i'm not sure thats heavy enough
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i'm not sure thats heavy enough
We checked it out Sunday when we were trying to find you guys to buy beanies. Looks cool. I want to do something like that to the Belle.
I thought boatsides were more angled, like a boat's side to slide off rocks.
Anyway, you think that tubing to frame connection will stand up to a good hit, or are you going to gusset it up some.
Did you weld the cab to the 3x6? I was wondering if you were going to try to seal it back up with some sheetmetal, or if you were not putting doors back on and just not going to worry about it. You may regret the holes there if you hit any mud again, ask me how I know.... :gigem:
Yea this is more of just higher clearance rock rails. How much clearance under the rocker did you gain (lose?) from this?
Yah its not very extreme as far as "boatsiding" goes but I gained about 10" of clearance, and to go any higher would have required alot more work. Yes, the cab is welded directly to the 3x6. The holes between the floor and 3x6 will be filled with sheetmetal donated from my old hood. I am not worried about the durability of my welds. I chamfered the ends of the tube, cleaned everything off to bare metal, and set my miller 210 on 5. Unless a chunk is ripped out of the frame, they aint goin anywhere.
I agree, I need bigger tires. Much...bigger...tires.
I see the fenders and hood missing, is there some tube in pigpens future? I am leaning more towards the truggy every day. Seeing the room and access you have with that stuff out of the way is a big selling point for me.
Fenders and hood are off because of motor swap and they are getting replaced with unsmashed ones too. There will be some tubage later but I cant afford it right now.
53" XML's?
I may have found a radiator...
im going to kick you in the nuts if you don't bring your shat to clayton.Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
Oliver, do you know where I can get the fel-pro head bolt kit and if it is reusable? How bout the ARP kit?
x2 :gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by RCook527
I think I actually purchased both from O'Reilly - decent price at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
Got the last frame runner made this weekend, now I just have to patch up the floor. I also got the new core support cut down for the narrowing, but I didnt get around to cutting the hood yet. I like the expanded steel, it gives it kind of a mad max look.
expanded metal does look cool...I hope you have plans for how it's gonna work with the headlights :p
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Originally Posted by afroman006
as if it didnt already have that going for it
sure are some crappy looking welds, but I guess it goes with the whole pigpen thing
not everybody has professional training
just ask ill show you how to weld
i could use some lessons. you should see my grinder stand...Quote:
Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
looks like a squirrel had a case of the ass-pee every where i tried to weld
Crappy? I consider them prety damn good for having to do it upside down with molten metal dripping on me. What pics are close enough for you to even see them anyway?
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nice, but it needs a crazy out of control mop top hanging out of the cap.
Robert you should know better than to post pictures of welds before they're chipped, ground and painted. And Creighton if Robert was your landlord I bet he would have evicted you for that comment :D
they actually look good in person, i was impressed
i think it'll look cool when it gets it nosed pinched. you should dove some bed skins on there just to give it symmetry.
Well I got the new engine crossmember made today. Many thanks go out to Frick for letting me have some bushings since I set mine on fire yesterday cutting my old cross member apart. The new one will allow my front suspension to have ~3" more uptravel and will not hit the pumpkin or spring plates when the suspension compresses. I had to weld it in since I mounted everything inside the frame, but I am happy enough with how it came out I doubt I'll ever have to change it.
is that pink???
Hey, I think those are my bushings!!!!
Its red metal primer and yes they were your bushings Jordan.
yeah its cool just make sure i get some back asap, im only lacking on thing for my antiwrap bar.
4wd would be more useful than an antiwrap bar
and yes dick fawk when me and ryan get time we are gonna set them.
I would add another gusset from the square tubing to the top of the frame to keep from twisting the bottom lip of the rail.
can we throw one of the old 6.2 blocks in the pond since cook wouldnt let me chunk the alternator?
They do it in the ocean all the time. Make it a big production and call it an "artificial reef"
that alternator is still in the garage. shot put it into the pond
Hell no the blocks are still good. The cracked pistons from my old motor however...
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Originally Posted by BMFScout
thats the was the plan...