4 door Fj45 on 80 series chassis (1 Viewer)

[Blackknight1]

As i said earlier, i received quite a few parts . Among other things, what i needed to build the air intake. So we did a bit of cutting here and there, tack welded the pieces and we have a mock up. Tomorrow we'll finish welding it .

 

[Blackknight1]

Ok. The truck now sits on its wheels, tires and suspension. Ride height is set and i must say that i like the stance. To give you some perspective, i used Sheila, the shop's receptionist and Dominic, our painter. Sheila is not tall but the painter is 6'1".... see how they look next to it

 

[aztoyman]

It's a beast

 

[Blackknight1]

It's a beast

It is . This should do pretty well off-road . It probably won't be doing much rock crawling, but it should be unstoppable on trails and camping in remote areas . I haven't seen anything like it around here and i can only imagine the amount of fun i'll be having mistreating it

 

[Blackknight1]

I'm glad i was out of material to build that radiator core support when i wanted to. The Champion radiator, contrary to what i thought , is wider than stock.... i have what i need to build it today, so we should see it with a radiator installed later today.

 

[peesalot]

Thats the look on the womens faces, " what is going on here " , " it looks dirty ", " when is it going to be done ?" , " how much did you spend on this ? " , ..........

 

[Blackknight1]

Thats the look on the womens faces, " what is going on here " , " it looks dirty ", " when is it going to be done ?" , " how much did you spend on this ? " , ..........

I'm ok to answer everything but the last question . If my wife ever finds out how much money i put into that thing , i don't know what she might do
When she asks o go no further than : oh..... a dollar or two.......
I know that she does not believe me , but it could have costed me way more.

 

[Blackknight1]

The radiator core support's construction is well under way. Pretty simple.

 

[Blackknight1]

This radiator is pretty nice ! Came complete with fittings to hook up transmission lines . It's all welded and not glued with epoxy.... and it's wider than stock, so it should hold more fluid and offer better cooling to the bigger v8 engine. We'll have to build a shroud for it. I have a brand new fan laying around somewhere. I hope it will be big enough to handle pulling air thru it.

 

[Blackknight1]

Radiator core support is built. We are almost done with it . All we have left to do is mount it to the chassis and drill drain holes and radiator mounting holes.

We found that electric fan i had laying around . We placed it against the radiator. There is only a 3/4 " space betweenthe crank pullie and the back of the fan, so we're good.
The space left between the radiator and the front bib seems wide enough to accomodate a condenser(gotta have a/c), so we're good there too (at least,i hope we are).
Enough talking. Enjoy the pictures.
Those will be the last ones for a bit. My son is getting married so i'm traveling to Florida tomorrow to attend the ceremony. 'Til next time !

 

[Mike Shull]

The expression looked more like she was wondering when she could drive it. It’s looking awesome! I can’t wait to hear it run!!

Thats the look on the womens faces, " what is going on here " , " it looks dirty ", " when is it going to be done ?" , " how much did you spend on this ? " , ..........

I'm ok to answer everything but the last question . If my wife ever finds out how much money i put into that thing , i don't know what she might do
When she asks o go no further than : oh..... a dollar or two.......
I know that she does not believe me , but it could have costed me way more.

 

[Blackknight1]

Ok guys, i'm back. We resumed work on this thing and i'm happy about that. While i was away, we lost one of our guys to a heart attack. The guy was 30 years old. That made us all pretty sad and we lost quite a bit of concentration .... this guy loved this project, so the best we can do to honnor his memory is keep going and bring it to completion
Here are some pics of what we did yesterday and how the truck looks as of now.

 

[Blackknight1]

Since my shifter came with the tap shift option, i have decided that i want it functional. I am beeing told that for this, i need to have both my ECU and my TCU redone with a Corvette tune. Can you guys refer me to someone that does that kind of work at a fair price ? I'd greatly appreciate a referral on this one.

 

[jfz80]

Sorry to hear of the loss of a friend and collaborator. Im sure he will be smiling down upon that first ride! Smoky burnouts may be in order.

 

[Blackknight1]

Definitely ! The guy was a speed freak too..... we'll send him a few burnouts. Thanks for your comment.

 

[Mike Shull]

Since my shifter came with the tap shift option, i have decided that i want it functional. I am beeing told that for this, i need to have both my ECU and my TCU redone with a Corvette tune. Can you guys refer me to someone that does that kind of work at a fair price ? I'd greatly appreciate a referral on this one.

Terrible news. He was so young.

I would bet that Brendan from LT1 Swap - https://www.lt1swap.com/ could do this tune and he seems very knowledgeable. brendan@lt1swap.com I will know how well his tune works in about a month or two.

Danny’s Diagnostic is a second contact that I found and I plan to use him if I have any issues with my tune. I haven’t used his services but he was very helpful and provided solid guidance. Dannys-Diagnostic@cox.net

 

[Broski]

Sorry for your loss, it show us how vulnerable we really are!
With out our health, we have nothing.

 

[UZJ40]

Since my shifter came with the tap shift option, i have decided that i want it functional. I am beeing told that for this, i need to have both my ECU and my TCU redone with a Corvette tune. Can you guys refer me to someone that does that kind of work at a fair price ? I'd greatly appreciate a referral on this one.

My father in law has an older Chevy truck with an LS swap. He has a bump shifter also. To my surprise, his didn't look for a simple 12v signal for up/down. Instead, it looked for a signal of resistance. I don't remember the exact number, but we made two small resistor packs, one for up and one for down, and wired them inline with the shifter.

If you run into this and need more info, let me know and I'll ask him what values we had to use.

 

[Blackknight1]

My father in law has an older Chevy truck with an LS swap. He has a bump shifter also. To my surprise, his didn't look for a simple 12v signal for up/down. Instead, it looked for a signal of resistance. I don't remember the exact number, but we made two small resistor packs, one for up and one for down, and wired them inline with the shifter.

If you run into this and need more info, let me know and I'll ask him what values we had to use.

Good to know. Thanks for the info.

 

[cruzinfj1]

Sorry for your loss. Glad to see youre back at it!!