Bigrick31's Sick New Project

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

hehehehe, that's a wicked looking grinder there rick.Promise me you'll keep all 5 fingers o.k ?

2nd pic up from the bottom looks like you are taking a pee

P.S

Dont catch that carpet on fire on that post.

Yea the grinder is a little scary. it will start moving on its own depending on which way you turn it like wind gets under it and it gets air born almost! but yea i keep my hands out of the way.

most the sparks are shooting out of the garage so i dont catch anything on fire inside. should be more pics comming later today.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

So, where are the picks ricks ?

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

Holy god look at that bag leaning. Fix that

a front bag wont be straight vertical. suspension moves ya know.

rick, i wasnt doubting your skills, just giving some tips to make it a safer/cleaner ride. i had an 87 b2200 that im trying to get a similar one to right now to do the same as u are. just make sure u jig the new frame.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

ok last night i was to tired to post pics so here they are

cutting the inner fenders off flush with the fire wall

drawing where we will trim the inner fenders

me trimming

fender all trimmed up

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

both fenders trimmed and grinded down

next we started removing the surface rust from inside the cab

also removing stock sound deadening

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

then we degreased the engine and sprayed simple green all over it. we made sure to cover the carburator with tape so no water got inside.

the motor all cleaned up

the rusty bed i have to sand down next!

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

a front bag wont be straight vertical. suspension moves ya know.

rick, i wasnt doubting your skills, just giving some tips to make it a safer/cleaner ride. i had an 87 b2200 that im trying to get a similar one to right now to do the same as u are. just make sure u jig the new frame.

thanks for the advise. when i do the new frame i might also do a reverse cantaleiver setup for the bags and then i can hardline all teh airlines in 3/8 stainless FTW:naughty:

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

thanks for the advise. when i do the new frame i might also do a reverse cantaleiver setup for the bags and then i can hardline all teh airlines in 3/8 stainless FTW:naughty:

dont do reverse, its the cheap/unsafe way out. people have known this for ages. when u slam on the brakes, it reverses everything i believe. forward is the way to go. why is it you dont see reverse fours on stock or high performance cars?? its unsafe. ever seen someone go 40 or so with a reverse and slam on brakes?? spinning or locking up, just not cool. go forward or parrallel. hell id even go wishbone, u get the same effect and it looks cooler IMO, i love wishbone 3's and will have one on whatever i build.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

well im dont know all the setus but heres a pic of a car i saw at a show i thought it was a reverse cantaleiver maybe it is. or maybe it isnt.

If not that then ill probably do something like this

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

that top one i believe is a VW Kharman Ghia....it is a true cantiliever setup, when you read about "reverse cantilievers" in the mini truckin scene, is generally talking about a reverse 4 link with the bag on bars, which is truly a "leverage" setup. not a cantiliever setup. I cant even follow that canti setup hardly, but too me it looks as though that is the frotn suspension of a ghia.. A-arms or whatever u can see, thats really just technical front setup

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

the bottom picture (believe its the pink frontier featured in mini truckin this month) is a wishbone three link. i would honestly (if u want the rear over or behind axle) would keep the pete and jakes 4 link, they are top notch links. if u want on bars, get an SD "canti" wishbone. works just like a bag on bar 4 link. bottom bars parrallel with frame and a torsion style top bracket coming off the frame at a given point (how much lift u want is what places the bag where it should be) and welded on the frame side. if the frame is pre-boxed (your doing a backhalf so im guessing it will be a conventional + stock floor BD, just cut a slit in the frame big enuff to slide the plate in (middle of the frame height) and weld the bottom of it in place, then set the gussets on, and weld them up and finish the whole deal for those. thats how im going to attack mine anyways.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

So in order to keep the stock hood on my body droped 720 i would need to put in a side draft carb. i did some research and found i could run a dual side carb setup. i figured that would be pretty awesome but i was looking on line and i found this post

Taken from streetsourcemag.com

"dual carbs are nice, but it would be just as expensive to run ITB's from a sportbike and convert it over to EFI. Runs better, you make your own manifold so you arent paying out the butt, and the ITB's can be had cheap on ebay. Use a MegaSuirt EFI computer and you can tune in a week. I've had dual sidedrafts before. Synching them every few months is a *****, as is intial tuning them. Carbs are "one note" systems, you can only tune sidedrafts for one rpm band. EFI can be run fast, slow, economical, WOT, or put putting on the cruise.

Just my two cents."

does anyone know anything about doing a conversion like this and/or making your own manifold?

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Just make shure you can pass SMOG.

Oh ya, get some horns from http://www.hornblasters.com

You already have the air compressor part of it.

 

[86yota 10+ year member]

Reverse is a very bad idea. I had it on my yota, and no traction at all, and if you have a lot of lift can even lead to yanking the driveshaft out. I just redid my 4 link to a forward, havent got to test it out yet tho. And no, bags will not be completely straight, but straighter than that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

Just make shure you can pass SMOG.Oh ya, get some horns from http://www.hornblasters.com

You already have the air compressor part of it.

Hehe well heres is how i get past smog. i left my liscence registered to my parents house and where they live you only have to smog your vehicle if you buy a vehicle not from a family member. they dont have the 4 year law. so either i have my friend put that he is my cousin or i smog it once and never again.