mine, do you have any other support to the dana 300 beside the normal trany cross member mount??

Before you did the rocks what gears were you runnin in the diffs??

I have a ford 3.0 with a M5od 5 speed trans out of a ranger mated to the dana 300 stock, running 36x14.5 with land cruisser axles and can barley get it in 4th gear with 4:10's on the highway, what type of speed were you geting before the rocks?? I just cant fugure why It is'nt faster, any Ideas

Thanks Brad

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Got a chance to take it out to the 4WD Jamboree this weekend here in Springfield. Had a ton of questions. Hope to have it finished within the next couple of weeks.

nothing exceeds like excess, ( drunk post spellings probably fawked) nice zuk

I Like!

Wow what a killer build.. I also am running a dana 300 twin sticked on mine, do you have any other support to the dana 300 beside the normal trany cross member mount??

Before you did the rocks what gears were you runnin in the diffs??

I have a ford 3.0 with a M5od 5 speed trans out of a ranger mated to the dana 300 stock, running 36x14.5 with land cruisser axles and can barley get it in 4th gear with 4:10's on the highway, what type of speed were you geting before the rocks?? I just cant fugure why It is'nt faster, any Ideas

Thanks Brad

I am reposting this as it was at the end of the last page and may have been missed.

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Cool, get her killed..........

Freakin sweet flex... Is the rear link longer than the front?

yes, i believe it is 12" longer than the front.

You got yourself a badass looking rig man!!!

my dream sami :)

This is the first time I've seen the links welded straight to the tubes. You know that's 3" of verticle separation, right? Are others doing this on the light rigs? Does it hold up?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/sammimodel.jpg

Damn those coils sure do stretch.
Looks like you're about to knock that fence over.:laughing:

are you gonna be able to steer that thing, or is it going to go in whatever direction the rocks push it in?

Psssssssshhhhh he don't need no power steering, I could steer that sumbitch manually! :flipoff2:




:p

Any updates on this beast?

Previously I had a Dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Everyone kept saying I could only run 40's. The axle shafts couldn't take 44's. I want to run 44's so I picked up the Rockwells. I shouldn't have any issues now. A bonus is the factory gearing and the pumpkin height on the Rockwell is quite a bit higher (once it is shaved) than the Dana 60 I have in it right now. Combined with the 44's I should be able to get over rocks much easier. I will post pics of the front axle ride height today if possible. The front axle is shaved and I still have to finish the rear. Looks killer!


why do you listen to "everyone" just try it there is a ton of people running 44's and a d60.... shit rockwell shafts are no bigger than a 60 shaft ... unless u get the massive 2" 40 spliners

I have a ford 3.0 with a M5od 5 speed trans out of a ranger mated to the dana 300 stock, running 36x14.5 with land cruisser axles and can barley get it in 4th gear with 4:10's on the highway, I just cant fugure why It is'nt faster, any Ideas

Thanks Brad

Because the 3.0 is a turd and 4.10s aren't enough for 36s... 4.0 and 5.13s :flipoff2:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/sammimodel.jpg

More of her!

More of her!


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X elevntybilliontysevenquadinfinity


for me too!

Thats a dam fine helper you have there. Prolly pretty hard to point your eyes at your work.
Man that is some sick flex! get us some action shots of that thing and of the helper too.

are you gonna be able to steer that thing, or is it going to go in whatever direction the rocks push it in?

Dont you see that she is steering it? thats what she's doing under there.

That is some hardcore flexing. Can't wait to see how she does on the rocks!

If it wasn't for my wife I couldn't afford to build it. I have to get it done soon so I can take her out on the rocks and show her it was worth all the money and time I have spent on it.

Any girl that puts up with a guy that works and talks about his rig 24/7 is a rare find.

cheers to that. mine doesn't help me "afford" anything, though... schoolteachers are desperately underpaid...

the rest of you need to get out and rent some porn.

Are you picking the truck up by the front brake caliper? ...looks to be a hard kiss.

My 4 1/2" lift TJ coils came in. Now I won't have any issues with the caliper hitting the bumper.

Here is a pic of the panhard all welded up. I have also finished welding up my new wheels with 46" claws. Here is a peak at what it is looking like.

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Wow, whats the frame height at the belly? What was your wheelbase? I can't believe how big that thing is! You'll have a hard time finding a place to challenge it!!

that thing is bad ass!!!!! cant wait to see it workin..

flipped the hubs out last night. I am currently working on the steering. Got my front high steer arm ready to go on. Waiting on my grade 8 bolts to come in today so I can bolt the arm on and determine where I need to mount the hydraulic ram. Once this is done I will need to find placement for the shocks, run the brake line to the front caliper and then run the hydraulic lines. Once the front is done the rear is going to mimic it exactly.

Got a run down at SMORR this coming weekend so I am down to the wire.:smokin:

I think you're gonna make Jake Palmberg Jealous with that thing!

damn, I get flamed for a 1 link and they love yours! no, but that's really sweet there, I like the wheelbase and width, though I'd love to have your axles and tires.

oh, I forgot, a great advantage to all that unsprung weight is that the very weight of the axles and tires pull down into dips and keep enough contact pressure to keep the friction grip high. that's why I did similar and used some 2x4 1/4" wall tube for my 1-link, trying to add some weight.
you said at the beginning that you were gonna use the pinion brakes, I hear that will wear out the pinion bearing somewhat faster. a good solution would be to have 2 calipers on opposite sides of the pinion.... you could then use smaller calipers and still lock up the tires easily.....

I was able to get alot of work done this morning. I woke up late and missed church so I went out to the garage and got started on the Sammi.

I was able to finish welding up the tabs on the hydraulic ram. I was able to fix a leak on the driver side beadlock. The rubber seal wasn't sealed correctly and was leaking down. I was able to fab up the linkage from the steering column to the orbital valve. Made a bracket for the orbital valve and welded it to the frame. I made a new brake line from the master cylinder to the front of the frame where I hooked up a stainless steel brake line. I am currently trying to figure out how to install the line to the wilwood calipers. It seems they require weird fittings on them.

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hey what happened? she won't get under there in her bikini any more!

any how looks good. hurry up so we can see some action shots!

Ok I don't want to knock your zook I'm a big fan of rocks and one link set ups
But the pics of how well you flex with no shocks or driveshafts is useless.

ok i don't want to knock your zook i'm a big fan of rocks and one link set ups
but the pics of how well you flex with no shocks or driveshafts is useless.


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Ok I don't want to knock your zook I'm a big fan of rocks and one link set ups
But the pics of how well you flex with no shocks or driveshafts is useless.

And definitely some limiting straps.

Whats your progress point? 60%, 70%?

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Holy shit that thing is wide, when does the trailer get a few extra boards put on it????:eek:

Ok I don't want to knock your zook I'm a big fan of rocks and one link set ups
But the pics of how well you flex with no shocks or driveshafts is useless.

Screw shocks!:flipoff2:

Sweet build man. You gonna beef up that tie rod at all? Or do you think it'll hold up?

Sweet build :smokin:

I don't think I will ever have any issues with the panhard bar. The frame and wishbone mounts will get a bunch of gussets once I make sure the suspension cycles properly.

I will do a bunch of grinding, plating and gusseting very soon! :smokin:

he was talkin about your tie-rod. not your pan-hard bar.

looks good man.

The front was built by a local shop. If I had known I was going to do the rear steer when I had the front tie rod built I would have ordered two. As soon as they finish it I will have it bolted on.

I still have quite a way to go but it is getting there.:D

you need to tie that thing down from the axles...considering there are about 6 inches of tires hitting the trailer!:D

The front was built by a local shop. If I had known I was going to do the rear steer when I had the front tie rod built I would have ordered two. As soon as they finish it I will have it bolted on.

I still have quite a way to go but it is getting there.:D

Right on, I'm sure they'll hold up. I mean what size tires are normally on rockwells anyway? Probably won't break.

pics from today. everything is on except for the shocks. i will put those on this week once I get a chance to cycle everything and make sure nothing needs to be moved.

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Holy shit buddie that is fawkin awsome!

Nice job dude, what shocks you goin' with? unless you already mentioned that and I missed it.
I see some sort of upper link bar on the rear in one of the pictures, for limiting axle wrap? may be just seeing things. Good work man!:smokin:



edit: nevermind, that upper link I saw was the track bar. :L

Here is a pic from this afternoon. Had a issue with my front panhard mount. When I climbed the tree the mount tore the frame. I had to do some plating of the frame and add some more gussets so it will hold. Gotta say I am really liking the rear steer but it is definately going to take some getting used to. I will take a video this week. I am taking it to the testing grounds to see how everything works.

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glad you got it up and running!

one of the first thoughts i had when you started this thread is how the frame will hold up... it's pretty thin!

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Im still trying to square the fact that you go to church! I mean... lets face it what you've built here is well... evil! LOL

Keep it up ford381stroker Jesus Rocks... and Your Zuk Rocks LOL

Rich

yup the frames are thin lost of bracing needed. you got a lot unsprung pounds man. cross brace it to the other side! and plate the crap out of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJhhTdgiqbM

got bored this afternoon so I started using a Honda as a RTI ramp. then, my buddy came over and said I needed to drive over it. he grabbed a camera and I did it.

That was fun !!!!!!!

that was SO worth watching!

direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/v/QJhhTdgiqbM

That's an awesome video man!

You plan on installing shocks some time? Looks good!

Wow. One word for that....:smokin:

That was soooooo cool!When your back tires was climbing over the car It looked like the rear axle was going to come unhinged.:p Way cool build.Good job man.:smokin:

All I can say is WOW!

Have you had this thing out at SMORR yet? I would like to see it in action. My friend has an olive drab Samurai that he takes out there as often as he can. I was supposed to go with them last weekend but was busy.

Did you weld up the diffs or anything? That is just sick...LOL I just read the thread that usa6x6 went bankrupt, I like those shaved diff's.

I'm amazing that the honda windshield frame didn't crush:eek: Sick build I really like it. Kind of goes along the lines of it might be way over the top but I'm sure its a kick in the pants every second your driving it. I will admit most folks would stop on a trail and do the WTF stare for awile. Good job that was a lot of work to finish

Agreed moveaside! now waiting to see some 18 inch stroke shocks put on it and some wheeling evidence.

That thing is soooooooo...... Sweet...................:smokin:

Im still trying to square the fact that you go to church! I mean... lets face it what you've built here is well... evil! LOL

Keep it up ford381stroker Jesus Rocks... and Your Zuk Rocks LOL

Rich

amen brother!

Just purchased a set of 17" Bighorn Air Shocks. So, let the next step begin. I am planning to cut the front and rear body off and do a lot of tube work. Pics soon!:D

what a sweet rig.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/sammimaidenvoyage001.jpg

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have some videos from yesterday and today. should have them loaded up on youtube tomorrow evening. i will post links.

That thing is a beast!!! :eek: I can't wait to see the videos!

Whats your outside tire to outside tire measurement? What size wheels are you running? How do you loike the 4.3 with the Rockwells? I have so many questions...LOL

I guess 103-104 outside of tire to outside of tire.

Weren't you parting this thing out? Badass either way.

I guess 103-104 outside of tire to outside of tire.

Weren't you parting this thing out? Badass either way.

Parting out?

Parting out?

I hope i'm wrong but I could have mistaken it for another rig; lots of peeps selling these days.

Excellent rig.

I hope i'm wrong but I could have mistaken it for another rig; lots of peeps selling these days.

Not to hijack, I am parting out my Calmonkey lift on my tracker to possibly put rockwells under mt 4 door tracker? If thats what you mean? Hi jack off...LOL

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Man I sure wish youd talk to me about your Rock's. I just got mine and have an itch...LOL

shoot me a pm and I will tell you what I know. love the Rocks! :smokin:

Just purchased a set of 17" Bighorn Air Shocks. So, let the next step begin. I am planning to cut the front and rear body off and do a lot of tube work. Pics soon!:D


Just my .02, but I think you should leave the body there, and not cut it all off. It looks completely awesome as it is!

Man, that is WILD... I like seeing all the fool size truggies on rocks, but a sammy. Crazy, just crazy. Lots of props for being different.:smokin:

going bigger. have two big blocks sitting in the shop now. 454 Vortec and a 460 both with EFI. Now I have to decide which one.

cool rig defanatly keep the body on it. just to keep out some of the elements out and the sami body just looks killer. One question have you thought about flipping the the hubs in or do you not have the clearance with those rims. mabey you travel in wide open spaces?

with the all wheel steer I don't have issues with the width yet. Because the Claws are so wide I can't clear the high steer arms that my hydraulic rams attach to if i flip the hubs in.

What is your max tire width? What size/backspace wheels are you running?

Don't remember if I had added this yet. I am now changing directions slightly. I purchased a 454 Vortec engine to power the Sammi. The 4.3 Vortec won't push the Sammi like I want.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/partsforsale004.jpg

I purchased it with the complete engine wiring harness, ecu and all accessories. I haven't yet figured out how I will run the factory tank, sending unit and fuel pump.

Last week I got a hold of some killer 20" beadlocks and should have them at the house within 3 weeks. Knowing that they were on the way I started looking for a set of 52 or 53's. Found some on Craigslist last night and went and picked them up today. I plan to keep the 46" Claws and just swap them out for the 52's depending on terrain. I hope that Interco will product some 54" LTB's so I can get a set and put them on these 20's.

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Man you are crazy! Get some shocks yet?

17" Big Horn Air Shocks. Sitting in the house. Waiting until I build the new frame that the 454 will sit in before I put them on. I have a couple of ideas I like for the front and rear tubing. I am hoping to keep the use of the full top but we'll see. I would love to keep the front clip but there are certain obsticles I hit that cause my front tires to stuff into the fenders and I want to eliminate that.

Dang :D

Umm. How do you change a tire on the trail if you got a flat?! Hylift on the axle? It might happen, you know... Could run over a Jeep and have a door go through the sidewall! lol

this thing is f'n sick.. and just gets sicker everytime i read this thread..

...so are we going to get a video of you driving that thing over bigfoot?

Damn Man. You miss my questions???

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Yeah, wow.

Sorry, I'm at a loss for words.:flipoff2:

those sami's look so dumb on rockwells
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=361&pictureid=3038

kidding man,:D sweet looking build

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This thing is sick. Are you going to wheel it or show it off :flipoff2:

I'd like a vid of you climbing into that thing! Whats the frame height at now??

I like it , If you werent sitting it Id swear it was from the R/c forum...Awesome

I'd like a vid of you climbing into that thing! Whats the frame height at now??

judging by the bottom of the door to top of the tire, i bet that frame is close to 40" off the ground.

19" pumpkin height
33" belly crossmember height
39" frame height

Now your really going to need my extra shafts...LOL

Have more videos coming. Wanted to start off with one of my wife driving it on the obstacle course at SMORR.

YouTube - Sammi on Rockwells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Fe83_2aK0)

what size rims are those 46 inch claws on and how wide are those claws. thanks

man i liked yours way to much on 52's so i had to try em out. you gotta bad a$$ rig man

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n279/CHAD_019/8230_Lakefront_09.jpg

any updates? how do you like the 1 link I'm kickn doing a 1 link to mine

the claws are the 19.5 wide i believe and the wheels are 16.5 military beadlocks.

the sammi is now parted out. i am in the process of building another one but this time i am wanting to use an all factory drive train. 1.3 liter EFI engine, 5 speed and a 6.5 to 1 transfer case.

love the 1 links and kept them after the part out. will use them again on the new build! the drivetrain is 100% done. I am going to get it dialed in (fresh 40 over motor with calmini cam, header, exhaust etc.) with the stock axles stuffed with lockrites. I have a GT30R turbo that I had on my Subaru STI a couple of years back and have been toying with putting it on a Sammi just for the fun of it. Once all the bugs are worked out I will slap a set of Rocks under it. I will start another build once I get to that point.

Why did you take it apart? Did you get to use it much before you tore it down? Make you some money back on all the big parts?

do you think the 1 link app would be good for 100" to 107" wheel base

I have seriously contemplated using the 1 link on yota axles and a shorter wheelbase. The link setup works great. I will never do a 3 link or 4 link if I don't have to because this is so easy to build and setup. I had my front and rear links set at exactly 10 degrees and loved it. little up travel and alot of down travel. Took it down to SMORR and had a blast with it. Had a hard time keeping front driveshafts in it and that was my weak link. I will build another Sammi on Rocks.

I've followed your build before and always liked it, but today I finally found some cut front fenders that I really like. :D thanks.....

On a side note I've wondered how a Zuk would do with an LS2 in it, gonna follow your build to see how your new project comes out.

hm, im wondering if a little sammy can spool a gt30r before rev limmit lol. it may be a task with a journal bearing turbo, but i can see it happining with a ball bearing one. try using an old saab t3, or a mitsubishi 14b. they spool quick on small engines and are stable to around 250 hp.

wow that thing was crazy. I can't wait to see your new build.