DBL-EXX build up

[werty]

84 toy with a stretched wheel base 119'' o ya 
the front axle is 3 inches forward. the rear is 4 in back
about  2 1/2  inches of lift  running 35s
hy-steer hydro assist welded front
my rear ds is out of a 83 toy long bed
front is a dr smash square tube
springs: rear toy up front, ford 2wd rears from1963 on the rear
23 inches to the frame hella low CG massive flex

its a work in progess

March 8th, 2007
all bolted up and ready to go under the truck its blingin stainless steel paint,
not mexy chrome
 





What it looked like before all the mods back in march.

The ford taurus e fan.


I cleaned up the wiring when I move the battery behind the cab.

[werty]

April 07

The bigger boster is on now, more stopping power .
got my aussie locker in the rear
and a good weber carb

the clearance.


june07
hears the start of the back seat.






I will be using the old body mounts and the bed mounts for the bottom of the sheet metal.
The lap belts will bolted to a cross brace for the bed mounts.
I am using the old hood as the rear end.

the back seat area is tacked up


Theres 12in of clearance between the back seat and my seat all the way back.



mid june 07
This ford gas tank is out of a van . picknpull for 30 bucks.

[werty]

july 07
Since I gave away my good doors. I had to make some half-doors.



I wanted the doors to fallow the seat line.



spent about 2 hours welding a 12ga 1''x1'' square tube in each door. and ground them down smooth.
My welds are getting better on sheet metal. o ya im using .030 flux core



More of the doors done in sides all braced up, and arm rest made.


I locked the lock open

A big task was to figure out the mounting for the latch.



I set the handle about a 1/4 inch in so the little plastic cover sits flush after the back sheet metal is on.


Front sheet metal.


mounted

[werty]

Finally got some work done to the p.s. pump. I drilled the restrictor plate out to
.232 and cut the piston to about 1/8 gap. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167299&page=3 This is a before and after, off of pirate.


hydro hoses will never rub the steering again



and after a bad thing happened with the a.c. on my truck
:nervous::pissed::squint:  waiting for AL gore to take a **** on my lawn:nervous::nervous:
I got my p.s. cooler on  this added 1/2 quart of capacity.


Since I LOVE to recycle.
I decided to reuse the old skid pan for the gas tank.
It is a battery hold now.
my welds so far.




I cut about 4.5 inchs out of the old tank mount.


Its mounted in the truck.



I used 2 7/16 bolts and a pair of 7/8 rubber mounts to hold it to the bottom of the
floor of the back seat.
I made it with 2 batterys in mind. Took about an hour to do.  The black lines in the middle are the seperation lines. The lowest point is 7 inchs above the rear D.L.



Then i got some paint on it

[Duffil]

linky no worky

[werty]

DOVE NOSE TIME O YA :gapteeth:
I cut about 8 in out of both sides.


I am dropping the hood 2-3 inches.

The front almost done.






Any way got a bunch of the loose ends tied up. The hood will be removeable.She runs again.



This is today, what she looks like.

Next is and exo. Marlin's MC07-R10, 21 Spline Kit and 5.29s hopefully in that order.

[werty]

linky no worky

what link?

[Duffil]

Finally got some work done to the p.s. pump. I drilled the restrictor plate out to
.232 and cut the piston to about 1/8 gap. heres how

this one

[werty]

fixed

[DTB]

weird. i just used a nail i found on the garage floor to poke out the restrictor plate  works great so far 

[porkchop]

that front housing looks killer man!

[AaronB]

looking good

[toy4x4ota]

bitchin man, looks goo

[werty]

that front housing looks killer man!

ya DR Smash hooked it up for me.
you should see his, three time beefier than mine.

[werty]

what do you think of the exo mock up.

[red]

very nice man

[DTB]

i like the exo design...get crackin

[werty]

So my hood need handles and what im looking for I cant find.
I want the handles around 10'' long like a rack handle for audio eqipment and crome for the bling
any know where i can get somthing like that

[Shoyrtt]

So my hood need handles and what im looking for I cant find.
I want the handles around 10'' long like a rack handle for audio eqipment and crome for the bling
any know where i can get somthing like that

Any pics of what you are looking for? BTW what program did you use to create the plans for the exo? It looks really good.

[THK Matt]

looks like paint

[John Doe]

Looks good, I love the whole low and long approach. Good work.

[46&2]

Nice work. I am digging your cage idea, it looks sick.

[werty]

Videos from today this was the first run up a canyon I found behind my house.





The tired 22r i coming out and a 4.3l is going in.

[Duffil]

are you familiar with low range at all?

[GrenadedToy]

i really like the dovenose. makes me want to do the same to my runner

[THK Matt]

are you familiar with low range at all?

times two.
with a welded front.
and low.. you should walk up all that.

cool vids though.

[werty]

are you familiar with low range at all?

sure I know what low is but its only  2.28 right now

[Duffil]

I'm just that's all man.

[THK Matt]

2.28 low range will stil walk up that. so you dont bounce around an blow an axle when you come down on a rock.

try it =P
anyways nice build up my friend.

[Hyena]

stock low range isn't all that low.  some times it is hard not to bounce.