Little Red 85 Build

[Silverback]

Man those are sharp!!

 

[Anathollo]

Sexy!

 

[Taco Loco]

Those rims look great on the rig. That is a lot of fender you chopped off.

What fender?

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Yea it's more than I think I needed to cut but the front tire travel is going to be a lot more than previously.

I knocked out some cutting and grinding over the weekend.
The 60 is almost done.

Orbital placement

I also did some more trimming on the frame on the driver side body mount and some other miscellaneous brackets that were in the way and needed to go for a while. Just need to grind them down and weld up a few spots.

 

[Silverback]

Nice work Chris! Needs some coilover mounts,

 

[Boomtacoma01]

I hear ya on that. They will probably be one of the last items to get mocked up.
One more beadlock mounted and the transmission cooler has found a home for tonight's progress while watching the Texans get their teeth kicked in. Baby steps..

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Looks like the plasma works well

 

[the_white_shadow]

nice work Chris.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Question on the orbital mount. Do you think I should use 1 or both of the side bracket gussets? The inner one is going to be a bitch to get welded in. I was thinking about using 1 on the outside of the frame and possibly adding something on the top/front towardthe firewall. Any suggestions?

 

[the_white_shadow]

i used just one for years and it held up no problems. I wouldnt worry about the inside one if its a pain in the ass to get to.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Thanks. That is what I wanted to hear.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Worked on my driver side seat mount Friday evening and this morning. I never liked how little headroom I had with my cage. When I tore down the interior my front seat mount was shot and I needed to replace some of the floor pan so out it came.

I cleaned out the floor pan some more and put another couple of coats of Bedliner in a can. I will paint and burn it in between A and B pillars of the cage in the morning.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

A little more progress.
Cleaned up the frame and body mount. I'm running the upper link frame mount here.

Orbital mount finished up.

Atlas mocked up on the A340F. Heavy!!

Initially fit into place

Big hole in the floor. I have to relocate the fuel return lines here. I also need to figure out some sort it skid plate for the transmission pan. A little too exposed for my liking.

Frame mount upper link bracket with panhard mount tied in.

 

[Silverback]

Nice work Chris!!

 

[the_white_shadow]

^what he said. Looking good.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

I need to order my coilovers from Accutune and get my full hydro mocked up to check all of the clearances. I may move my rear leaf spring hanger forward to help lower the rear suspension because I have a feeling the front will be substantially lower than the rear.

 

[Silverback]

Just link the rear and be done.

 

[tx_shooter]

^^^ this guy.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Right now only enough cash to finish the front. If I round up another 12 or 1300 bucks I could probably do it. Bad influences around here.

 

[Silverback]

Wait until we start hammering you about an LS swap again.