08-27-2007, 10:52 PM | #126 |
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Looks Sick!!!! These trucks looks so good low like that! I will be watching this build thread for sure!!!
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09-17-2007, 05:47 PM | #127 |
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a little progress, actually it looks like I went backwards, because I took the cab off, but had to to chop the trailing arm crossmember. So that is what I finished (except for the exhaust cutouts). She cant go any lower, shes on the ground! Heres some pics. Next up is to make a crossmember that goes between the trailing arm x-member and the axle.
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09-17-2007, 06:27 PM | #128 |
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Looking awesome, can't wait to see the body on that frame
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09-25-2007, 07:35 PM | #129 |
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Got the driveshaft loop x-member finished as well as the exhaust cutouts almost done. Some pics:
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09-26-2007, 01:44 AM | #130 |
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Very nice work, keep it up. How did u determine the drive shaft loop height? Without transmission in.
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09-26-2007, 08:24 AM | #131 |
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09-26-2007, 08:29 AM | #132 |
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Nice looking truck!
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09-26-2007, 11:55 AM | #133 | |
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That's good, becuase I was gonna tell you that I had to raise the upper "hoop" on the TA X-Member for my one-piece driveshaft + 8" notch. With that notch you definately would too, but a two pice DS takes care of that! Nice work What's the dia. on your exhaust cut-outs? Last edited by Frizzle Fry; 09-26-2007 at 11:56 AM. |
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09-26-2007, 12:12 PM | #134 |
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They have a 4" inner diameter, so will be good for something like a 3" exhaust pipe.
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10-02-2007, 03:11 AM | #135 |
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i know its a little bite late but heres a crappy pic of my steering linkage made from 2 astro van linkages
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10-02-2007, 11:26 AM | #136 |
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great work man. glad to see some progress.
on the topic of the split drive shaft. Are you concerned at all that the travel of the axle will pull on the carrier bearing? obviously normal up and down is fine, but with the extra travel that you'd get with air bags, i'm curious if the axle will put more preasure on the CB. in my application (bagged with a split shaft) it didn't seem to put any additional pressure on the CB, but i only have a C-notch, not a step. Also, my bags are mounted on the T-arms, so my travel is not much. |
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11-07-2007, 12:22 AM | #138 |
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wheres the progress??????????????????
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11-08-2007, 09:00 PM | #139 |
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frame and all the suspension parts are going to the powder coater tomorrow. It will be nice to see something in my garage that is one color! Cant wait....
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11-08-2007, 09:06 PM | #140 |
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Uh oh... that's a notorious statement. Do you know how many times I've heard "two [more] weeks" from body shops and "body shops?"
Hopefully your powder guys can handle it.
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11-09-2007, 06:27 PM | #141 |
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Couple questions, how long is your 4 link? How big of a notch did you install? Keep up the good work.
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11-09-2007, 10:05 PM | #142 |
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If memory serves me correctly (can't go out and measure because everything is at the powdercoaters), the 4link bars are 32 inches long and the notch ended up being about 9-10 inches.
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11-24-2007, 01:52 PM | #143 |
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Nice! I havent been up here in a while I must say! Real Clean work!
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11-24-2007, 10:53 PM | #144 |
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why leave the trailing arm crossmember in if your not using the trailing arms?
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11-25-2007, 08:58 AM | #145 | |
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So I decided to have a local engine builder build me an engine over buying a crate. I think I'm getting a pretty darn good deal. He's building me a mild 350 with vortec heads for a little more than the cost of GM's 290 horse crate. I should have that by end of December. XXL was right on the money with the damn powder coaters. They said it should be around two weeks. Two weeks was yesterday. Their yet to call me with my final quote. I hate dealing with people like this... I guess I just have to be patient. |
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11-25-2007, 10:17 AM | #146 | |
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If you're not getting any carrier bearing issues, he should be just fine.
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11-25-2007, 10:20 AM | #147 |
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Makes you want to show up with a trailer and load your stuff up... but they've generally got us by the... uh... throat. So we have to put up with stuff like that. One day somebody with a keen sense of customer satisfaction is going to open a shop to do this stuff, and he's going to grab much of the market. Until then Bastages!
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12-01-2007, 02:37 PM | #148 |
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Very nice build! I love lowered trucks, mine is a worker so laying frame is out of the Q. One day when I retire the truck from working........ AGAIN, GREAT JOB!
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01-12-2008, 07:17 PM | #149 |
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how bout the powder coating? still havent got it back? any word?
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01-13-2008, 05:30 AM | #150 |
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Got it back on wednesday. What a PITA. These guys took their sweet a$$ time with it. They had it for 2 months. And listen to this, they called me Monday at about 10am to say they were going to start it and to confirm I didn't change my mind on anything which was nice. I actually ended up having them do just the frame and blast everything else for me to paint myself.(I wanted to save some $$) They called me back at around 2pm to tell me it was done. They made me wait 2 MONTHS for about 4 hours of work. They have some workflow/timing issues to say the least.
The frame came out good though. I will post pics soon. |
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