My Build thread

Damn, living across the country sucks sometimes, be awesome to come help and learn some things about building a real race truck.

 

Haha well you guys are no help!

 

I wanna bust my knuckles and lay some dimes, damn guess I have to just work on my truck

 

Johnny is the man!!

Always have had good dealings with him.

 

Did you do any research for how long uni balls joints will last with such 4link system?
I heard that in exteme case you need to replace them after every race :-/

 

They last a lot longer then a bushing, my buddy has them on a ranger with a V8 and 37;s and he ran them the whole season and they're still good

 

Mig or Tig?

Either way your gonna have lots of welding time

 

mig, whole truck is mig, It would take forever tigging a truck!

 

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It'll never work


Mig FTW!!!

 

Never had a mig weld break on my truck in the 8-9 years I've had it

 

From where did you get those uniball joints? Are they race proven, from someone you know?

From what I have found so far, it appears that in my country all available locally uniballs are worth shit even those supposed to be designed for motorsport. I will have to import those as well.

Also still thinking about trailing arms – If I should make them do like you - by myself, (the problem is I don’t know how to project in CAD, I would have to design them on paper) or go the easy way and just import them as well – in example from TC or Camburg… just don’t understand why they are so freaking expensive – it’s just a big piece of cut and welded metal

 

They are 1 1/4'' FK brand heims, very race proven! I only use FK or aurora heims, they cost more up front but last alot longer. I Have some on my steering that are 5 years old and still good!
Yeah some companys charge way too much for their trailing arms, but you can also find some decent priced ones if you shop around, or make them yourself if you can!

 

I love your truck

 

Exactly a good mig weld is just as strong

 

Thanks man!

 

Welding up all the internal gussets, then will be welding the outside tomorrow!

 

So Jelly, so much cooler that you made/designed them yourself, props to you

 

Thanks . I try to do all the work myself , that way at least if it breaks I can only blame myself haha

 

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