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72Rockcruiser

72Rockcruiser

LETS GO BRANDON!
Joined
Mar 22, 2005
Location
Charlotte, NC
Finally found some time to get working on this thing.

HUGE thanks to Ryan Mckee (K5RYANNC) for all his help so far!!

I can't fabricate a ham sandwich, so 95% of the fab work was done by him so far.

Bought this about 4 years ago for a DD and to tow my Samurai I had at the time. Swore up and down I wasnt gonna wheel it...you know how that goes..ha ha

Broke a rear axle a Uwharrie almost 2 years ago, finally got around to fixing that.
The shaft broke in the middle of the tube, so, only way to get it out was to cut open the housing, remove cross pin, and knock it out from the other side. Got the shaft out, and Ryan sewed it back up with a little 1/4" ring gear armor.
 

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Got that all fixed up, so time to start bending some tube.
Going to be a hydrid internal/external cage.
Going to put tube from the A-pillar, behind the fenders, up to the hoop on the ARB.
The ARB stuck out a bit far for our liking, so out came the torch.
 

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We were able to push it back a good 2.5".
Eventually going to make an even higher clearance bumper from scratch, but in the interest of saving time, went this way for now. Hope to make the farm event on Halloween! :driver:
 
Cage pics:
A pillar starts at the frame, goes through the pinch weld, behind the fender, up the A pillar, and down the roof to act as a roof slider. Roof slider will be tied in to the internal portion with sandwich plates. Ryan did an awesome job with this bending, it was not easy!
 

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Cool. The radius arms arent going to swing up and hit that tube are they? Just looks kinda close in the pics.
 
yoder519 said:
looks great so far. what size are those tires?
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First pic it had 11r16 Michelin XZL's. Sold those for twice what I bought them for after putting about 30k miles on them. Loved those tires for the road/light wheeling.

It now has some 38x12.50x15 TSL's with an Aetna-style cut on them.
 
gmentavlos said:
Next you need a 4bt in that thing
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6bt if anything, honestly pretty satisfied with the power. Especially with the 5.29 gears.
Its a 4.5 liter twincam straight six. The bottom ends will hold up to a rediculous amount of boost, and even nitrous:D...just saying...:huggy:


Edit: This dude hit 538kw (721 horsepower) (with turbo and nitrous) before he killed it!:eek: Stock bottom end.

http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67218679&page=5
http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67218679&page=5


Not sure I would want a diesel in a trail rig though, kinda loud to hear your spotter, and wheelspeed can be an issue for slick stuff/hill climbs. Although, the torque would be awesome.
 
Front axle was pretty jacked up too.
Broke the knuckle studs, which fell out and leaked all the gear oil out. Burnt up the front diff. I was coming back from Charleston and it started whining really loud, so I turned up the radio..ha ha. I finally decided to check it out when I couldnt hear my self think anymore. Check the rear first, all good, went to the front, and when I touched the housing it burnt my hand.. Doh! Stupid all wheel drive. :fuck-you:
 

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So, I picked up some elocked axles for a sweet deal in Conneticuit. 30 hour (just about) straight through round trip in the snow later, had them home. Hauled them in my Honda! :lol:

Sold the rear (for fear of breaking it). I have read horror stories of them breaking on 35's. I am perfectly happy with the welded rear, and it already had the 5.29s in it.

The front will get re-geard to 5.29s and going to try my luck with stock birfs for now. They are huge compared to a minitruck/4runner...we'll see what happens. I have two spares from my old axle for trail fix if needed.
 

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Damn I guess this means I have to get a trailer. :flipoff2:
Looks good. Nice and tight. :beer:
 
brokeass4runner said:
Damn I guess this means I have to get a trailer. :flipoff2:
Looks good. Nice and tight. :beer:
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maybe we can find 2 trailers and get a bulk deal:beer:

I know a perfect trail to try out those roof rails! Oh wait, I ran that tree over, didnt I?:wheel:
Cant wait to see it out
 
Nice! You ever need anything you know where i live.
 
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