Rebeltoy 1st gen slow 350 1ton truggy build

[LilChief87]

i figured dove nosein it will wait for a while but im guna start hackin into my floor and do a flat belly

[LilChief87]

hey everybody whe ndo a flatbelly do you need to change the angle of your rear drive shaft?? and axle

[-Matt-]

its gonna all depend on how lifted you are, i would say that it would be easier on your truck and stronger if you rotated your axles to compensate, but i would imagine its not fully necessary, but your gonna have to cut the body where the transmission is and rebuild it back up so that it will fit under there. mine is pretty much hitting my body an its still a good ways from being a flat belly. id be more worried about that then just axle rotation and drive lines... those are pretty simple and minor compared to figuring out a plan on clearancing room for the whole thing

[LilChief87]

4 inch spring lift 3 inch body which wont matter

[-Matt-]

edit top post--- accidentally sent it before i was done. well since you have a 3 inch body lift that should make it a lot easier but i would say you will still have to either cut a few spots on the floor board or just bash the crap out of it till it fits. in my opinion i also think that if yours going to go flat belly might as well make pretty heavy duty skit plate that covers the whole underside, that would be pretty bad ass

[LilChief87]

i also think that if yours going to go flat belly might as well make pretty heavy duty skit plate that covers the whole underside, that would be pretty bad ass

already planed on it and what you think bout having to change the angle with the lift i got??

[-Matt-]

of the front and rear axles?

[LilChief87]

um both? or could i just get teh pinion angle blocks

[LilChief87]

     i just went and looked at what id have to do for the flat belly and beside either makin or buyin a crossmember for it i think the only thing ill need is pinion angle shims im pretty sure that i wont need to cut my floor up hell yeah

[-Matt-]

ya, shims are easy and simple but you'll get a tinny bit more axle wrap. so either do that or just buy new perches..cut off old ones, and re-weld on the new ones. but with the front im not sure but you may have to rotate your knuckles so that  you have a better pinion angle without changing your caster angle, but i doubt that would have to be done, unless you wanted to do it fully legit

[LilChief87]

for right now im just guna try the back with shims and when the shop gets up and goin im goin to redo the truck legit

[LilChief87]

  well basically yeah im gettin burnt out im out of motivation to get it done due to lots of happening round here so yea id really aprecitate some motivation in form of sick pics or something  

[LilChief87]

damn this thread aint got nobody on it basically talkin to myself    but yeah i hate being busy leaves no time for my truck

[LilChief87]

ight well i started on my flat belly last night on the truck i did end up havin to cut a lil section out of the tranny tunnel even with a 3 inch body lift but yeah damn the ground clearance is a major improvement now i just gota make teh crossmember and cover the hole back up and then im guna get a big sheet of metal and make a skid plate that covers the whole center section  

[BigBs84]

Sweet man wheres the pics. Yes you will need to clock the rear axle but the front should be fine. Heres my 83 flat belly

[LilChief87]

hell yeah looks tight i like the cross member how thick of steel did you use for the part that bolts to the transfer case and im guna get a few more pics of it then try to get them on my computer ( new camera have to figure it out)

[LilChief87]

oh how much of a angle do i need to get the shims?

[BigBs84]

I am not sure on the shims I used new spring perches. That is a center section from FROR I bought it from a guy that decided not to use it, but on there site they sell it for like $50.00 and then I used frame tubes with spring bushings, and I work in construction so I used ancor bolt washers to bolt it to.

[LilChief87]

ight sweet 

[toyotanner]

when i did dual case flatbelly on my shortbed 1st gen i used like 10 degree steel shims and welded them to the perches i had to so the driveline would work... but i strongly suggest cutting the old perches off and getting new ones so you can weld the perch where you need it

[LilChief87]

i will down the road but for now ill run the shims till i get more parts together and everything

[LilChief87]

ight so yeah dropped the tranny and transfer case outa the truck to clean it up and hopefully make my crossmember and if all goes well put 4.70s  in the transfer

[LilChief87]

hey Bigbs84 whats the website for that part

[KDXSR5]

http://frontrangeoffroadfab.com/nfoscomm/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=35&osCsid=34df32c2422bd91ada2f62eb2cc0b883

[LilChief87]

thanks alot kdx  hey ya go

[twistedtoy92]

nice build!!!

[LilChief87]

thanks its slow its been down since april but its slowly gettin there ive been tryin to get the mods done that i dont need much money for first

[twistedtoy92]

thats all it takes is time and money!! if i had more of both my toy would be flat out twisted!

[LilChief87]

same here

[twistedtoy92]