Recent content by shi_thead__

Still trying to figure out direction with the coolant lines. I could build hard lines out of aluminum u bends Or I could do more of a miter setup but that won’t flow as well I could run silicon 1.25 heater hose but that’s not cheap. Mental math is close to 20 ft but I’ll do some measurements...

moving forward onto radiator mounting. Was looking into behind the motor like vertical on the engine cage. Seemed okay but then I noticed some tubes that run the length of the tunnel looks like they used to be coolant lines. They are cut at a weird angle anyone have a fix for this? Any maybe...

Delrin maybe? Wouldn’t want any steering flex there. Unless there’s some slight misalignment that happens that I’m not thinking of.

Got the ford 2.3l mounted. Stage 1 Kennedy pressure plate with a stock disk. Turned some 1inch .250 wall for a solid mount style bushing. Done on a lil craftsman lathe. Wasn’t too happy with doing chromoly. I need to make a more rigid tool holder setup. Cutters always walk off center. Getting a...

Originally joined to hopefully get some inspiration to work on my F100.<<<click link<<<< That didn't really happen and I felt like it needed too much work to work properly. The whole truck was kinda thrown together out of whatever parts I could scrounge up and that created a pretty unreliable...

Also got a few better pics of the front suspension. Rewelded the motor mount Motor mount had cracked at the top and the bottom of the welds. Pushed it back to where it was and rewelded it Added some triangle gussets up top. Still not super satisfied might pull the motor and redo it. Front...

Finally remembered to take some pics of the rear suspension It’s a 2x2 .188 wall tube that has a pushrod At the end of it that makes it drop or compress with the axle. The upper shock mount is mounted to this tube to give it a better motion ratio. As the wheels drop so does the upper shock...

Got the truck out for thanksgiving. Overall pretty good Got about 13mpg on the way out 80 miles approx 6 gallons. Loaded with 3 dirt bikes out I8 to ocotillo. Having a locked rear end plus the v8 really improved drive ability in washes. Razor chop was really bad. Truck does the best in small...

oo interesting didnt think of off the side like that. I was thinking about how to protect the rear derailleur and I had an idea of using something like this mounted to the track system (Nissan had tracks on the floor also) to keep the derailleur off the ground

Yeah my biggest concern is the derailer getting bent with the back wheel off. Thats why i was considering a small standoff to grab the rear axle. Ill have to look more to see if its practical. I have a hitch mount one that grabs the toptube but the mtb top tubes are too big a diameter i...

So I recently started riding mountain bikes i came from bmx so im used to throwing a bike in the bed of the truck. With nice suspension and derailers one worries about just tossing the bike in a truck bed. So i picked up a tailgate pad. That works fine but doesn't really lock them or have...

Yeah when i get some spare time ill try to get better photos. And a few more of the rear suspension. In the past week or so i have been working on rebuilding part of the rack. More cab clearance and better load transfer/ rollover saftey. As seen here the old design hit the cab and beat it up...

Crap didn't realize they were such low quality. Screenshots off my phone are a no go.

This is my 71 f100 factory shortbed 4x4. Built to do a little bit of everything. I bought it in 2017 to tow my baja bug but still be capable enough to recover the baja if it broke. It was a 4 speed granny low 300 i6 single speed transfer case, rear lsd on a 4 inch lift with 31s. manual steering...

I would love to make that barstow clean up but have a few trips planned too closely to that date to make that one. Ill probably throw a build thread up for the truck. Im thinking prerunner section based on higher traffic/ more ideas.