i got dial-up so i gotta load em one at a time  !!

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is that the boattail you were telling me about before?

boat side  and yes it is!! after i get all the bugs out i'm going to try to get into the top truck challenge!! i'll let you know when the shake down run is....i'm thinkin 3 more weeks!!

are you going to relocate the radiator?

Be sure to get some good pics of you link setup

i have one left..... i think ill keep it.

we need more pics though!

 

almost forgot here is how the cage will look  !!

Damn i knew i shouldn't have looked at this post. Now i want to cut my truck up Looking badass. can't wait to see more

Looks sweet. Did solid mounting the body to the frame help it stiffen up any?

yes it did,helped more than i thouht it would!!

what program is that you are usin?

name and were do i get it?

that thing is just plain BAD.... great work man now you got me wantin to do that to my truck LOL... last night some friends were tellin me about a set of 44's and a Mopar performance Purple Cam & distributor setup with Mopar orange box ignition and coil springs, and we're talkin about 3/4 elliptical   I have a 15 ton military winch..... the 79 W200 has a real rough body... you see where I'm going with this? hehe.... ok now time & money, reality kicks in....aw darn it... lol.... going to go look at some of the parts today

awesome job on the boat sides. diggin all the new mods.

thanks!!

My uncle (previous owner of this truck) I was talkin to him today tellin him about what I'd planned to do to the motor with those mods, he thought it would be a mistake to change the cam in it... right now it has a 340 cam in it and has good low end power for a small block i've been told also that this 484 lift cam would not like the stock torque converter in the 727.. thats why i thought i could just go with the 4 speed and not worry about torque converters or trannys giving out... if this cam likes the 727 fine as it is then i won't worry about it. i'm gettin the impression this 484 cam won't have gobs of low end power and my converter won't match it, and i'll have issues gettin the power to the ground at the right times without lotsa revs...
from what i've seen if this truck wants to be in the mud much, this cam would be a good thing for it, blasting high rpm is key.... but for crawlin you want lower RPM torque and low low low gears... i'm not incredibly concerned with rocks right now theres not much to crawl on around here but if you travel to an off road park they can be found. a couple of my buddies are starting to build rock rigs and i'd like to try to keep up with them yet also do good in mud as thats what most of my friends do.

So what's your thoughts on this then, the cam business? If I put on 44's and a splitter transfer case I should be able to get kinda high enough RPM's to use the purple cam, but what about the torque converter? staying with the 727 a/t is fine by me less work less money less headaches less pedals and sticks to run on the trail... would this 484 lift cam have any low end power at all? i know its a pretty lumpy one with a real nice throbby lope to it

Gimme your take on this stuff.... thanks
Eric

a good friend of mine here is a big chevy guy but he's been into mud racing as long as i can recall.... he likes to take S10's and put them on 38" boggers with a built 350/350 drivetrain.... i asked him his opinion, he said if i want to keep the a/t, get a good high stall converter in it, but he said if he were me, runnin 44's with 4.10's, to go with the 4 spd. he said i would like it better and he always has sticks on everything except his racin trucks they're 350 a/t's just because of shift speed but he thought with 4.10's and 44's and a 4 spd, in low range i could take off in 2nd with that cam and probably run the whole pit in 2nd he said in mud racing it might not be as effecient or as fast as an a/t but he said overall i would be happier with the 4 spd with that engine and those gears.... because i plan on using it for occasional street driving and trail riding/rock crawling/etc..... figure i can put in a splitter/doubler/whatever too..... well right now gotta get some tires and lift it some then go from there.....

Thanks for your input. I could probably pick your brain for a long time i can think of a lots of questions for you
Thanks
Eric

LOL yea...

Well what if it had 4.88 gears would that help? Also I don't know for positive on what tires it will be running right now.... the 44's wouldn't be a bad deal but they're on 15" rim size and I'd have to find 15" 8 lug rims that would work on the front axle.... Might be cheaper/easier to find some 38's or something with a 16 or 16.5 rimsize and use rims i already have... argg... who knows. one thing at a time

one more  !!

a little progress, links tomorrow i'll post a few more tomorrow or monday!!

the front will still be just 6" sky jacker springs............for now!!!

got the lower link cross member in,all the link tabs in and the upper link tacked together and in place  !! lower links and shocks tonight !!

what are you using for a welder ?