In the next few weeks I think I'll start updating my latest project that I have been working on for quite a while and have not been making much progress with. :finger:
I scrapped this idea after realizing it only works and looks good on a monster buggy:
I searched ls1tech.com, craigslist, ebay and GM Parts direct until I finally got all of the parts to put the L92 short block together as an LS3 looking engine that should have about the same performance as a factory LS3 until I pick another cam out and then it should be around 500 FWHP with a nice torque curve still.
I made a lot of progress and then I got my new seat and I realized I made it too small.... I took it all apart and started over and now it's a nice size.
That's how it looked last week, I made a lot of progress this weekend and it looks like something again so I'll start a build thread from this point. :thumb:
The specs are:
50" tube chassis built for WE Rock pro mod rules
-JK 48" buggy hood and grille from Jimmy's Offroad
-L92/LS3 engine
-th400 trans
-3.8:1 atlas 2 speed
-hi-9's with 4.88's spool rear and detroit front (for now... I might go to ARB's later)
-spidertrax housings with 3.0" 3/8" tubes, full floater rear and ultimate 60 knuckles in the front
-full 50 degrees of steering (this is extremely hard to accomplish)
-64" WMS front 62" WMS rear, both diff's offset as far as I can get them for every bit of clearance
-103-104" wheel base with 17" or so belly height
-37" Maxxis competition trepadors
-walker evans wheels from the tracker
-was going to be 3 link with track bars f/r but I can make it 2" lower if I go with XX style 4 links so I made that change to the plans last week
-PSC Full hydro steering
-SAW 2.5" air shocks and 2.0" air bumps from Ironman Offroad
-PRP Competition pro series seats
-CNC Plasma cutting by Tab using my designs
I'm sure there is a whole bunch I'm forgetting so I'll update it as I remember..... :sonicjay:
we'll see... for now I'm setting it up like the tracker was, the nice thing is; I can swap them front to rear in about an hour so if I dont like it I dont have much invested to try it fipped. :thumb:
I have a couple of questions about your layout table:
1) Why didn't you get one that could fixture your axles on without them hanging off?
2) Why were you so worried about getting a perfect layout table, and then you use wooden blocks for holding up stuff? It seems like those wouldn't not be the most accurate fixturing devices.
And my final question is, when do you think you'll be done? Because I have to plan to be done before then.
I really wanted to get a fixture table with ground in lines on it (and I still do) so I dont have to have things like the 1"x1" square tube at the front of the chassis to use as a baseline. I have adjusted to like this table... I weld the fixtures to it and then grind off the welds when I'm done. I definately wouldnt be doing that with a blanchard ground +\- .002" surface on the one that I really wanted. I had my sights set on a few tables that ended up going for much more than I had money for... I gave up after I kept getting outbid. what killed it for me was the fact that the guy was buying THREE tables.... he had no limit to what he was going to spend and I didnt want to be the one to find out where he would stop. I ended up scoring this one for $400 in my hands and its 60"x96" which is almost perfect but for the price I couldnt pass it up. it weighs 1800lbs and when I bought it the scrap price on it was almost more than what I paid. I filled in a few holes it had, smoothed out the top and sides and it's a very nice table for what I'm using it for. the top deviates about .080" towards the outsides but the center is pretty flat and the top is 3/4" thick so I decided to make it work and so far I dont really miss having a super precise table to work from.
The blocks of wood you see are just laying there, I use them for spacers or to hold things like the hood and seat for getting an idea of where things go and where things will fit. The only thing I have positioned using wood were the top roof bars on the sides to get the tumble home offset even from one side to the other, even then the pieces of wood were just sandwiched between the vertical beams and the roof bars... I should take pictures of all the goofy fixtures I have made to position things, some of them are pretty creative... Ohh... those blocks of wood I used were milled to the exact same height too. oke:
The main thing you see is that I am using 6x6's to keep an idea of where my belly height will end up since I have had to redo the height of everything a few times over and I finally settled on the belly being the top of a 6x6 for the ease of keeping things located off the table consistantly. I have been resting my links on them so I can keep in mind what the link angles will look like.
I have no doubt that you'll be done long before I will, right now my unobtainable goal is may 30th but my realistic goal will be july 4th so I can hit up zukimelt at the badlands. I might have to put a suzuki sticker on it or something :sonicjay:
my focus right now is making it a roller.... as soon as I do that I'll have a better idea of when I'll be done.
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