Silverado truggy build thread - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

sayb2 · 01-17-2010, 05:51 PM

I am at WyoTech right now in Motorsports Chassis Fabrication and going to start building a chassin in te next few weeks. I hope to leave Wyoming with a roller, but thats a long shot. Building this rig following the KOH rulebook. My grand idea is to take a shot at the 2011 LCQ. This will be a full tube chassis with some Chevy Silverado body pieces. Shooting for around 3500 pounds.

So here is what i have.

2002 Silverado cab and hood. (will be severely cut up)
18" FOA Remote Res. Coilovers. No springs yet since i do not know wat spring rates i will need.
Some steering parts.
38" TSL SX's off my brothers S-10 that have decent tread. They will get me rolling until i can get something else.

Chassis: KOH legal 1 3/4 inch DOM main cage and the rest will be 1 3/4 inch DOM and EW(to save money)

On the buy soon list.

Axles: 14 bolt rear/ 60 or fab 9 front.
Seats: Corbeau or Mastercraft.
Engine: Setting up the chassis for a small block chevy.
Transmission: 700R4
Transfer case: Dana 300 or NP 205(eventually doubled)

Taking donations and ideas. I can use eerything i can get. A students budget, especially at this school, are very limited. Please feel free to give input. Will post pics of what i have soon.

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-17-2010, 06:06 PM

Sounds like a plan! I don't think all of that will fit in your Short wide bed truck when your done at WyoTech though!

sayb2 · 01-17-2010, 08:04 PM

i think ill jsut sell my DD and use it to finish the buggy then drive that home...not.

sayb2 · 01-17-2010, 08:14 PM

18 inch FOA's

sayb2 · 01-17-2010, 08:30 PM

ECT steering wheel. Bought one today should be here this week sometime. Also bought a quick release steering hub off ebay.

sayb2 · 01-17-2010, 08:32 PM

I need some input on steering system choice, brake system set-up, and anything else i can be give input on. The plan is to build a good all around rig with lots of travel, medium ride height, able to out wheel my brother.

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-18-2010, 04:24 AM

Out wheeling me shouldn't be tough!

You need to worry about out wheeling dad now!

sayb2 · 01-18-2010, 05:21 PM

Game on! Got word of were some 60 fronts may be

sayb2 · 01-23-2010, 02:28 PM

My cab at the school cage waiting to get in the shop.

sayb2 · 01-23-2010, 02:29 PM

got a hood and one door too. needing another door

sayb2 · 02-02-2010, 04:21 PM

UPDATE! Got the Cab stripped of what little was in it. Took out the wiring harness, heater box,and the cross beam that goes under the dash. going to start measuring tomorrow and maybe start cutting on it. Taking a little over a foot out of the rockers, but going to keep the cab the full width.

A_G · 02-02-2010, 11:02 PM

i cant believe you actually left it in the cage outside of the diesel building, the super techers (you know what im talking about) like to swipe crap out of that cage. Id put it in a storage unit somewhere.

but hey good luck

Got some family in cheyenne and friends in wyoming still, if you need help finding parts i can help ya.

Theres a few good junkyards up near sheridan, i know the yards in laramie (the one over on 1st near the bowling alley) turn the noses down at the students of wyotech.

awsum4x4 · 02-03-2010, 06:01 AM

my input is you should narrow the body it will get beat up severly if you dont plus it will look alot cooler.i've been thinking of narrowing my jeep because i think its too wide.

sayb2 · 02-03-2010, 06:07 PM

there was nothing for them to steal. it was bare. got measurments started and bought some material to get started. going to keep it full width, but have some ideas to help with keeping the sheetmetal alive. cutting a little over a foot out of the rockers. will post picturs tomorrow

sayb2 · 02-03-2010, 06:09 PM

dont want my body looking like links...

sayb2 · 02-03-2010, 06:14 PM

almost forgot, buying some Beard seats from an instructor.

linked&bobbed_S10 · 02-03-2010, 06:32 PM

Please use my damn name, your my brother for God's sake!

srsgsxr1000 · 02-03-2010, 06:41 PM

I've already talked to you a couple times, but I bet we can help with lights and wiring, switch panel, etc.

But I'll be expecting a beer or 2 while we are at the Spring break meet and greet!

Oh, and x2 on the narrowing of the body. Mine is a full tube buggy, and its to wide.

linked&bobbed_S10 · 02-04-2010, 03:24 AM

if you were ever going to narrow it, now is the best time to do it!

mrtoddb · 02-04-2010, 07:17 AM

So Shain, if you're not on here for a few days, does that make you...

wait for it...

the...

...missing Link?

x's (a really big number here) on narrowing. Cool points and better mobility.

sayb2 · 02-04-2010, 10:14 AM

sweet, let me know what i need to do to get u what i need on the lights and wiring. well, i guess i better decide quick, already got the beginning of the chassis about to tack together. it is really wide looking sitting on the frame bench. i think ill set the cab on the center of the chassis when its tacked with the rockers cut off and see how it looks, if i want to narrow it its just a few simple tacks to break. will take pictures after class today and show yall what has happened so far. enough lunch, back to school. Shain, linked sounds so much more, uh, mysterious? how does Maggie Mae sound for a name for this rig?

awsum4x4 · 02-04-2010, 12:53 PM

how wide is the frame?

sayb2 · 02-04-2010, 03:39 PM

My notes are at school, but the 2X4 tubing that create the rock sliders are a little of 80 inches. From those points it all narrows a lot in the hood and behind the cab. Posting pics soon.

linked&bobbed_S10 · 02-04-2010, 05:33 PM

Maggie Mae?

Are you a Rod Stewart fan now?

Wow! How Wyoming has changed you!

mrtoddb · 02-04-2010, 09:27 PM

Hey, easy on Rod now, I have much respect for a fawker that's uglier than I and can pull in the wool he has in his life!!!

01-17-2010, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	Silverado truggy build thread I am at WyoTech right now in Motorsports Chassis Fabrication and going to start building a chassin in te next few weeks. I hope to leave Wyoming with a roller, but thats a long shot. Building this rig following the KOH rulebook. My grand idea is to take a shot at the 2011 LCQ. This will be a full tube chassis with some Chevy Silverado body pieces. Shooting for around 3500 pounds. So here is what i have. 2002 Silverado cab and hood. (will be severely cut up) 18" FOA Remote Res. Coilovers. No springs yet since i do not know wat spring rates i will need. Some steering parts. 38" TSL SX's off my brothers S-10 that have decent tread. They will get me rolling until i can get something else. Chassis: KOH legal 1 3/4 inch DOM main cage and the rest will be 1 3/4 inch DOM and EW(to save money) On the buy soon list. Axles: 14 bolt rear/ 60 or fab 9 front. Seats: Corbeau or Mastercraft. Engine: Setting up the chassis for a small block chevy. Transmission: 700R4 Transfer case: Dana 300 or NP 205(eventually doubled) Taking donations and ideas. I can use eerything i can get. A students budget, especially at this school, are very limited. Please feel free to give input. Will post pics of what i have soon.

01-17-2010, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	18 inch FOA's Attached Images

01-17-2010, 08:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	ECT steering wheel. Bought one today should be here this week sometime. Also bought a quick release steering hub off ebay. Attached Images

01-18-2010, 05:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	Game on! Got word of were some 60 fronts may be Last edited by sayb2; 01-23-2010 at 02:26 PM.

01-23-2010, 02:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	My cab at the school cage waiting to get in the shop. Attached Images

01-17-2010, 06:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,425	Sounds like a plan! I don't think all of that will fit in your Short wide bed truck when your done at WyoTech though!

01-17-2010, 08:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	i think ill jsut sell my DD and use it to finish the buggy then drive that home...not.

01-17-2010, 08:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	I need some input on steering system choice, brake system set-up, and anything else i can be give input on. The plan is to build a good all around rig with lots of travel, medium ride height, able to out wheel my brother.

01-18-2010, 04:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,425	Out wheeling me shouldn't be tough! You need to worry about out wheeling dad now!

01-23-2010, 02:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	got a hood and one door too. needing another door

02-02-2010, 04:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	UPDATE! Got the Cab stripped of what little was in it. Took out the wiring harness, heater box,and the cross beam that goes under the dash. going to start measuring tomorrow and maybe start cutting on it. Taking a little over a foot out of the rockers, but going to keep the cab the full width.

02-03-2010, 06:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
awsum4x4 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Member # 104175 Posts: 60	my input is you should narrow the body it will get beat up severly if you dont plus it will look alot cooler.i've been thinking of narrowing my jeep because i think its too wide.

02-03-2010, 06:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	there was nothing for them to steal. it was bare. got measurments started and bought some material to get started. going to keep it full width, but have some ideas to help with keeping the sheetmetal alive. cutting a little over a foot out of the rockers. will post picturs tomorrow

02-03-2010, 06:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	dont want my body looking like links...

02-03-2010, 06:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	almost forgot, buying some Beard seats from an instructor.

02-03-2010, 06:32 PM	#17 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,425	Please use my damn name, your my brother for God's sake!

02-03-2010, 06:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
srsgsxr1000 Wheeler Join Date: Feb 2008 Member # 109344 Location: Hot springs, AR. Posts: 473	I've already talked to you a couple times, but I bet we can help with lights and wiring, switch panel, etc. But I'll be expecting a beer or 2 while we are at the Spring break meet and greet! Oh, and x2 on the narrowing of the body. Mine is a full tube buggy, and its to wide. __________________ TEAM OBSCENE--Office Held (Sir Krawls-a-lot, DC3 Champion! WE SUPPORT TRAIL HEAD

02-04-2010, 03:24 AM	#19 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,425	if you were ever going to narrow it, now is the best time to do it!

02-04-2010, 07:17 AM	#20 (permalink)
mrtoddb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110184 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,817	So Shain, if you're not on here for a few days, does that make you... wait for it... the... ...missing Link? x's (a really big number here) on narrowing. Cool points and better mobility. __________________ Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid.- John Wayne 91 YJ, 5.3, TH400, Atlas 3.8, 35 spl 60's f&r Pick up your trash you nancy little bastards or sell that shit and go buy a fawkin low rider so you can be around more of your own kind! :flipoff: Last edited by mrtoddb; 02-04-2010 at 07:19 AM.

02-04-2010, 10:14 AM	#21 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	sweet, let me know what i need to do to get u what i need on the lights and wiring. well, i guess i better decide quick, already got the beginning of the chassis about to tack together. it is really wide looking sitting on the frame bench. i think ill set the cab on the center of the chassis when its tacked with the rockers cut off and see how it looks, if i want to narrow it its just a few simple tacks to break. will take pictures after class today and show yall what has happened so far. enough lunch, back to school. Shain, linked sounds so much more, uh, mysterious? how does Maggie Mae sound for a name for this rig? Last edited by sayb2; 02-04-2010 at 10:21 AM.

02-04-2010, 12:53 PM	#22 (permalink)
awsum4x4 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Member # 104175 Posts: 60	how wide is the frame?

02-04-2010, 03:39 PM	#23 (permalink)
sayb2 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 131153 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 926	My notes are at school, but the 2X4 tubing that create the rock sliders are a little of 80 inches. From those points it all narrows a lot in the hood and behind the cab. Posting pics soon.

02-04-2010, 05:33 PM	#24 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,425	Maggie Mae? Are you a Rod Stewart fan now? Wow! How Wyoming has changed you!

02-04-2010, 09:27 PM	#25 (permalink)
mrtoddb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110184 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,817	Hey, easy on Rod now, I have much respect for a fawker that's uglier than I and can pull in the wool he has in his life!!! __________________ Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid.- John Wayne 91 YJ, 5.3, TH400, Atlas 3.8, 35 spl 60's f&r Pick up your trash you nancy little bastards or sell that shit and go buy a fawkin low rider so you can be around more of your own kind! :flipoff:

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