Build The Bedouin - A 75 Series Rock Whomper
- Thread starter wngrog
- Start date
Member Builds and Stories
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
You wil love the Black box for gearing options. Going with the full box will help extended your front diveshaft and give you much better angles. Neapco joints offer a much better angle than Spicer stuff. HAD uses then and I have them in my 4500 car. Never had an issue with u-joints or drive shafts, and they got hammered on. He may have adapters for the t-case that will allow you to run a 1350 or 1410 joint or cv.
Do you have a completion date set?
Do you have a completion date set?
- Thread starter
- #24
No idea. All of the parts are there. Jason is finishing some projects and taking a few weeks off. I’d say it’s done by the end of the year.
I’m a big fan of going overboard on driveshafts.
Would be cool if the front and rear were close enough to carry one spare.
Holy smokes. OK, signing up to follow.
If you do not know already, you can take the 32 spline front output from the Ford 205 and swap it in over the 10 spline chevy, or you may have gotten lucky and found a 30 spline but they are harder to find flanges for.
Meshal
SILVER Star
Going sniper is something i would love to see more often.
Any plans for 3in pipes?
Any plans for 3in pipes?
prwillard2
SILVER Star
I had a sniper on my 1FZ and could never get it to run right. No one I took it to could get the map correct.
Maybe none of them were good enough technically to do it, but a sniper on a 1FZ was not something I would recommend.
- Thread starter
- #30
We have installed two of them on 1FZ with no issues at all. Not sure what was the deal on yours
- Thread starter
- #31
2.5” pipes. Stainless headers.
MANTA EXHAUSTS | FZJ75 & FZJ78 4.5L With Headers, Stainless Steel System (SSMKTY0063)
Description The Manta exhaust for the FZJ75 and FZJ78 Landcruiser ute and troop carrier is a big improvement on the factory version. Consisting of a set of high-flow extractors, together with an “extractors back” 2.5″ mandrel bent exhaust system, the full kit helps the engine breathe a lot...
evergreenoffroad.com
- Thread starter
- #32
Jason is reading this. Im sure he’s taking notes.
@orangefj45 also told me he had some 411 on the Black Box to share for road use
Jason found the 205. I know nothing about them except they are heavy AF
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2012
- Threads
- 639
- Messages
- 17,618
- Location
- Winter Park, Florida
- Website
- www.cruisermatts.com
I don’t see any steering details, ram assist or full hydro?
- Thread starter
- #35
On that.
I think we actually will be using a 80/105 box if I remember Jason telling me this. Once he gets the range of steering he will send it off to Howe to be ported and matched with the correct hydraulic assist piston.
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #36
Assist. See above. Sorry I forgot that.
I have rebuild a bunch of them, modded shift rails for front dig, etc. Go with the Billet retainers for the bearing as well. Front and rear outputs, and the big round one on the back. You can also shave it to make it sit flat and re-index it. I went as far as drilling and tapping holes for a site glass for fluid level, similar to the one AA sells for the Atlas. They are big and heavy but just plain work. You will want to use the Ford 31 spline, or the GM 32 spline input for max strength.
I did this to the one in 4573.
- Thread starter
- #38
NW Fab sold me something they said would make it shift better for digs. I can’t remember what.
It's the power steering pump on a 1FZ that's the issue with Hydro assist. Or maybe I'm going to learn something new
- Thread starter
- #40
It's the power steering pump on a 1FZ that's the issue with Hydro assist. Or maybe I'm going to learn something new
Very possible. Also there are so many poorly designed hydro assist units out there I can’t make that assumption until we do one properly. I’d say 75% of the hydro steering systems people slap on their vehicles are absolute junk and are essentially doing nothing but fighting themselves.
I did a long course on this stuff with PSC back in the day and it’s amazing the s*** people do.
I’ll figure something out if the pump can’t handle assist Jason built a buggy for my friend with a Toyota diesel and full hydro and hydroboost both run off the Toyota pump.