yotadorks ninja turtle build!!! (back from the dead 11/05/07)

[yotadork83]

do you have a pic of your setup. and are you still running a bed on your rig.

[yotadork83]

Thinking about running the 7m. and a rear mounted radiator to help with clearance issues. not sure if that is a good idea on a crawler.

[6.72:1]

YES! The 7M is glorious!

[yotadork83]

here is what i have been up to.
pics of the BMW that i am building a roll cage, and trading out the work for a tubing bender a compresser and all th tube to do an exo skeleton. yes it is an m5.
first is the BMW
second is the bender it is a jd2
third is the old roll cage that got cut out. free 1.5 .125 wall Dom
fourth is my new crawl box from marlin

[yotadork83]

i painted my truck ninja turtle green. i got snohman's motor on the way. pics of the new goodies i got for the motor. marlin ceramic clutch and 1600 lb clutch plate. a spool for the front front axle gusset knuckle ball gusset triple drilled flanges for the front. i am planning on getting power assist steering some time next week.

[milla85]

I like you hood lights! How are they mounted? - nick

[Travota]

That cracks on broken arrow?..when I ran it I couldn't find anything that looked that fun.

[MR_DIY]

this is a really cool buildup.. you are really talented dude.
love the case skidplate/xmember.

you da man.  I'm watching 

[yotadork83]

yeah you have go exploreing where your are not suposto

[Matty]

hell yea i love ninja turtles.     oh yea nice build too 

[Big Pap Dog]

Dang! You painted over that nice Terrible One sticker...the green looks sick though!

[yotadork83]

got a new sticker to go in its place.

[GrenadedToy]

bad ass build. i always liked the idea of a 7m in a 1st gen. im hoping to throw a 7mgte in my 2nd gen here soon..good job building your stuff it looks really good. keep up the good work man.

[BUDDERS]

7mge with a rear mount radiator sounds good too me.  My freind has a rear mount radiator in his 22re crawler and as long as you have a electric fan on it and a ground strap on the radiator to prevent electrolisis.  The real benifit of a rear  mount radiator that I see is you wont have to cut your radiator core support to find a new way to mount the radiator with a 7MGE swap 

[yotadork83]

the 7m is on hold until i can find someone that make a custom ground cams for crawling.

[yotadork83]

go the cab on to day and i have 14 sticks of 2" cromoly tube and 9 1.5" sticks of dom that just showed up at the house today free to me, just have to build a cage in a bmw.

[Travota]

lookin pretty rad man

[6.72:1]

Looks great.

[yotadork83]

I am addicted to truck porn (A.K.A. marlin cralwer forum) i cant get anything done besides put my motor in. anyone else have this problem?

[DTB]

I am addicted to truck porn (A.K.A. marlin cralwer forum) i cant get anything done  anyone else have this problem?

hmmmmm....lemme check....yup 

[yotadork83]

got somthing done on the nija transmission and transfer cases are in had to do some serious cutting in the cab and put a 1.5 inch body lift in so that it would fit ok. pics of the motor with propand set up in. and got a new starter and oil filter.

[yotadork83]

can you say offset plus dovetail soon.
bed is painted!!!
body lift blocks 1.5.
axle is a little bit far back trying to decide if i am just going to go with the marlin rear kit with piviot blocks.

[stoken82]

man that looks really good... cant wait to get mine back on the trails

[yotadork83]

allright i need some input from you guys i have to move my axle forward in the rear and i was thinking that i should just go ahead and get some new springs because i have the money and longer springs couldent hurt. i was thinking on useing marlin rears and making a set of shackels like the ones that they sell at total chaos that mount on top of the frame and building my own johny joint's on the top end of the shackle like all poo's and maybe spring piviot blocks. i dont know how to make a poll but i need some input

[DTB]

is that spring hangar welded on all the way? looks stitched to me... dunno

[yotadork83]

yeah its stich welded

[papa mike]

awsome set up

[MR_DIY]

cool buildup.  I say pass on the pivot blocks up front... don't see aneed for them.

[rocktoy83]

It is looking good

[yotadork83]

got my new tanks in the mail yesterday 28 gallons should keep me going on long camping trips. and some pics of the new spring hangers 3/8 plate might be over kill but it was all i had at the time, beefcake!!