F-Toy #38

[benttoy]

The car is looking good as for the panel damage slap a decal over the bad spot. Thats what we did every time we punched a hole in one We dont really have that many sponsors

[Hammer Hog]

Nice looking rig! The front end looks very cool...nice lines!

[azyota]

Originally Posted by benttoy

The car is looking good as for the panel damage slap a decal over the bad spot. Thats what we did every time we punched a hole in one We dont really have that many sponsors

Ahh, I already fixed it. It's painted and everything, except a new sticker

[azyota]

Originally Posted by Hammer Hog

Nice looking rig! The front end looks very cool...nice lines!

Thanks man! Coming from you that's a great compliment. Your pretty much F-toy OG!

[azyota]

Now that I have the wider 86+ rear axle, I decided it was time to ditch the 2"BS wheels. I got some Black Rock Crawler wheels from Crossed Up and started designing my own outer rings. I already have the inner rings so I'm going to go ahead and use those. The outer rings will be made at Crossed Up.
Here are some models of the rings I'm planning to use.

The inners,


Outers,


And the complete assy including hardware,

[azyota]

Got the outer's cut out, and the inners welded on.


Finished and mounted

[ACE-CAGE-#29]

Nice Job! They look great.

[benttoy]

Sweet!

[azyota]

I havent done anything in a while worth posting, but this one is pretty cool. I posted this on the toy board but it goes down the page pretty quick, and I dont know haw many F-Toy guy's look there.
Anyway, At the last comp I did at Donner I bent my rear axle housing pretty bad. Mike and Jerrod over at Crossed Up built me a new one. This thing is beefy to say the least. The center section was fabricated from 1/4" plate and the axle tubes are 3" diameter x 3/8" walll DOM. The axle flanges are designed by Crossed Up and machined from billet by Tim Brown of Metal Works. And yes, they are for sale. Check out their site in my sig. Here are a few pics.
Flange and DOM axle tube.

Flange after welding.


This is the center section and billet aluminum oil fill plug. These things are pretty sweet. It's a machined steel piece threaded to fit the X-up cap, and is sealed with an O ring.


Mike also set up this diff. V6 housing, 5.29,s and an ARB.

I still need to finish cleaning up the brake lines. As it sits right now, I have
13" between the bottom of the housing and the floor. The tires are 37"s with 10psi in them. They measure just under 35" tall.

[FYRDUDE]

That rear end is a thing of beauty!!!
What the clearance of that thing compared with the Diamond?

[a2b]

that thing is not class legal. only diamonds are class legal.














j/k

good work pat!!!! is kris going to spot for you next year?

[azyota]

Originally Posted by FYRDUDE

That rear end is a thing of beauty!!!
What the clearance of that thing compared with the Diamond?

I'll have to ask Mike about the clearance, I don't actually know myself.

[azyota]

Originally Posted by a2b

good work pat!!!! is kris going to spot for you next year?

Thanks Hobie! The guy's at Crossed Up did a great job. They are also making front housings, but it will probably be a little while before I get one of those.

Yeah, Kris is going to be spotting for me. I think things are going to work out okay, we just need some more practice working together. Do you think you will be out for PUSU in January?

[azyota]

I started dialing in my suspension so I called Matt at Trail Gear. His F-Toy flexes great so I wanted some advise from him. He suggested his 5" lift springs with a few leafs removed, and going to 6" shackles. He also set me up with all the dimensions between the spring hanger and shackle hangers. Just by luck my front mounts were exactly the same and the rears were within 1/4". It sounded good so I ordered them up. Two days later they were here. Great service!
At first I put them on with the 5" shackles that I had to see where it would end up. The rears were way to far kicked back.

With this much angle just one persons weigh on the back would compress the suspension far enough to invert the shackles up against the rear X-member and they would stick that way. I went ahead and put the 6" shackles in and that made the angle about 42 deg from vertical. They seem to work great there.


I left the front's with 5" shackles and wheeled it once, they would hit the frame on compression so I swapped them out to 6" shackles too. I havn't wheeled that yet, but the angles look good.


Working on a little more bling too I broke down and ordered up some Creeper Locks from Trail Gear too. I still need to work out tires, but the wheels look good in my shop. Same thing, ordered on Monday, at my doorstep Wednesday

[Jeep07]

looks great. Why are you switching beadlocks?

[azyota]

Originally Posted by Jeep07

looks great. Why are you switching beadlocks?

I'm going to get some Krawlers soon. I needed 17" wheels.

[MT4Runner]

Iroks/beadlocks for sale?

[azyota]

Originally Posted by MT4Runner

Iroks/beadlocks for sale?

Yup! $850 OBO.

[azyota]

Got new tires today and got them mounted up.

The Trail Gear beadlocks look great! I already feel bad about whats going to happen to them.

[Skii4x$]

Those look really nice, I am sure you will enjoy them

[desertoy]

WOW, those tires and wheels make it look like a different rig.
NICE WORK!!

[handlebar]

Timpat If I didnt know better I would think you were trying to take the trailer-queen title away from me and Bernie. Looks good, we will see how it looks after this weekend.

[benttoy]

Sam they will never have a fish tank as nice as yours
The rig looks sweet with those wheels

[handlebar]

Mike and Jake, we cant thank you two enough for your continued support of the tank. Without those weekly checks for fish food and water and replacement fish the dream of having the only Ftoy fish tank would have Floundered. Thanks for the Clams.

[azyota]

Originally Posted by desertoy

WOW, those tires and wheels make it look like a different rig.
NICE WORK!!

They really do make it look like a different rig!