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Wiat, did you say the (lawn)mower was running methanol? With Boost!?!?
Is there nothing sacred?

and BTW, when you're ready to design a boltin turbo kit for the 2.3D-tec, You can borrow mine!
 
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Old 06-29-2008
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Originally Posted by zabeard
last i talked to him...

a mustang to paint
a mustang to fix
strobe install on a truck

and like 5 other vehicles waiting to be done. not to mention i think he just moved... lol so he is a busy ****.

oh and did i mention he has a regular day job?
You said that right....

Yea guys, no updates on the truck. I have lots of parts waiting for it, but I have priorities above the truck... I hope to start back on it sometime soon, but I cant make any promises on when I can deliver a finished product.

I also got a puppy and she is another full time job!!!


 
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Originally Posted by Johnbaum13

and BTW, when you're ready to design a boltin turbo kit for the 2.3D-tec, You can borrow mine!
might be something to think about
 
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Good job anyhow Mr. Cuz.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Good job anyhow Mr. Cuz.
What?
 
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idk...lol.
 
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Hey.... just thought I'd give this one a little poke. Hopefully hear some good news about the truck.

Guessin' your still catchin up as the last time you sounded pretty damn busy, but I'm just curious.
 
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Old 10-17-2008
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A little update from Nick.











 
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Sweetness
 
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Time to baja!!
 
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He have any shots of how he tied the cage to the frame? Definitely a good looking hoop. Is he going full cage or just a tie to the frame to remove some roll?
 
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Nick is my hero!
 
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Originally Posted by SniperX103
He have any shots of how he tied the cage to the frame? Definitely a good looking hoop. Is he going full cage or just a tie to the frame to remove some roll?
I dont have any of those but I will ask him about it.
 
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I beleive he said he was not connecting to the frame. I don't think this is an offroad mod. More of a road racing application.
 
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Originally Posted by graniteguy
I beleive he said he was not connecting to the frame. I don't think this is an offroad mod. More of a road racing application.
Definitely.
 
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Yeah Nicks truck is defnitly not built to off road lol. Hey Zach next time you talk to him ask him what track he races at.
 
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nice cage!
 
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Originally Posted by graniteguy
I beleive he said he was not connecting to the frame. I don't think this is an offroad mod. More of a road racing application.
Yeah... but by tieing any cage to the frame you are removing a lot of body roll. By just putting the cage in the cab seems like you'd just be leaving the job half done. I'm sure it would help, but can't be as good. (At least from what I can think through in my head).
 
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Bump old thread!

Any updates? this truck is soooo sick.
 
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Originally Posted by SniperX103
Yeah... but by tieing any cage to the frame you are removing a lot of body roll. By just putting the cage in the cab seems like you'd just be leaving the job half done. I'm sure it would help, but can't be as good. (At least from what I can think through in my head).
he has it done like all uni-body cars are done. just 6x6 pads it looks like.
 
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he is supposed to have a bunch of pics by the end of the weekend!
 
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A little recap and update.

Rear suspension:





Up front:















It looks like im working backwards, but its all a necessity when you are doing this much custom work.



The cage:






Trying to finish up the fuel system:







As for the cage, I am only going to the body because if I ever need to remove the cab, I dont want to have to cut the cage to get it off... I really doubt there will be any body roll...




Ordered these for it tonight:

 
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what was that rear suspension made for/off of?
 
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Originally Posted by 99ranger4x4
what was that rear suspension made for/off of?
It started as a lincoln mark viii
 
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So sexy
 
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