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Re: Rustrunner

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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 :homer:

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.

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Snowracer wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:35 pm
went for a little shit box sunday cruise and runner did pretty good, needs A TURBO pretty bad as has no real power or gears to crawl anything even remotely difficult.
Fixed it for you :smokin:
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HillBilt wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:37 am
Snowracer wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:35 pm
went for a little shit box sunday cruise and runner did pretty good, needs A TURBO pretty bad as has no real power or gears to crawl anything even remotely difficult.
Fixed it for you :smokin:
oh ive already thought about it :homer:

need a turbo off a 1.6 vw and a boost reference fuel pressure regulator and good to go :lmao:

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Snowracer wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:47 pm
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That on it's way here already? :pimp:

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no turbo yet. have lots of other stuff to do to make it an ok wheeler before i blow the motor and front axle to bits

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said F it and sold this thing so back to the buggy now :popcorn:

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Re: Rustrunner

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That probably wasn't a bad call.

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Scott Cee AKA 2drx4 wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:14 pm That probably wasn't a bad call.
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

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Only dollar signs if ya upgrade everything. Jam some 2x4 where there’s no frame and ride that coffin into its hole yeehaaawwww!

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