looks great, good job!!

 

Thanks!

 

I wanna see it on all FOUR tires!

 

 

EDITED

 

great stuff. i'm seriously impressed with you guys who can just do this kind of thing.

 

I was just yanking your chain. You didn't get pissed did you?

 

Hey Mark, I'm sure it gets pretty hot in there, right? If it were me, I'd go to discoveryparts.com (right now website is down, but it's very rare...) and get a Cool Suit or F.A.S.T. cool shirt system for this sort of stuff. We use it with our racer, and have felt how much it brings down body temp. Definetly worth looking in to, if you have a little bit of space, and a desire to remain at least a little bit cool while hitting the rocks. Anyways, thought you might want to hear that idea.

 

Have been looking at some of these ideas and after getting dehydrated in AZ last month, don't want to go thru that again.

I'll have some updates again when it's running and driving.

 

mark, what kinda panels are going around your motor, anything? I've got some sheet steel, or alum, I can sheer to size if you need some. what did you use to cut your grill out with?

 

Matt,

Grill was ordered that way. I'm encapsulating the motor with 1/8 plexi glass. Might need some help in that area in the rear end. I'll PM you when I get to that point and thanks for the offer! Very cool.

 

Update...

Had a major setback (fixed now) on a part for my build and will be picking up my axle in August during a wheeling trip to Colorado. For the next few months, I'll mod a stock yota axle for the Elocker and slap that hog under the truck and get to wheelin'...

So, found my powerwasher, set it to HIGH and blasted all the sand out of my Vagina and feel much better...actually..Fresh to be exact.

Sheet metal work, slow goin' but this is .062 Rolled Aluminum and the tabs you see are Dzus Fasteners.







Picked up this sheet of 48x96 for 42 bucks.








Steering column, guage pods and dash...Notice the solid tube under the wheel for an extra clean look..




Had to relocate the brakes and lowered them 3 inches...perfect now.




That is all for now.

 

I think if you'd just recycle those Bud cans and use the aluminum from them you'd been finished already.

Looks great!

 

Patch Panels!

 

Lokking really good. Some day I might have the tools, skill, and knowledge to do something like this. Props to you formulatoy#36 for the awesome work.

 

Thank you for your kind words. I would consider my work average for what my piers are producing out West. This stuff can be learned by starting small, using some patience and doing your homework.

This build has been very challenging.

 

Yeah, I too admire your skills. What a steal for a sheet of alum. I've gotten as high as $.85 a lb scrap price for alum. Curious, what kind of tube bender do you have? Or do you?

 

Columbus has a company called Research Alloys that takes bulk sinks from restaraunts you name it and recycles it. Simply walk in, grab a sheet hit the office and leave. They have Ti, 304,4044 stainless, and 5-6k series aluminum in various thicknesses. Round stock everything..

Pro-tools HD 105 and after 4 years the air over hydro pump finally took a dump and have to send it back to them for a rebuild.

 

Curious as to the location of your motor?? Stock?? Is that an electric fan?

 

You know, haven't mentioned that yet..It's 8" back and 1" down from stock making for a better COG and takes the extreme angle out of the front driveshaft. No electric fan yet. I have some other priorities that require electric draw and will just have to see how the voltage and all that works out before adding more. It's a stroker motor so it will make some HP as is.