Rustrunner
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Re: Rustrunner
have to wash this thing and look for damage. as of right now i can see that either the rear coil mount or the body has given out as they are way closer to each other then before the weekend
have a line on an explorer 8.8 and a hp30 from a 1998 xj now. the vtreads are being left of the explorer wheels so that saves me having to find set now. Pointsnorth has a body that is 20 times better then what im working with now, so just need some steel to build a new frame. leaning towards ditching the rear link set up and doing YJ rear leafs on the new frame set up
have a line on an explorer 8.8 and a hp30 from a 1998 xj now. the vtreads are being left of the explorer wheels so that saves me having to find set now. Pointsnorth has a body that is 20 times better then what im working with now, so just need some steel to build a new frame. leaning towards ditching the rear link set up and doing YJ rear leafs on the new frame set up
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I think your headed in the right direction. Build a simple frame, the leafs are easy to get going, Should work really well. My grands has similar rear coil setup as the suzuki. I swapped the upper back joint arm for 2 arms and made a short arm 4 link really easily. But I suspect I’ve got longer a arms so it travels better
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i know the factory rear trailing arm mount made a good front spring hanger for yj leafs with only a minor rear frame extention added for the shackle mount
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so patched the body and frame some more so we could take this out on the weekend. did not take any pictures of all the angle iron i bogger welded to the body and frame to attach the two and hold the body back up after it collapsed.
went for a little shit box sunday cruise and runner did pretty good, needs gears pretty bad as has no real power or gears to crawl anything even remotely difficult.
went for a little shit box sunday cruise and runner did pretty good, needs gears pretty bad as has no real power or gears to crawl anything even remotely difficult.
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oh ive already thought about it
need a turbo off a 1.6 vw and a boost reference fuel pressure regulator and good to go
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Re: Rustrunner
kinda missing this coffin on wheels as it was a fun little rig. just keep seeing dollar signs and lots of work in its future if i kept it