Recent content by Motiracer38

Maybe add a diagonal to the extra cab as well, seems popular with the exo crew. I've never understood the cowl bar on the outside as it should be able to be ran through engine compartment.

You set the tie rod length for each case equal to each other so that bump steer is zero at those points. This would only be for one side at a time.

That front end turned out great! What were the final travel specs with 4wd working? Any shots of CV clearance yet?

I'm still in. No idea what I'm bringing or how many boys are coming but as that weekend is mysteriously empty which doesn't happen often around here. Tempting to try for a Sequoia shake down run but don't really want to burden anyone with new build bugs. I did start prepping the Jeep this past...

That would have been my first crack at it, love the visuals. You can solve for it sketching it out in 3D for each case of droop, ride height, and bump and setting the tie rod lengths equal to each other. It's pretty easy to set up in Solidworks if you want to send me the X,Y,Z coordinates of the...

I'm not sure there's a better way than to fire up the plasma and cut as close as you can before burning through a few flapdisks to make it clean. Of course yours will likely hang up on 10 rocks before my pile gets out of the garage, At least cut the ears flush with the tube.

It's coming along strong. You should paint that header panel before you get too far though, the E-coat will start to surface rust before long. At least mine did. And cut those leaf spring hangars off already. They are going to be crazy rock anchors.

I think every tube on my roof is bent but being tall I needed every inch I could get. The pillars look good, the only way I have found to get them tighter is to tie into the top of a dash bar. There's probably a few pictures in my build thread if you're curious. The panhard on my Sequoia ended...

Hope that's not needed mid-trip. I've had to replace a fuel injector seal once which required removing the manifold. NAPA has the parts but cutting that out and welding it back in at camp would add complexity.

I would go 1-3/4 from the start since it will likely snowball and you'll end up caging it someday so might as well make it all match. Either way get DOM, the welded seam is susceptible to ripping at the seam. And don't hang the mounts too far off the side of a tube as they will twist the tube...

This thing turned out great. You should get the axle pros logo hand-painted to really tie in the hot rod theme. Should be some old school painters left in the central valley.

I modeled the geometry up in CAD and stepped through 1in increments of wheel travel to make the plots shown. Not terribly difficult since I had to design the swinger and verify clearances anyways. It really helped get the rate change down and ensure it doesn't invert anywhere. Once I get a real...

Stock oil filter and cooler in stock location, haven't tried to remove it but should be enough room. The steering shaft has a joint inside to a carrier bearing of sorts in the firewall then a joint outside at the rack. I removed it all and used two universal joints and a slip shaft just as you...

Vevor belt sander works great. All my tube is so clean now!

I built these in an attempt to not die while using Vevor pipe stands. So far so good.