what colour are you gonna paint it when it's ready for that stage? i vote the purple it is. looks good. so does all you fab work. i wish i was that skilled.

 

Great Work! Looks like a fun truck. Have you run the 4.0/c4 combo before?

 

You plan on running a 9 inch when you link it right? Cause welding on a 8.8 center section is not the best idea.

 

Thansk i was geussing about 100' ill probably get alot more then that i plan to do bumpers and sliders first to get a hang of the bender.

 

wow, what an impressive example of fabrication skills.

great work !!

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Looks awesome!!

 

havent figured out what color I want to go with it. highly doubt it will be purple though. I am pretty sure it will end up some sort of blue. I will prolly just drop it off to my painter buddy and let him do what he wants with it. and thanks for the kind words guys

 

oh and yes it will be getting a 9"... picking that up in a few days from a buddy. I have not ran the 4.0/c4 combo before but have heard good things. I plan to use a full manual valve body in the c4 and art carr gate shifter. I know this will not be very fun on the road but the truck is built for the dirt mainly so I am not too concerned with how it does on the street.

 

What wall thickness is that for the cage?

 

wall thickness is .120"

 

Thats what i thought same with the front bumper?

 

yep all the tubing is the same stuff

 

Do you have any performance modifications planned for the 4.0 ohv?

 

Any new updates?

 

yes I am sure I will do some performance mods to the 4.0 however I am not sure what they will be as of yet. First I would like to get the engine and trans and get them in the truck then just go from there depending on how much power I really need. There is really not much as far as updates as I am still recovering from a rough and very fun 4th of July weekend and have been busy with work lately. I am hoping to spend some time on it this weekend finishing the cage up and trying to get my 2.3 running for the time being so I can get this thing in the dirt! I will keep you guys updated!

 

Updates?

 

def the best build thread on here!
sick *** truck and keep the pics coming!

 

agreed. moar pics

 

thanks guys! I will be getting some more pics this week as I will actually be getting some things done on this thing... hoping to have it in the dirt the 17-19 of this month... if all goes well that will be the test session then the 25th it will be racing at our local tuff truck event... moar pics coming soon!

 

sweet build you got some some talent in fab work out does anything ive seen or done at the machine shop I work at, SUBSCRIBED!

 

thank you sir! I am having some stupid issues trying to get this 2.3 thats in the truck running.. when I bought the truck it ran but ran really rough and would not rev above 3500.... the other day I finally decided to try firing it up again and it fired up and ran rough then ran out of gas as i forgot to put fuel in the tank after removing it... I put fuel in it and installed a new fuel filter today then went to fire it up and now it wont fire... I pulled the front plug on the intake side to check for spark and there is none. so now I am trying to figure out weather whatever was going bad before causing it to run like crap just finally died or if I am now chasing a new problem? I am just trying to get this motor going for a trip to the dezert before summer is over and to race a local tuff truck event on the 25th so if it is something too major I will prolly just do a motor swap now and get it over with... any ideas on what could be going on? I have my scangauge 2 hooked up and there is no codes and it is getting water temp data so it seems to be communicating with the PCM however the MPG gauge on the scanner is reading something like 99999... I am just lost with this pile right now... if you have any ideas please feel free to throw them out there so hopefully I can get this thing up and running...

 

any updates?

 

not much for updates lately. just been building parts for other people and projects. I am hoping to get back to this project in the next few weeks and get the drive-train all together so I can drive this thing.