Iron Pig Off Road FJ55 Project (2 Viewers)

[incogrhino]

i luv it

 

[IPOR]

Some more tube work, and a shot of the saginaw PS pump and radiator mounted on the FJ60 motor, without the front clip.

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

Pic of front clip before installation, and a shot of the M8x1.25 nutsert that holds the top rear of the clip.

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

OK, new pics for you. With front clip installed, note the FJ55 hood mounted to the FJ60 hinges. This thing is beast, making good progress...

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

Some more tube work today. Jon (IPOR Project Manager) is the master of tube bending, he bent and notched most of the tubing seen here. Jesse and Ryan have a hand in this project as well, both rapidly becoming expert fabricators in their own right. They come from mudding though, so they're not allowed to talk about rock crawling! We have a great team, super capable, turning a project like this into a reality without missing a beat on the daily work. Nice job guys - THANK YOU!

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

Obviously we still have a lot of sheetmetal work to go in order to clean up the merging of the FJ55 with the FJ60.

Here are a couple shots of the 2.5" stainless steel exhaust I TIG'd in yesterday. We use Rod Shop components, they have fabulous sound - all stainless, even the internals - it's really a lifetime exhaust. The mufflers we spec are really nice in that they yield a really throaty sound at idle, like a flowmaster 40 or 60, but quiet down at higher RPM - which makes them far more tolerable during a long day on the trail (or highway).

You can see how high and tight I tucked everything - all above the framerail. (another benefit of the Rod Shop mufflers, they're tubular like OE FJ40 mufflers or glass packs - only better!)

Tomorrow - Skid plate and anti-wrap bar... maybe some wheel wells...

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[rsrai]

lookin bad ass

 

[Capt. Jim]

Lookin' good, Lance. Is the old diff "Boar's Head" from Rock Lobster going to be installed?

Keep up the good work and keep those pics coming.

Capt. Jim

 

[ranger]

Cool!

 

[IPOR]

Lookin' good, Lance. Is the old diff "Boar's Head" from Rock Lobster going to be installed?

Keep up the good work and keep those pics coming.

Capt. Jim

It's hanging in the IPOR office... maybe it will get a return trip to GSMTR on the new pig this year!

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[LT]

Are you just running a straight pipe for your exhaust? I want to get rid of my huge round muffler in the rear.

 

[oldIron]

Amazing

 

[bkfj40]

that's just a run of the mill project....I wish you would take on a harder project





that is simply amazing how the body is grafted onto the original body....or atleast with what was left of it. can't wait to see it in action!
bk

 

[IPOR]

Are you just running a straight pipe for your exhaust? I want to get rid of my huge round muffler in the rear.

No, I'm running one of our MCB 250's. They are just really low profile so it looks like there's no muffler there. They have great sound and are nice and compact so they are easy to tuck up above the frame rails. All stainless steel, inside and out, most people would probably never need to replace this muffler in their lifetime. They run $120, comparable with a quality flowmaster only all stainless.

HTH,

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[LT]

No, I'm running one of our MCB 250's. They are just really low profile so it looks like there's no muffler there. They have great sound and are nice and compact so they are easy to tuck up above the frame rails. All stainless steel, inside and out, most people would probably never need to replace this muffler in their lifetime. They run $120, comparable with a quality flowmaster only all stainless.

HTH,

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

Give me a deal one of those and i'll bend an extra cage on the side for you w/o letting mark know

Looks great, i'll probably get one of those down the road. My muffler is pretty banged up from picking up a huge branch lying on the ground last september wheeling.

 

[IPOR]

LOL! I think we have tube bending under control, but thanks!

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

Some more pics from last week, crazy mad rush to get things done.

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[IPOR]

Not good pics, but a couple shots after the trip to Paragon. It went well, had a couple lines and bolts to re-tighten on the trail, but no breakage. Even managed to lay it over onto the side, then back up until it flipped back onto all 4. Pounded rocks and trees into the plating, no damage. Fun ride!

I'll post pics from the trip as soon as I have them.

Lance
www.ironpigoffroad.com

 

[REZARF]

Really cool ride Lance, I hope to see it on the trail someday. However, I probably won't be following you on the trails that thing is capable of!

Sweet stuff, love the pics!

Rezarf <><

 

[Blue77FJ40]

Nice. Those springs look like OME. Should be flexy.