dont you have pictures of the axles floating around?

Edit: it looks like im getting ahead of you

 

dont you have pictures of the axles floating around?

I do,and there is a pic of it further along too.But I though instead of thread jackin my own question thread about longfields.....I would just show the build!!!

 

A few more...

 

The rear axle(with the ends cut and turned).

I will update this thread with more pics soon.

 

Nice work. The Toy axle flip/cut+turn could be its own thread.

You cut out the center of the housing, spun it 180º, welded it back on to protect the ring gear in its new orientation.

Cut & turned the knuckles 180º minus whatever you needed for caster

Redrilled 4 stud holes and plugged 4 old ones.

Anything else? Going to truss the new bottom?

 

I cut the cover portion off of the housing 180'd it and welded it back on(or the third wouldnt go back in),the holes two top two bottom.....I just drilled the upper and lower hole slightly lager and it went right back on.(normal orientation,since the honda doesnt require reverse rotation of the diffs).

there is a pic with some info about axle strenghth here...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=559333

 

How budget?

 

Here is a few pics of my single seat project.My intention is to build a buggy with really common parts(but still have four wheel steering)and keep my budget around 5k.

Read above.

 

looks sick bro, I am wanting to do a similar buildup, using ford 9 and dana 44 stuff, keep us updated. and good luck at ttc.

 

very cool, will be a killer light wheeler! What are you planning for the steer hydro's?

 

I recently saw a six inch travel double ended ram on a buggy my buddy just bought and so if I can find out who makes it and it wont cost a arm & a leg then thats my plan.I am going to adapt a gm p-series pump to this engine(probably the only real trick piece for this built because I have to face the pump at the front of the engine since a honda spins backwards!!!)

 

Grab an 8" and destroke it.. This was the best pricing I could find a while back:

http://surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2007031215294757&catname=hydraulic&keyword=HCP1

But honestly, if I was going to do it again I think I'd just go with a single ended ram for a lot less money, and easier to mount.

My 8" stroke on a Toy Axle:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=225968&stc=1&d=1138052481

Been very happy with the ram.

-Wayne

 

My engine management(all in a battery box).I had a local import guy make it for me.

Rear links started....

 

front links....

 

That looks really cool Rock Ape. Love the idea

 

I just wish I had half the fab skills you have. Keep the pics rolling.

Good luck on the TTC

 

With front shock towers...

with all 4 shocks on it!!!!

 

Looks pretty sweet Any thought on the shift linkage yet?

I got out of Honda's and into Jeep's thinking it would be cheaper....should have stuck to the 1320.

 

I think I will just need to fab up a cable bracket and I should be able to use a pro-stick type shifter(with the detents cut out) with a standard cable.If it was a 5 speed then that would be a real challenge!!!

I figure if the d16 doesnt make enough power I can step up to the zc twin cam that will directly bolt in its place for $450 and another 40 hp gain!!!

 

zc was my first engine swap and a damned good motor. never got to put the hks cams in though finally dragged the old chassis to the recycler saturday and got a whopping $57 for it kinda pissed me off when I thought of all the time I'd put into it, but that's the way it goes.

A+ will read this thread again

 

cool set up. ive been thinking of the samething but front engine w/vtec

 

To do it front engine you would have to flip the diffs(since then the drive shafts would turn the wrong way!!!).Plus you are pretty much having to use the honda trans too,because of the counter clockwise engine rotation.

and unless you are gonna be in the 4000 rpm+ range all the time the v-tec might not be the best choice!!!!(since that is about where the v-tec comes on!!!!Some much higher!!!!)

 

Nah run Toda Vtec Killers Imagine 10k rpm and an ITB'ed B20 block in a buggy for the heavy right footed...Bet a K series would be nice, but too high dollar for putzing around with a fun theory at this point.

 

A few more pics....

With 39 inch krawlers???

Top of the cage at ride height!!!!

 

Man, you are making some excellent progress. This is gonna be mean when you are done.

 

copming sweet, what are tha plans for the radiator\fan?

 

Factory from a 92 and newer(so small you would think it was a heater core for an american car,you can see it laying on top of the engine in the first two picsw in the last set!!!)civic the engine management will still even run the fan just like the factory.All trying to use as many of the factory parts!!!It will mount on the back of the X toward the left side.

 

and unless you are gonna be in the 4000 rpm+ range all the time the v-tec might not be the best choice!!!!(since that is about where the v-tec comes on!!!!Some much higher!!!!)rockape. On My friends 2001 honda after we took the motor out and put it back in we couldn't get the v-tec to work so we took it apart again and asked honda and aparently there is a little regulator since the v-tec works on oil psi and using a screw driver we adjusted the v-tec to hit a 1200rpm which is FUN.

 

I am a Honda tech(over 12 years)and as far as I know... the v-tec soliniod(that is controlled by the pcm)is what controls the oil pressure to the correct passage in the head so the outer rocker arms get locked to the center rocker arm when in v-tec!!!(this is a simplified answer)Now as far as an adjustment???Only with a piggy back system or a programmable pcm!!!!Plus they usually run really bad at low rpm since the high cam has a bunch of lift as well as overlap!!!!

 

Rock ape how much belly do you have at 5 foot 3?

 

18inches with axles set for 39s only 4 inches of uptravel,ten droop.Those # will change slightly if I decide to go 37s.

 

Here are the pics of it as a roller.I started this project on january 1st of 2007 and I have right about 110 hours in it!!!Since I need to get the truggy ready for TTC(I hope Im making it???) I needed to move the single seater, so last sunday I finished up enough to get it on the wheels.Those tires are 35s and the shocks arent set for anything more than just to move it.So no it wont be quite that low.

damn camera strap!!!!

and here is a reference of me (at 6') to show how low it is right now!!!!

a couple of other specs I may not have mentioned this chassis is 39 inches wide and right around 45-46 inches tall.and only 8 feet 3inches long!!!!It will be between 170-180 feet of tube when completed!!!(still needs a bunch of tie-ins and tube in the roof as well as structure between the front shock hoops!!!)

 

looks good bro, cant wait to see it done, youre pretty close to me, maybe have to travel out to moonrocks some weekend and see that thing in action, good luck on the rest of the build, and at TTC :smokin:

 

So how much is that 70/73 Camaro in the backgraound?

 

I was just gonna comment on the nice collection in the background....
70-73 'maro,
67-72 chev p/u
68/69 elky ss
not sure about the dark chevy p/u, 52? 53? (wag's here )

not to mention the truggy.....:cool2: