Builds Fugly's Yota
- Thread starter FuglyYota
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
- Thread starter
- #122
Final prep for next weekend at AOAA. Made up a skid for the hydro assist ram. Mocked it up in CAD, the cardboard kind, not on the computer. 1/4” flat plate, I can’t bend it but cut it 3/4 of the way thru, bent it with a hammer on the concrete, weld up the seam and polish it smooth with a flap disc. Welded it up on both sides where it meets the bottom of the axle tube. It’s strong enough to take a solid hit and keep the ram from being the first thing to find rocks.
- Thread starter
- #123
Forgot to put this up. Dad got a new to him F250, and wanted to weigh it. We also wanted to weigh the 40, so to the scales we went. This was before the 10 ply E rated 37’s and beadlocks, which have to be at least 50 more lbs a corner than the aluminum 15’s and 6 ply 35’s.
We’re pretty sure the trailer is between 2200 & 2300 lbs. The ford is a 2000 F250 7.3 PSD 6 speed 2wd. It’s only got 156k miles, came from Oregon so no cats or emissions. It was religiously dealer serviced its whole life, it’s cleaner underneath than my 2016 Expy. It’s not fast (we’ll fix that later
) but it just doesn’t care that’s the trailer is back there.
We’re pretty sure the trailer is between 2200 & 2300 lbs. The ford is a 2000 F250 7.3 PSD 6 speed 2wd. It’s only got 156k miles, came from Oregon so no cats or emissions. It was religiously dealer serviced its whole life, it’s cleaner underneath than my 2016 Expy. It’s not fast (we’ll fix that later
) but it just doesn’t care that’s the trailer is back there.
- Thread starter
- #124
Hit AOAA last weekend for 3 days with Keystone/COVA/Cap LC clubs, annual summer trip. 40 did great with new tires/wheels and hydro assist. Few little things to mess with before next trip, but overall I’m vey happy with how it’s behaving.
Issues:
1) Power steering fluid is getting too hot and cavitating 3/4 of way thru the day. I have a big cooler and reservoir, it may just be the cheap Walmart fluid, it may be underhood temps when it’s 85+ and 100% humidity. Engine stays cool, there’s just a lot of heat in the engine bay from the fenderwell headers. Fix is first to get some good AC Delco or Amsoil and see if that helps. Next would be to get a fan for the cooler.
2) Above referenced engine bay heat issues. 85 degrees and IAT’s on the sniper were 125+ at times. Gotta do what the XJ kids do and put some louvers in to let the heat out.
3) Front fenders self clearanced with the 37’s. Expected that. Turn signal lights came off and I massaged them back in the parking lot on day 3, but I need to raise them and redo the turn signals.
That’s the little stuff. Eventually I want to do 4.0 gears in the split case for some more slow crawl control, but this motor has so much low end that what I got now is fine for 95% of even the technical stuff. It also needs more shock experimentation and messing with the springs for running fast down bumpy access roads, but overall it’s pretty capable for being a “budget” 40.
Issues:
1) Power steering fluid is getting too hot and cavitating 3/4 of way thru the day. I have a big cooler and reservoir, it may just be the cheap Walmart fluid, it may be underhood temps when it’s 85+ and 100% humidity. Engine stays cool, there’s just a lot of heat in the engine bay from the fenderwell headers. Fix is first to get some good AC Delco or Amsoil and see if that helps. Next would be to get a fan for the cooler.
2) Above referenced engine bay heat issues. 85 degrees and IAT’s on the sniper were 125+ at times. Gotta do what the XJ kids do and put some louvers in to let the heat out.
3) Front fenders self clearanced with the 37’s. Expected that. Turn signal lights came off and I massaged them back in the parking lot on day 3, but I need to raise them and redo the turn signals.
That’s the little stuff. Eventually I want to do 4.0 gears in the split case for some more slow crawl control, but this motor has so much low end that what I got now is fine for 95% of even the technical stuff. It also needs more shock experimentation and messing with the springs for running fast down bumpy access roads, but overall it’s pretty capable for being a “budget” 40.
Last edited: