Badvada

[badvada]

Awesome work, I'm going through a 4wd conversion with a custom front half similar to yours right now. Those track motive shafts are a great idea to keep fixed CV joints for the angle yet have some slip. Any idea how well they will hold up?

I expect good things. They are basically outer 1500 cvs on each end, and from what I've seen the inner tripod joint on silverados is usually what breaks, so overall they should be stronger.... especially since I'm going from s10 stuff to full size stuff. I wouldn't low gear crawl with them, but the s10 stuff held up to a 5.3. Secondary advantage for me is I'm awd and the tcase I have is a viscous clutch type that splits up to 33/66. Sp at most I'm putting 33% of my torque through the front drivetrain, as well as it having viscous slip (will give when bound up)

 

[the bodj]

Do you have a picture of the driver side manifolds with the lq? I’m dropping an lq4 into my truck and the steering column area is going to be tight, so I got some hooker blackhead manifolds, but I’m anticipating having to modify them

 

[badvada]

Do you have a picture of the driver side manifolds with the lq? I’m dropping an lq4 into my truck and the steering column area is going to be tight, so I got some hooker blackhead manifolds, but I’m anticipating having to modify them

The tbss manifolds is really tight to the block for this reason. If I dug I might be able to find you a part number. New build I'm running ebay long tubes as the motorbis 5" back in the chassis

 

[the bodj]

The tbss manifolds is really tight to the block for this reason. If I dug I might be able to find you a part number. New build I'm running ebay long tubes as the motorbis 5" back in the chassis

Gotcha. I already got the manifolds from Hooker and they should work, but will probably be snug

 

[badvada]

Gotcha. I already got the manifolds from Hooker and they should work, but will probably be snug

I found the old pictures

 

[the bodj]

I found the old pictures

Awesome. Looks like you've got your motor lower than I do. I'll see if I can drop it down more. That should help clearance bigtime.

 

[badvada]

Clearance is tight with the truck intake and accessories and the front diff. The coil packs don't clear the brake booster either so I went with a 2500 hydroboost unit

 

[badvada]

Been a while. Life is busy. Front end is getting close. Sheet metal for the firewall is in and mostly welded. Spent my Saturday doing some of the small bullshit that doesn't make a big intact but needs to be done.

 

[badvada]

Okay got some stuff done the last few months. I'm down to all the small shit that takes forever. Frint end is painted, aligned and mostly final bolted in. Motors in trans is in diff is in motor harness is mostly complete. Just have to final the starting/charging circuits (this is ignoring cab side of all wiring). Radiator has been mounted along with ram assist and grill.

Been knocking things out 1 by 1

 

[badvada]

More progress today. Got the brakes on, coolant pipes made and axles bolted in

 

[badvada]

Okay, been a while since ive been on this forum. But ive just about "finished" the truck... meaning its not fi ished but imma drive it this month. Since the last post ive done alot. In fact I drove it around my neighborhood today. So here it is out of the garage. Going to johnson valley in a few weeks for the maiden shakedown. Cant wait to see what it will do

 

[Turboyota]

Okay, been a while since ive been on this forum. But ive just about "finished" the truck... meaning its not fi ished but imma drive it this month. Since the last post ive done alot. In fact I drove it around my neighborhood today. So here it is out of the garage. Going to johnson valley in a few weeks for the maiden shakedown. Cant wait to see what it will do

Those rear bypasses look colossal!

I’d love to see more progress pics

 

[badvada]

Those rear bypasses look colossal!

I’d love to see more progress pics

They are 4.4 off a geiser front end . Swap meet finds lol

 

[badvada]

Couple of rear shock shots for ya @Turboyota

 

[badvada]

Some other cool stuff. I'm running a 14b in the rear and have designed caliper mounts that fit factory 2000s 2500 rear calipers and rotors
These rear bypasses i had to clock the mounts just right to fit the tube layout. So mounts as well.
Next, front driveshaft clearance is tight and as it was the shift linkage did not agree with the shaft. So I had to invert the shifter and flip the bracket on the trans. Ordered custom shafts through adams driveshaft.
Lastly, for the rear driveshaft I had to customize my rear output to make it as short as possible and eliminate the slip yoke so I could run a double cardain. No aftermarket support for my transfer case (bw4472) welding that massive chunk of alcohol to the thin cast rear tail section was a bitch

 

[the_fablab_]

So rad! If you don’t mind sharing, what’s the total length and length from pivot to the coilover and bypass of your mezi arms? I want to do a mezi setup on my explorer but do a reverse triangulated link setup with the upper links on the outside of the frame to clear the factory fuel tank.

 

[badvada]

Arm is 35". Tocoilover from pivot is 15" and to bypass is 21" full stroke of the bypass at 14" does 24" of travel. Have it limited to around 22"

 

[the_fablab_]

I’m modeling an arm that’s 33 inches long, 15.5 to the first shock and 19.5 to the second shock. I might move my first shock closer to the pivot to give myself more room for a bigger second shock but I don’t see this thing ever needing more than a 2.5 2.5 combo. Thank you

 

[UR_Mawm69]

holy fuckshit, this thing is BADASS!

 

[FasterNU]

Couldn't machine top caps down some to clock them?