Project: Moose Knuckle; Part III

[PaleBlue90]

Naw man. I respect the people in the armed forces, it's just not for me.

My family has a history of joining the armed forces, and a history of regretting it.

I'm thinkin I should start sellin more drugs. And get me some bitch's fo' pimpin.
Then pick me's up a gat, some colt 45s for courage, and knock over some gas stations. Naw wha I mean, Dawg? Representin. Word. Thug life!

i have never heard such a sentence that made someone sound like such a white boy before



get ur butt in gear summers a' comein

 

[LittleBigFoot]

That's the plizzan biotch!

Hey now, don't be hatin. I just be kickin it like the motha fuc#in O.G. I am. Ya digg? Old school, Dawg. Old school.

Me and my homebois jus likes to chill on the porch drinkin King Cobra and smokin da fattest motha fuc!in' blunts you'd eva seen. Da cronic biotch!

Don't be trippin fool or I gottsta get my nine and make you sit yo cup down and step up off it.


I used to turn in english essays like that. Oddly enough my teacher enjoyed it. I think he had a drinking problem too.

 

[LittleBigFoot]

Gettin to some more cool stuff:

Looking at some suspension ideas for down the road when swapping in the one tons.


The 63" chebbies and belltechs flex pretty well. Mitch and I have talked about linking the rear with air shocks. Well, after pricing out airshocks and being broke, I'm looking at 1/4 ellipticals. (Streetability is just flying out the window but shit happens)

Tractor joints, and I get dom for around 7 bucks a ft. The 4 link could be done pretty cheap.

And I've heard you get used to the weird axle steer after a while.

I was thinkin of the lip in the rear, but the rig above is runnin a 1/4 lip up front. Apperently she's been runnin this set up in competitions and trail rides for years just fine. That's cool. Once again, like everything in this build, I'm just thinkin about it, gettin ideas. Nothing's set yet.


A little revision for the front suspension:
Long leaves flex well. But 52" is a bit long for a front leaf. With the shackles at the front of the rig, I've got a horrible approach angle. Reason I havn't moved them to the rear yet is because they'd make for a great destructive rock hanger and it'd jack up my caster real bad and I just didn't want to deal with that.

I've been reading measurements on leaf spring lengths for like an hour now. Trying to find a good pack to bastardize. In my case, a shorter leaf pack would allow me to run a jeep/chevy style shackle that runs through the frame, at the part of the frame that angles up, it's 6 in the morning, you know what I mean. At that location the shackle wouldn't be a huge rock hanger, and would have plenty of room to move under articulation.

If I built a pack starting with toyota land cruiser fronts, it'd be just ever so kick ass.

They're 43" in length, the leaf spring "bolt" is at 21.5". Running these would push my front axle forward 4.5" giving me great damn approach.

If I ran a 42" tire (which one day I just might!) the tire would make contact before anything else to a straight up approach.

This would also be 9" shorter then my current main leaf allowing me to keep the shackle out of harm's way after dropping off a rock.


Ok, off to bed.

 

[LittleBigFoot]

Ha, I really ran this build thread into the ground.

But the build is still commin along.

I got my block cleaned, mitch is doin some head work on the stock 2v heads.

I'm keepin the stock bore, and runnin a 408 stroker crank. This'll give me a 402ish.

Now I'm just waitin on funds to order the crank.

My engine cradle is on back order. Fukc JCwhitney.

I'm doin a little carb work to spruce up my 390 in the 72 on the side too.

The way money's workin out, I should have the motor pieced together by March. Hopin to wheel this season.

 

[Kyle M.]

you planning on new pistons?

 

[crawlin91]

should really move with a new powerplant in there. Id like to check out the backhalf in person sometime. seems my rig may be headed in that direction sooner than later.

 

[LittleBigFoot]

Thursday I'm hopin to go down to where it's stored and start pullin the current drivetrain to sell off to fund the build. You're welcome to come down and check it out Carl.

I'll have a good 4r44e and an electric BW1354, and a questionable 3.0 to sell, along with a C6, D44, and 9". I think I still have that "roll" bar if anyone wants it.

I should post up some adds.

 

[Chance]

You had molly shafts in that 44 didn't ya? Eh, I guess you wouldn't wanna part it out/shipping wouldn't be worth it/might as well buy a new one. My passenger side shaft is covered in surface rust...

Eh, I'll replace it when it breaks

 

[LittleBigFoot]

Yeah, everything's pretty much sold off or going to be rather soon.

I had to sit back and realize that I actually want to get to wheel this season, not wrench.

I've also got a future I need to address, and dopping a semester's worth of tuition on a motor is a bad idea.

The 351w is allready bored 30 over we found out. I think I'm just gonna get a rebuild kit, new crank, some torquey cam, a good intake manifold and big carb.

I'd love to do the 408w but it just seems stupid right now and I'm running out of time.

I've got a 14bolt I'm waitin for a day off to pick up. Still lookin for a chevy 60 front.



I'm keeping the rear suspension, but revising the shock mounts.

Front will get replaced with FJ leaves and leaf spring sliders. This should stretch the front about 3" or somethin close.

I'm shootin to find 38-40" rubbers.

Most likely a cheap locker for the rear. Some gearing.

I don't want a competition wheeler. I want something I can have fun with, actually use, and enjoy.

And going back to school is a damn good idea.

And so is droppin the ride height and hacking the shit out of what ever hits. I'm thinkin of going for maybe 6-8" of up and a shit ton of down. And stable.

Who cares if it's flexy if you can't trust it.

Word.

 

[crawlin91]

how much did you shorten your overall wheel base?

how do you like the new rear setup/shackle hangers?

made any progress on your rig lately?

why not just weld the rear spiders unless the 14 bolt came with a detroit?

 

[LittleBigFoot]

Progress has been very slow. Like, backwards.

I've been digging in to the law books on how to title this pig, and keep it street legal. So i've had to take my time. And my 72 has been taking up a lot of my time and money. (New starter, battery, alternator, starter sol, voltage regulator, headers and straight pipes, fixing the rust and previous owner's shit fixes)

So I'm still looking at stroking the 351w block I have. The guy who rebuilt it slapped two bearings on the crank and torqued everything down to spec. I'm guessing that's why he could never get it to run, but either way the crank is beyond repair. So I guess I'm shellin out for a stroker crank.

I've still got the 4wd C6 trans waiting. I'd like to run Chevy axles due to the price around here (400 for a chevy D60, 1200 for a Ford D60) So I've been trying to trade out for a 2wd C6 so I can run a divorced Tcase for pass. drop.

When I finally pick up that 14 bolt I think I might just weld the spiders. I'm only plannin on runnin 39-42" meats, what ever I can find for cheap, so I think I'll be alright.


Carl:
I liked the shortened WB. I never got the chance to take it on the trails before I lost compression, but the shackle angle I acheived led to a rather nice ride on the road. Great mixture of up and down travle for a leaf set up.


I'm runnin 52" chebbies with belltech shackles in the front. I'm lookin at runnin FJ cruiser leafs up front. This'll stretch my WB about 4" forward (Which is what I'm diggin) And instead of a shackle, runnin home built leaf spring sliders. Should give great flex, help with the wandering axle syndrome, and greatly improve my approach angles.


They gave me a few more days at my bar, (I'm workin 3 jobs at the moment) and I'm about to have some big income from one of the jobs, so I'm pumped to get started on this again. If wheelin season comes around and I'm not ready I'll buy and old POS 5th gen half ton and abuse it for the summer then part it.

My axles are still up for sale along with the 3.0 that needs rebuilt, the 4r44e, and the electric BW1354.

Over and out

 

[LittleBigFoot]

The ranger is back in my garage after a 5 month stay in a salvage car dealership lot.

Last night I hopped in, had a beer, and dreamed.

While driving it back (still with the crapped out 3.0) it spat up a spark plug. Pretty wicked. I was pulling a hill, it was loosing power, I downshifted, then it sounded like a two stroke dirt bike with straight pipes, and then it died and started pooring juices out of a few different holes.

Last night a bunch of buds came over and we pushed this bitch up my very steep driveway. Mad props to all the man power who helped. It's nice to know I've got good people around.

I'll start on the front clip tonight if I'm still cracked out on energy drinks after work.

 

[PaleBlue90]

The ranger is back in my garage after a 5 month stay in a salvage car dealership lot.

Last night I hopped in, had a beer, and dreamed.

While driving it back (still with the crapped out 3.0) it spat up a spark plug. Pretty wicked. I was pulling a hill, it was loosing power, I downshifted, then it sounded like a two stroke dirt bike with straight pipes, and then it died and started pooring juices out of a few different holes.

Last night a bunch of buds came over and we pushed this bitch up my very steep driveway. Mad props to all the man power who helped. It's nice to know I've got good people around.

I'll start on the front clip tonight if I'm still cracked out on energy drinks after work.

well if ya answered my texts i wouldve helped u. i lost my liconse so im out on wheeling. i too decided to go back to school, im going to disel school. hit me up and ill give ya a hand

 

[crawlin91]

Made any progress lately?

 

[Hypoid]

When you installed the Chevy knuckle on the driver's side, did you change the shaft, or stub shaft?