Had great time wrenching. If Bodean ever tells ya to "meet" him to pick up tshirts at jrobs garage be prepared to turn a couple o wrenches. Lol. I am glad we got it sorted out though.
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Had great time wrenching. If Bodean ever tells ya to "meet" him to pick up tshirts at jrobs garage be prepared to turn a couple o wrenches. Lol. I am glad we got it sorted out though.
Pilot bearing?
Bomar
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I heard some NHRA teams were looking for some new crews....time to vacate the 073.
Where's the burnout pics?
It was done in a timely fashion, however far from NHRA standards.
It's was pouring by the time I left. No wet pavement burn outs.....yet.
I've got some shirts in my carport that I need all y'all to come pick up.
Bump for burnout pics!
Did y'all get it 100% done?
Did y'all get it 100% done?
I figure I've got about 30 hours of work left to do. So we could have it done in about 20 minutes if the pit crew showed up.
TIFU by driving Jrob's 40 after spending the morning dicking around with a backfiring 2F.
Not smart...
Not smart...
I was the last one to post in this thread, so it's only right that I be the one to revive it.
This is the beginning of a series of posts to come over the next few months as Jrob's 40 goes back under the knife. This will be an attempt to appease the great and powerful Grogan who contends that we do a s***ty job of documenting secret squirrel s***. The goal is to link the front and rear using FZJ-80 axles...well sort of.
The plan is as follows:
4 link rear
3 link front
Shooting for 110" WB and a frame height of 24"
80 series rear axle
Diamond housing in the front (Toyota 9.5" center section), cut to 80 series front width...using 80 knuckle balls and Hellfire knuckles
PSC full hydro setup
39" BFG Krawlers
14" coilovers on each corner - thinking 5" up travel and 9" of droop??
Here's the starting point as of Friday when we were weighing it:
Total weight from the racing scales (driver in the truck and weight added to account for fuel, tools, parts, etc):
Rear unsprung weight:
And front unsprung weight:
After some late night discussions with the thundertalkers at Ramble, we decided to start on the front. Ripped the front axle out:
And drug it out back...with the tractor, of course:
Cut off all the brackets, mounts, etc and cleaned up the frame:
Began cutting some plate for frame reinforcement:
Yesterday was spent crawling around underneath to see where various link brackets could fit. After a lot of measuring, marking, remeasuring, and after several iterations of the spreadsheets, we came up with these first drafts (hopefully they are legible):
And:
An immediate concern is the exhaust on the driver side (the upper link mount will need to be right about where the pipes merge). The current plan is to cut it out, build the suspension, and then let the exhaust guy get real creative and work some magic:
That is all for now...more updates will follow.
This is the beginning of a series of posts to come over the next few months as Jrob's 40 goes back under the knife. This will be an attempt to appease the great and powerful Grogan who contends that we do a s***ty job of documenting secret squirrel s***. The goal is to link the front and rear using FZJ-80 axles...well sort of.
The plan is as follows:
4 link rear
3 link front
Shooting for 110" WB and a frame height of 24"
80 series rear axle
Diamond housing in the front (Toyota 9.5" center section), cut to 80 series front width...using 80 knuckle balls and Hellfire knuckles
PSC full hydro setup
39" BFG Krawlers
14" coilovers on each corner - thinking 5" up travel and 9" of droop??
Here's the starting point as of Friday when we were weighing it:
Total weight from the racing scales (driver in the truck and weight added to account for fuel, tools, parts, etc):
Rear unsprung weight:
And front unsprung weight:
After some late night discussions with the thundertalkers at Ramble, we decided to start on the front. Ripped the front axle out:
And drug it out back...with the tractor, of course:
Cut off all the brackets, mounts, etc and cleaned up the frame:
Began cutting some plate for frame reinforcement:
Yesterday was spent crawling around underneath to see where various link brackets could fit. After a lot of measuring, marking, remeasuring, and after several iterations of the spreadsheets, we came up with these first drafts (hopefully they are legible):
And:
An immediate concern is the exhaust on the driver side (the upper link mount will need to be right about where the pipes merge). The current plan is to cut it out, build the suspension, and then let the exhaust guy get real creative and work some magic:
That is all for now...more updates will follow.
; )
Can't wait to see it in action
Holy Cow! That's impressive work (and research from the master planner!)
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
I mean, I'm looking at all them fancy spreadsheets and wondering how to read all that... then I get down to the last pic of the exhaust, and all I can think from here on out is two words... "True Duals". WOOPOW!
Bomar
SILVER Star
Turn sliders into lake pipes.
fj40charles
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Jrob, any particular reason for not going with some Dynatrac dana 60 with RCV shaft for the front?
Will the Toyota pinion be the weak link?
Looks like very ambitious project and I expect it to be well executed in typical JROB style. I'm sure no funds will be spared..
Will the Toyota pinion be the weak link?
Looks like very ambitious project and I expect it to be well executed in typical JROB style. I'm sure no funds will be spared..
Carry on.
Ima need to know who I need to talk to about getting on the secret squirrel s*** distribution list.
This looks to be an amazing (re)build.
This looks to be an amazing (re)build.
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
I'm swear. I done asked to come over. Even offered to pay tuition to come watch...
