Builds U-p-g-r-a-y-e-d-d

[bustanutley]

There are several mellow class series near by. So I thought it might be fun to try my hand some low level, in it to finish it, races. And I enjoy motoring in the desert. Lots of wide open rough roads involved with the wheeling around here.

 

[Mace]

Makes sense, Keep an eye on tires rubbing the bypass tubes. I run my shocks outside of the frame with a 14 bolt and they still rub at full stuff.

 

[bustanutley]

Thanks, I was very diligent about checking clearances while putting it together. I took the springs apart and cycled the suspension. I set the truck at full bump as tires rested onto the fenders. At full articulation in the garage it still had a good bit of clearance between tire and shock; hopefully that stays the case on the trail! Time will tell.

 

[chicago]

Sorry for the delay guys, I was on holiday for a little bit there.
As far as updates, I doubled down a few weeks ago and hammered out all the rest of the essentials. I took it wheeling the weekend of the dirt riot race in Csprings. Maiden voyage was romping it around on the course after the races. Impressions? The way the 2uz makes this thing move is silly. As of now I'm very happy with the way it works. We wheeled Penrose the day after the race, and everything went well. No pictures thou.. Went wheeling again this past Saturday, here are a few pics from the day:





The gearing in low range feels really good, which is good, or bad. I'm going to be re-gearing the truck this winter to make high range more useful and I have a feeling I'm going to need to get a less deep atlas..

I have lots of odds and ends to tie up yet, so, work will be continuing. I'll try to take some pics this evening of some of my work up to this point.

Oh DAMN that looks like a FUN TRAIL!
Nice work!

 

[bustanutley]

If anyone wanted a 2uz FJ40, this one is for sale!

https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj40-bj40/765222-1970-fj40-wheeler.html