Builds Keeping it low with Rockwells (a.k.a. under the knife again)

[Mace]

I still miss my TR rims..

 

[Eskimo]

I still miss my TR rims..

I wasn't terribly fond of the little recesses for the bolts and the flange nuts.. the nutcerts from Bobby's kit were MUCH better.

But I loved how the wheel centered the tire perfectly.

 

[Eskimo]

Not much picture-worthy really.. did the radiator fan mounting and catch can mount, hood pins, and am 75% done with the fuel cell mount.



Also got the rear third member assembled into the axle and painted, and installed the link mount 'helmet' (Thanks Pat!).. it'll clear the pinion brake, but juuust barely..

Lots of time was spent finalizing the rear link mounts positioning, and how to clear the pinion brake.



Oh, and I found out I had a hole in one of my wheels! Looks like when the Stazworks centers were being welded in, he had a bad weld with porosity, and it burned a small hole through the shell of the wheel... Found this out when I went to see how the wheels were holding air, and I had 3 @ 25psi, and one at 0. I figured it was the valve stem and focused my attention on that, fortunately, the bad weld was near there and a little speck caught my eye. Little bit of weld, and she's holding 25psi as well.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

I love my weekly subscription/ update to this thread.
Very very clean

 

[Grade8]

Rich are we racing to see who can get done first? ;p

 

[Eskimo]

Rich are we racing to see who can get done first? ;p

Oh puh-leeze. My deadline is the end of this month... yours will be sometimes this year... October maybe?

Thanks, Tachedout

 

[Grade8]

End of this month huh? I will see what i can work out.

 

[Isotel]

looking sweet, i cant wait to see its stance once its all done!

 

[Eskimo]

Added some needed bracing between the upper and lower tubes, since the engine will be pulling down and the coilovers pushing up. There are plans for one more going fr the shock hoop back to the stock frame rail, but that will have to wait until after the exhaust is done.


Thank goodness for this über bling and freakin pricy flex radiator hose.. it saved my bacon by letting me put the downtube where I wanted it.

 

[Eskimo]

The 205 clocking plate from DD Machine finally came in, and it was worth every penny and was a HUGE help. in the OEM config, the front yoke was right on the crossmember, and the case hung below the frame rails. Now it's above the frame, and have plenty of swing for the front output...

Before:


And now:

 

[Eskimo]

And, the 4-link on the front is DONE!! That really feels like progress! I was able to get a little more triangulation on the front after fitting the tire and seeing where it goes when turned..

The outers took seemingly FOREVER to assemble, though the second went alot faster than the first. They look badass though! 3 lbs of grease between the 2... Just the hub and disc weighs more than an entire Toyota knuckle/spindle/hub/rotor/lockout assembly... nutty.

This is about 1" lower than ride height. I had to lower the chassis so I could use the floor jack to help with the 205...

 

[projektdotnet]

I'm off to grab some socks. Nice work man

 

[Radd Cruisers]

I can almost read your excitment.................


Nice work.

 

[awp_cruiser]

Sweet! Looks great!

I'd like to see more pics of the link brackets at the frame and at the housing.

Thanks for the thread!

Andy

 

[Eskimo]

I'd like to see more pics of the link brackets at the frame and at the housing.

There's a couple of photos of the housing brackets in previous photos, but I'll take some of the frame-end ones today, along with today's progress.

(I took this week off from work as a mad dash to get this thing done)

So far today, I managed to ruin $140 in Walbro pump and fittings by apparently overtightening the fittings. I was so pissed off I can't describe it. Still angry.

 

[Tapage]

Toughest !

 

[camcruiser13]

its coming along

 

[Isotel]

lookin Sweet! it looks like you are doing a good job keeping that sucker low!

Newbie Question on the Rockwell Brakes, Why did you opt for the Brakes at each corner rather than the pinion style brakes that Proffits runs, i think that they run a stock toyota rotor and Caliper, just one per axle.. I was talking with them in moab and he said that sucker would put him thru the windshield if he layed on the brakes!

 

[wngrog]

lookin Sweet! it looks like you are doing a good job keeping that sucker low!

Newbie Question on the Rockwell Brakes, Why did you opt for the Brakes at each corner rather than the pinion style brakes that Proffits runs, i think that they run a stock toyota rotor and Caliper, just one per axle.. I was talking with them in moab and he said that sucker would put him thru the windshield if he layed on the brakes!

He was just trying to make them cost as much as Dana axles is all

 

[35xj]

looks good rich. can't wait to see it in peson!