Here's an overview of the mods taking place.
Main objective is to be UROC legal and replace the Cruiser axles with the RockCrushers. The axles are assembled, the front was tacked together as of yesterday, and the rear is hanging off the chassis as of today. The rear is centered, with mini pattern pinion flanges from High Angle. Gonna run mini flanged shafts from High Angle. Tcase plans are to use Marlins newest creation the "front dig" mini tcase. It has a centered output, but if it's not done in time, I may stick a D300 behind the mini reduction box. Gotta have front dig!
All the tube is being replaced, it (cage) will be lighter and meet the specs required. Lower and the seats are being remounted, lower as well. New body panels all the way around. The cowl has been trimmed to the minimum and still look Cruiser. Simple dash with only the minimum guages, all switches will be relocated within arms length with the 4 points on.
Anything at all thats not required is gone. Electrical or otherwise. The on board air is now on a buddies Cruiser. Stock radiator is getting chucked for a smaller and shorter aluminum one, the bib will be a hand made panel, and without the the headlight buckets, a wider radiator will easily fit.
Rear cutting brakes will be plumbed in. 4 wheel disks, 4:56 gears and Detroits in the diffs. Alloy shafts, 35 spline alloy outers, CTM's. 6 on 5.5 lug pattern, and a new set of Robby Gordon 17" beadlocks mounted with 37" Krawlers. Track width is gonna stay close to the 77/78" I was previously. The wheelbase is gonna be lengthened a couple more inches to 102" ish. New 7075 aluminum links all the way around. The front 2 "Y" links and panhard are coming off for a true 4 link front. That meant replacing the 6/2/1 header with a stock exhaust manifold for the clearance.
Sticking with the 2F and SM420 for now. Rear of frame is gettingmodded within the rules, should save a few lbs and have clearance to outboard the coil overs. That is still being determined. Don't wanna say much about the cosmetics, but some neat work is going into the hood and front, need to be able to see! The color is gonna stay the same on the body, not sure on the tubing. The bright aluminum color doesn't hold up very well, so different paint or different color.
I love to work on my junk, and will do plenty when it gets back here next week or so. But, non of this would be happening without the help, support, and creativity of the crew at Badlands Machine Shop! Thanks Troy, Robby, Brian, Jesse and the banker, Lisa! I am running the UROC Extreme East Series, and the SuperCrawl as primary events. Thanks to Marlin for his support, Jesse at High Angle, the still flawless steering from Westexasoffroad, and BFG.
