Ski Machine (1 Viewer)

[too tall]

I had to cut quite a bit out of the grill , but I'm happy that it doesn't stick out too far . Still need to get a hawse fairlead and cut a hole in the bumper but It's on there anyway . Not sure I like it . Might have to redesign it on the next go round . I will be adding some more tube eventually to tie the front bumper to the sliders . Probably do the same to the rear bumper as well . Not planning on wheeling this rig but a little protection from the trees is always good .

 

[wombat]

I like the way you have tucked it out of the way,looks good.

 

[seapotato]

I like it. Nice and low profile.

So often the front bumpers on 60's end up huge, and sticking out half a mile. ( mine did.)


That's quite the cruiser farm you're cultivating over there...I spied a 45 in the back too. My neighbour wanted to sell me one a while back. I resisted...tho it wasn't easy.

 

[FLYINGLOW]

Looking good, I'll be over next week to check it out.

 

[too tall]

Sounds good . I'll be done in a couple of days . Started tearing into the back yesterday after a slight fiasco removing the detroit from my other rig . I have the springs back in (flipped them side for side) , I think they are some type of lift spring ? They are a bit narrower than stockers but still have the wrap around them like stockers do . I think they've sagged out enough to use they seem to sit like a normal rig would . Should have the front springs re and re'd in a bit and then I'll start setting pinion angles and such . I'll take more pics then .

 

[too tall]

Got the springs back in and set the pinion angles and caster . Had to use some anti inversion shackles in the front after I tested one of the springs with a pry bar . Still need to finish welding the brace on the front then cut some knuckle ball gussets and weld them on . hoping to get the rear done tomorrow as well .

 

[too tall]

Got the front diff all welded up and painted earlier today .Had to cut some Knuckle gussets out of 3/8 . I made the upper one so I can mount the shock to it . then I took the stock u-bolt plates and cut the shock mount off then filled the cut out part with a piece of steel . Didn't take too many pics of that part I was trying to get a bunch done today .

 

[too tall]

After that a put it in the truck and bolted it up . Then I started building knuckles . I had a set of 6 shooter arms I'm going to use for now on stock knuckles . Everything went pretty smooth with that part and I ended up getting the hubs back on around 10:45 tonight . Still have a bunch to do but it should be back on it's wheels by tomorrow . I had to put one new wheel on so I could get a look at it . Pretty big . I wonder what my wife is gonna say ?

 

[hellbent40]

nice... thats a good looking bumper....
if you need a spare 60 tank i have one in the garage has the filler neck on it.... its yours if you need it...

coming together really quick... nice work...

 

[wombat]

Building it primarily for going back and forth to mt washington but probably use it for hunting and a little camping as well .


Starting to look more like a rock crawler than a ski machine. You do a lot of good work in a very short time. Good job.

 

[too tall]

Thanks for the comments . I'm enjoying the s*** out of this project right now . Did a solid 14 hours on it yesterday and was so excited about it last night I couldn't sleep . The front is almost completely done now . Just have to mount shocks and attach the brake line to the diff . Also have to figure out the drag link ? I used a stock tierod with 80 series ends on the trail gear arms and it worked out perfectly . Had to trim the ends of the threads on the joints but otherwise it seems like it was made for this mod . I cut the dust shields off and used some lines that skipped the backing plates . I'll try to take more pics of the front diff when it's all wrapped up .

 

[too tall]

Got it done last night about 3 am . Then went for a 2 hr drive up the canyon. everything seemed to work ok more testing and pics to follow . Holy s*** it's big .

 

[too tall]

After more driving today I've realized I have a bit of a vibration problem with the rear driveshaft . Gonna screw around a bit with pinion angle , maybe check the runout on the rear pinion flange (probably bent ) then go from there . Still have to mount the ford towers and redo the upper towers in the back so I can put a longer shock on there but otherwise all is good . Driving at 120km (by the speedo) I let go of the steering wheel

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Looking good mang....

Vibration could be a simple worn ujoint?


Rob

 

[too tall]

Got some ford towers installed and managed to squeeze a set of 12" shocks in the back as well . Going to make a new rear shaft this morning and get it balanced at western . I spun the rear end last night on the hoist and it has a bent flange or pinion as well . Trying to get some parts for one of my broken detroits so I can re-gear it with new 4.88's . Also started working towards the turbo . Got the flange adapter and the exhaust flange cut at karnage fab yesterday on his plasma table . I pick up the new manifold next week . Still need to make a decision about an intercooler then decide how much to move the rad . I'm hoping to suff it in front .

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Nice having all that room under the hood, intercooler should fit pretty easy...

Rob

 

[too tall]

I found a little intercooler . Managed to squeeze it in front of the rad behind the grill . I'm hoping I can slide the batteries over tight to the fenders than I should be able to plumb it straight into the intake and out of the turbo with not too many turns . 2-1/2 " is the tubing size .

 

[too tall]

With the grill in . Can't even see it .

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Looks good.

I was able to shoe-horn the AC, Rad, intercooler and the cold weather blind in there but I did have to move the rad back a bit. I ran my intercooler tubes under the batteries but I did toy with the idea of going beside the batteries. I had a recovery tank thingy for the AC to deal with which was a pain and ultimately decide my tube routing.

As I'm sure you know the addition of an intercooler is the icing on the cake for a turbo 3B. EGT's become a non-issue for the conservatively tuned.

Are you thinking? A ~10psi "one turn of the fuel" tune or a Max. fuel setting block the wast gate kind of tune?

 

[too tall]

Gonna leave the waste gate closed and turn the fuel up and see how much boost the turbo I have will make . Conservative is probably not the word I would use for the amount of power I will hopefully be able to make . 3b's are cheap around here . We'll see I guess ?