Custom(aluminum) consoles

[3.0ranger1227]

I bet I'm better at spending other people's money lol. I'll photoshop some stuff up and post it. I'm just not sure where i will want the shifter to end up.

 

[gwaii]

Sounds good lol. I just finished reading the GT-12 thread. I feel like this right now:

well,if you can apply that sort of dedication to the project,there'll be no problem getting it done

let the hammering begin!

 

[3.0ranger1227]

I may get ambitious and start doing it here at school... we'll see

 

[3.0ranger1227]

So Gwaii here is my thought. This is an 07 interior, but it's close enough for this purpose. To my eye the seat is pretty far forward in the pic. I'm thinking go from the floor cupholders as shown, angle/curve up to the height the shifter needs to be(I think what i have drawn is close), which will be almost at the seat in the forward most position. Then from there a step down to disappear under the seat, possibly with a hatch in the back to allow access to the shifter and/or some hidden storage.

FYI the truck will still have the tree shifter for PRND, but this shifter is an electronic unit for 1-4 when in drive. So no cables to run, just wiring. It will be able to be switched manually from automatic operation to the shifter.

This is the shifter

I think I could make a longer handle if i need to, and I want to run one of the classic pistol grip style grips on there

Also if you're wondering the trans will be the 2wd version of the AW4 that is in some XJs and some Supras. It came on the 96-99 Mitsubishi montero and is the best RWD trans I can get that will bolt up to the 6G72

Attached is the drawing. Aluminum in green, shifter in blue. Very crude drawing though

 

[mp3deviant721]

You're that guy from R-F that's doing the 3.0 Mitsu swap aren't you? How's that coming along?

 

[3.0ranger1227]

You're that guy from R-F that's doing the 3.0 Mitsu swap aren't you? How's that coming along?

Trying to find a suitable(Cheap and workable) donor car 1500 miles away is pretty damn hard. I've got a friend looking also back home but it's not easy. lucky for me it looks like its going to be on the easier end of the swap spectrum, as it's a similar motor design to the vulcan 3.0, and with some careful JY searching it shouldn't be any worse than any other swap. *fingers crossed*

Plus after reading Gwaii's threads I feel like I can do anything with a sawzall and some ingenuity.

 

[4.0B2]

Plus after reading Gwaii's threads I feel like I can do anything with a sawzall and some ingenuity.

to follow in his footsteps you have to have both common sense and a lack of common sense.. makes sense?

 

[gwaii]

dude,that can be made real nice in three pieces.two seams.if you want to get fancy,it'll need more parts,but i think it would be good done simple.

do it like i did the tubs,build a wood form,make a wrap for the back,top,and front in one piece,then the two sides.hammer the edges over to get a nice rounded edge,weld it and sand it...maybe even polish,though brushed finish looks good too.

i could whip that up in a day.

 

[mp3deviant721]

lucky for me it looks like its going to be on the easier end of the swap spectrum, as it's a similar motor design to the vulcan 3.0, and with some careful JY searching it shouldn't be any worse than any other swap. *fingers crossed*

Really? How's it similar?

 

[3.0ranger1227]

dude,that can be made real nice in three pieces.two seams.if you want to get fancy,it'll need more parts,but i think it would be good done simple.

do it like i did the tubs,build a wood form,make a wrap for the back,top,and front in one piece,then the two sides.hammer the edges over to get a nice rounded edge,weld it and sand it...maybe even polish,though brushed finish looks good too.

i could whip that up in a day.

Yeah It shouldn't be too hard to make look good.

to follow in his footsteps you have to have both common sense and a lack of common sense.. makes sense?

Definitely. Just a little(a lot of) creative thinking and a little(a lot of) of mechanical artistry.

Really? How's it similar?

60 degree V, similar length, similar accessory location. The biggest issue is the DOHC. but other than that it's not a huge deal. And with a little bit of Gwaii-ing the intake I could probably reuse my K&N intake tube, but I'll probably just make a new intake tube and reuse the same filter and outerwear I already have.

 

[gwaii]

sweet...now you need to get some dimentions on it.maybe a working drawing.

engine swap sounds pretty cool,too.

 

[3.0ranger1227]

Yep. I'll start looking at it this weekend. I have a friend here who has a shop and may let me use some space to do it.

Plus he's almost as crazy as you. we're talking about building a tube frame tracked vehicle for the sand dunes big block behind the driver, 9" or bigger rear end with a selectable locker, steering similar to the wheelstanding B2(brakes). That way we could leave the rear unlocked to steer, and lock it up and go straight through anything without touching anything

Yeah. The motor make 220 hp stock N/A, and 300 hp stock TT, and 205/315 lb-ft respectively. And according to other guys who have swapped this motor into RWD applications(would you believe there is an entire forum dedicated to that? talk about lucky) it makes that torque almost everywhere. Should be fun in the sand.

 

[gwaii]

sounds like some cool ideas,the tracked rig would be along the same lines as the ripsaw,i guess.

i've always wanted to do something like that too.

 

[3.0ranger1227]

sounds like some cool ideas,the tracked rig would be along the same lines as the ripsaw,i guess.

i've always wanted to do something like that too.

That's where the idea came from. I believe they run a hydraulic drive for their production one, but I never got a close look at the movie prop one they made with the supercharged BBC, it may be closer to what we're trying to do.

I'm gonna do some looking. Its simple to do with a couple sets of brakes and an open diff. The trick is making the track stay tight when it cycles 16". I was amazed he figured out how they did it without ever seeing it. It's pretty neat.

EDIT: They do run a hydrostat system to run each side individually. And the movie prop one looks to be a normal trans with a rear end with double brakes.