bmoonhajjar
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Visited the Landcruiser Museum today. Got several good ideas for my build.
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Are you sure the hood is going to close?
Ha. Yes. These are the 14” shocks for my other build. I have the 10” ones coming tomorrow. It will fit. The rear will be more challenging.Are you sure the hood is going to close?
I can almost hear your answer! Hood? Hood? What is this thing you speak of?
Ha. I prefer to keep the clearance. I will figure it out.For the rears you can just make the lower mounts 4” below the axle like Ford did with the new Bronco, right?
I mean those engineers know what they’re doing, ammaright?
I've been using Solidworks on a daily basis since 2003.......takes most of the guess work out and should give you better results in minimal time. That design looks great!Here are a few images from the Solid Works file for the transmission cross member.
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My fab guy is doing it all in SolidWorks. It is very helpful for me to visualize everything.I've been using Solidworks on a daily basis since 2003.......takes most of the guess work out and should give you better results in minimal time. That design looks great!
Going with 35” tires but could have done that without lift. Really needed the clearance for the R2.8 oil pan to clear the pumpkin. Plus I like a bit of a lift. Not too much.So I get that the body lift gets you some more clearance in the back for longer shocks. Any other reasons?
Thanks Mark. My fabricator is pretty amazing, but he is unfortunately going through some really tough medical issues with his back and hip which prevents him from making much progress on these rigs. This crossmember was literally done (designed, cut and fabricated) in 3 days since he has been on a new pain killer. When he is able to work, he is super fast and really good, but there was two straight months he didn't touch a tool.That crossmember is a work of art Brian.