Builds Building an FJ-45 Buggy.... (1 Viewer)

[wngrog]

My Portal is much different than a stock Portal.

I am running 6.73 gears.....not the 7:3 stock gears....my pinion is much shorter as it is a 9" versus a Mog.

My axle is about 300# lighter than a 14bolt or a stock Mog axle too.

Road? I have overdrive

Anyway, I still have all the Cruiser cowl and 60% of the frame left. That stuff is damn heavy, but 3700# with the bulletproof stuff I have is just fine with me.

I am very pleased!

 

[72cruiser]

nolen,

that is just disgustingly nice. it just looks meaner, but still cruiser, yo.

i'm mos def goin to have to make it out to texas sometime.

malphrus

 

[72cruiser]

just thinkin abt some stuff (dangerous business, i know),

how do the guys with 50/50 (or anywhere close) weight distribution do it?

it would seem to me that the majority of the weight lost with a tube job is in the rear, and it would be hard to justify meaningless weight goin back there just to even stuff out.

maybe i'm just too naive abt the whole process, but are there any tricks, etc.?

thanks,
malphrus

 

[Radd Cruisers]

[quote author=wngrog link=board=12;threadid=7047;start=msg99686#msg99686 date=1075993561]
My Portal is much different than a stock Portal.

I am running 6.73 gears.....not the 7:3 stock gears....my pinion is much shorter as it is a 9" versus a Mog.

My axle is about 300# lighter than a 14bolt or a stock Mog axle too.

Road? I have overdrive

Anyway, I still have all the Cruiser cowl and 60% of the frame left. That stuff is damn heavy, but 3700# with the bulletproof stuff I have is just fine with me.

I am very pleased!
[/quote]

Ok......... now Im a believer, aqualu cowl and a tube frame and your thier by the sounds of it.

Big plans to make it to one of the ralleys this summer, hope to see your rig in action.

Rob

 

[wngrog]

[quote author=72cruiser link=board=12;threadid=7047;start=msg99722#msg99722 date=1075997251]
just thinkin abt some stuff (dangerous business, i know),

how do the guys with 50/50 (or anywhere close) weight distribution do it?

it would seem to me that the majority of the weight lost with a tube job is in the rear, and it would be hard to justify meaningless weight goin back there just to even stuff out.

maybe i'm just too naive abt the whole process, but are there any tricks, etc.?

thanks,
malphrus
[/quote]

50/50 is actually good for a race car, but not for a rock crawler. Mine id 65/35 and it works MUCH better climbing now than it ever did when I was full bodied and 50/50.

Weight shifts to the rear when you start climbing, so more weight on the front axle helps in everything but downhill sections.

 

[wngrog]

[quote author=Radd Cruisers link=board=12;threadid=7047;start=msg99737#msg99737 date=1075998074]
Ok......... now Im a believer, aqualu cowl and a tube frame and your thier by the sounds of it.

Big plans to make it to one of the ralleys this summer, hope to see your rig in action.

Rob
[/quote]

Other than a Plastic hood, my weight savings are done.

I am fine....no need to go lighter for what I do.

I am just stoked that I can carry a full spare, a 48 Q cooler and 15 gallons of gas still in this rig.

I did not want something so small that I had to skimp on trail food

 

[Mace]

[quote author=wngrog link=board=12;threadid=7047;start=msg99750#msg99750 date=1075998900]

I did not want something so small that I had to skimp on trail food
[/quote]


Yeah, you never know when someone might need a burrito on a trail

 

[Mrpoopypants]

What kind of rims are those? and what do they go for?

 

[cavsfj40]

tommy likey, tommy want wingey

 

[Mace]

[quote author=Mrpoopypants link=board=12;threadid=7047;start=msg101085#msg101085 date=1076195117]
What kind of rims are those? and what do they go for?
[/quote]

Trailready's..

www.trailready.com


Very nice rims..

I had a set and loved them..

 

[havik]

Looks awsome , and the weight not bad 3709# . Your truck is making mine think it needs SLIM FAST my 45 with the unimog portals weights 6300#. Cheers Robb Rutledge

 

[wngrog]

Wow! That is a heavy beast!

No way to make that sucker much lighter though.

Of course, that is not the purpose of that beauty either.

 

[wngrog]

Stuffing the axle tonight!

 

[Mace]

Sweet!!!

 

[Poser]

Very nice Nolan!!

 

[wngrog]

Almost ready...

 

[wngrog]

Finished product. Pirate thread has a ton more pics

Las Cruces on Tuesday!!

 

[Poser]

Looks awsome Nolan...

Have fun in NM!!

 

[Mace]

You need a hood

 

[SpaceGhost]

That's what I'm talking about! The finished product looks awesome Nolan.