02 frontier SAS project

[penski61]

got the atlas installed and hooked up except the front driveshaft
was able to re-use the trans x-member /skid i made up (skid not on yet)

had to change the design of the 2nd portion of the console so that the shifter box would mount to the floor instead of the console
here is the shifter box with some mounts i made up to bolt it to the floor

and the finished look , except the shifter knobs those are getting replaced

[dvdswan]

That's frickin' awesome. Looks great too. Let me hate for just a minute. Lol.

[penski61]

thanks
just ordered these , the shift pattern is reversed for nissan's well atleast for this atlas it was
http://www.advanceadapters.com/products/pn-303152/

[droff85]

Hey dude awesome truck. You don't still have te original front running gear or know of anybody about to do the sas do you? I have an 03 crew cab 2wd and would love to make it 4wd. I could just do the sas myself but I'd need to locate a front axle and I dont know which ones will fit. I'm not looking for an aggressive truck just something to play around in since it is my dd. I could probably do a divorced transfer case rather than trying to locate and swap in a 4wd one. Thanks.

[penski61]

yeah here ya go , he is in north carolina so just send him a message and see if is willing to ship
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ghlight=nissan

[penski61]

new shift knobs installed


got the ruff stuff diff cover modified , kind of hard to tell but there are (2) 1/4" allen head screws on the bottom of the cover 1 in the center and one to the right
i may roll the 44 out from under the truck and get the 60 mocked up so i can get the lower link brackets, pan hard bar and hydro assist brackets on then go ahead and pull it back off and paint it

[penski61]

got the 5.38s and arb installed last weekend and got the axle under the truck , waiting on axle shafts and some other parts for final assembly which i hope to have by this weekend

[heloflyboy]

Hey, great pic's. Hope to see it at GONE. Are you going this year?

[penski61]

yep we will be there , running all black trails except on Wednesday we will be running Kane Creek

[heloflyboy]

Awesome should see you there.

[penski61]

finally got all four wheels back on the ground , tomorrow taking it to a shop to get a cage put in
specs
shaved high pinion D60 35 spline 4340 inners and outers with yukon drive flanges , arb and 5.38's with a 1350 x 1410 driveshaft
double sheer steering with 7/8's heims and 8" psc ram
11-1/2 inches of clearance from ground to the bottom of the diff air down

[dvdswan]

thats purdy

[penski61]

with a roll cage goin in the seats i had in the truck sat a little to high
here is one of the new seats with custom seat mounts i made up which lowered the seats about an 1-1/2"

[the freeak]

Just out of curiosity, what is that 60 out of? It looks like a 79 diff position, but it has balljoints.... custom tubes in a newer center section?

[penski61]

correct , its out of a 93 i had the long side shortened and short side lengthened not quite 79 specs so i had to get custom axles made up

the housing was only $100 at the Jy so i figured its better than paying $1100 for a axle i would have to re-build anyway

[penski61]

got the main portion of the cage done by RPM fab here in tempe,az then i added the dash tube , windshield tube , floor tube , tool box mount and ice chest platform

[penski61]

best i could do with the headliner


also added a suck down winch

[dvdswan]

very cool, for the headliner if it bothers you with the seems maybe put some velcro behind it to hold them together. otherwise, how often are you going to look up.

[penski61]

yeah im not to worried about it , i put the headliner back in more to deaden the noise and heat a little bit

[penski61]

some video's from Moab


Thursday we ran behind the rocks backwards and I made it up everything but broke the front truss/upper link bracket on high dive and didn't realize till i got to the top , so glad i was able to get to the top and it didn't completly rip off
here are some of the video's and when my wife gets the pictures done ill post those as well
Pritchett Canyon -
Rocker knocker
putting the front digs to use
Bill on Rocker Knocker - YouTube
Behind the Rocks -
white knuckle hill
White Knuckle Hill (penski61) - YouTube
high dive - the front truss was broken goin up this and didn't realize till i got to the top
High Drive (penski61) - YouTube

[penski61]

thanks to Jay for writing the article
4wd magazine

[Alliedacid]

Originally Posted by penski61

correct , its out of a 93 i had the long side shortened and short side lengthened not quite 79 specs so i had to get custom axles made up

the housing was only $100 at the Jy so i figured its better than paying $1100 for a axle i would have to re-build anyway

two questions:

what did your final front axle dimension end up at?
and
what type of bender do you have?

VERY SWEET BUILD

[penski61]

wms to wms ended up being 66.5
i think the inner ps axle was 30-7/8 and driver side was 19-7/8

i used a HF bender for just about everything except the cage and front bumper
the bumper i had a shop bend the tubing i just layed out the design with emt, took it to them and they matched the bends then i put the bumper together

the cage i had another shop do for the most part then i did the dash bar , floor bars and windshield bars along with the tool box mount and ice chest mount

[Irongrave]

congrats on the article

[megatoy66]

Nice work Aaron!!