ToWmaterK5
New Member
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2008
- Location
- Jonesborough, Tenn
I bought this off of NCGAMEDOG off of this board to be exact. I have since began some changes (its my disease to not leave well enough Alone!).
I dub the..."Mater"! As in "Tow Mater" from the movie CARS. Yes I know its not a tow truck, but the paint scheme resembles the character's. pronounced (May-durr).
On 39.5" IROKs
Put her on 42" IROKs w/recentered hummer wheels and full cage almost complete
Engine:
fresh 350 (10k), stageII RV cam, edlebrock alum intake, gear drive, all new acc. (water pump, alt, starter, ect) rebuilt 800cfm Q-jet w/ offroad mods, long tube headers. new 4 core radiator, all belts and hoses, new heater core, re-man HEI dist w/ 50K volt coil, Morroso 10.2 plug wires, AC plugs, Optima red top.
Suspesion:
TC EZ-ride 4" fronts, ORD shakles, F-250 shock towers w/ 14" travel shocks. REAR 57" f-150 springs(new from JC Whitney) , shackle flip, 14" travel shocks. Rear M.O.O. track bar (similar to DIY's)
Axles:
CUCV, (d60/14b 4:56 rear detroit) both have M.O.O. diff covers, the rear has M.O.O axle truss and rear disks. Also have a detroit for the front and some 35 spl stubs and flages that are not installed yet maybe before April.
Steering: ORD crossover w/ HD tierod, new West Texas Offroad steering box and ram assist, ORD steering box brace.
Drivetrain: SOLD the (sm465/205 w/ new LUK pro-gold clutch, converted to hydro). But I'm going to throw this together in a week or two: T400,np205 & np203 double cases
truck also has all new exaust w/ Delta Flows (2.5" aluminized true dual) and new brakes (braided lines and calipers, pads, rotors, ect) New 1ton Master cyl.
Body protection: square tube rockers w/ tube sliders, 1 3/4" tube rear bumper.
Converted to truck tail gate w/ new hinges and bolts from LMC truck.
My Planned Mods:
In-process:
#1) First thing first ...ROLL CAGE
by Drake at Tangent Design Johnson City
#2) Install the detroit locker, 35 spline outters, and warn hubs in the D60 up front
#3) Turbo400 swap and doubled transfer cases
#5) Now sitting on 42" IROKs with Hummer beadlocks
I dub the..."Mater"! As in "Tow Mater" from the movie CARS. Yes I know its not a tow truck, but the paint scheme resembles the character's. pronounced (May-durr).
On 39.5" IROKs
Put her on 42" IROKs w/recentered hummer wheels and full cage almost complete
Engine:
fresh 350 (10k), stageII RV cam, edlebrock alum intake, gear drive, all new acc. (water pump, alt, starter, ect) rebuilt 800cfm Q-jet w/ offroad mods, long tube headers. new 4 core radiator, all belts and hoses, new heater core, re-man HEI dist w/ 50K volt coil, Morroso 10.2 plug wires, AC plugs, Optima red top.
Suspesion:
TC EZ-ride 4" fronts, ORD shakles, F-250 shock towers w/ 14" travel shocks. REAR 57" f-150 springs(new from JC Whitney) , shackle flip, 14" travel shocks. Rear M.O.O. track bar (similar to DIY's)
Axles:
CUCV, (d60/14b 4:56 rear detroit) both have M.O.O. diff covers, the rear has M.O.O axle truss and rear disks. Also have a detroit for the front and some 35 spl stubs and flages that are not installed yet maybe before April.
Steering: ORD crossover w/ HD tierod, new West Texas Offroad steering box and ram assist, ORD steering box brace.
Drivetrain: SOLD the (sm465/205 w/ new LUK pro-gold clutch, converted to hydro). But I'm going to throw this together in a week or two: T400,np205 & np203 double cases
truck also has all new exaust w/ Delta Flows (2.5" aluminized true dual) and new brakes (braided lines and calipers, pads, rotors, ect) New 1ton Master cyl.
Body protection: square tube rockers w/ tube sliders, 1 3/4" tube rear bumper.
Converted to truck tail gate w/ new hinges and bolts from LMC truck.
My Planned Mods:
In-process:
#1) First thing first ...ROLL CAGE
by Drake at Tangent Design Johnson City#2) Install the detroit locker, 35 spline outters, and warn hubs in the D60 up front
#3) Turbo400 swap and doubled transfer cases
#5) Now sitting on 42" IROKs with Hummer beadlocks
They worked great dropping it off the back of the trailer without ramps...around 45-50" when we got it home. I have yet to drive it offroad and we just pulled the tranny & TC.