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El Chupacabra gets shot - Starting over and going IFS

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#1 ·
So progress was going slow on the buggy build. It didn't help that we decided to switch to a 2" chassis and IFS 3/4 of the way through the build of the chassis. By that time Shaffer was busy building other cars and I wanted to get my car done sooner than later so I sat down with Dan at Fishmouth Fabworks and plopped down a pile of cash and asked if he could haul ass. He said yes. :D

Since Shaffer had already rolled the 2" for the new chassis and frankly I liked the design, we decided to use the pre rolled tubing and stick to some of the El Chupacabra design. Obviously since this car will be IFS, it's going to be a bit different.

So out with the old Currie F9 solid front axle, and in with the Diamond IFS center section, Yukon 9" drop out, ARB with Spidertrax 300m collar, and RCV CVs.

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#28 ·
You should really look at this thread before running just the Spidertrax collar in your ARB:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=832062&highlight=rd99&page=10

The Spidertrax collar is a good upgrade to fix just that one part but the whole rest of the engagement method in the RD99 is just not up to the task and I'd had to see you build this kick ass buggy and have the ARB fail you.

Best of luck on the build. I am very interested to see how you package IFS in a front engine buggy. I might have to ship my buggy cross country to get Dan's touch on my buggy ;)
 
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#37 ·
IFS and front engine happens all the time (Trophy trucks?) The only difference with this having 4wd you have to Route the driveshaft. Since the diff is fixed and doesn't move that isn't that big of a deal. yes it will have to be more than a single shaft, but again no movement makes that fairly easy.

The motor will want to be pushed back as far as possible for weight bias anyways.
 
#38 ·
JTJeep said:
ISince the diff is fixed and doesn't move that isn't that big of a deal. yes it will have to be more than a single shaft, but again no movement makes that fairly easy.

The motor will want to be pushed back as far as possible for weight bias anyways.
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Correct. Since nothing moves, tolerances on d/s clearance can be ultra tight. It's not like a moving front solid axle.

edit - the front third is also a low pinion which will help clear things a little better too.
 
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