81 Tube frame Trekker NOW ADDING TTB’s and 400HP

Those welds are a joy to behold

 

Thank you... I love mig welding clean cromoly

 

Holy shit that’s beautiful work

 

@81Trekker what were the benefits of chopping the frame and starting from scratch with 2x4?

What did you end up with for your upright?
and hub/snout setup?(GM D44?)

been planning out similar for my 1st gen tundra. Strength, suspension travel and reliability with 4wd is tempting.... Maybe do something silly and channel my inner Rough Riders and have someone draw me up equal length TTB's

 

It was easier to start over with fresh frame rails. I didn’t want to deal with cutting off all the old stuff so I just started over. I also moved the new frame rails up so I could get a little more up travel since I notched the crap out of my oil pan.

I used the Chevy big bearing D44 6 bolt snouts as they bolt right up to the ford uprights. From there I was able to use the Chevy hub bodies which have the same 6x5.5 lug pattern as a Toyota. The rotors are off a Lexus GX470 which shares the same lug pattern but uses 13.5” rotor. I then cut the Ford caliper mounting ears off the upright and am making custom mounts to accept Wilwood calipers. I also drilled out the hubs/rotors and upgraded to Moroso 5/8” studs

 

Found some old pics from way back when it was still a Trekker!

 

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Decided to take the afternoon off and make some progress... shocks are mounted and I started doing some tubes on the engine cage

 

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Ron Davis showed up today

 

Way to fabricate! I do enjoy reading this thread and "watching" the Trekker change.

 

Found a home for the radiator today and threw in a few tubes for good measure

 

Got my steering all done today

 

So details on shocks and angles. I know this is ttb but some of the tech could be what I’m looking for. Length and size, angle, uptravel, downtravel etc

 

I’ll measure the angle on Monday for you. The shocks are 12” stroke and the truck has 9” of up and 9” of dropout

 

Both 2.5 shocks?

 

Yes but the the free bleeds run 3.0 resi and bypass tube

 

Thanks. Good info.

 

Do you know what your WMS-WMS will be at ride height? Are the beams stock f-150 length and any adjustments to the caster or camber angles on the beams?

 

I don’t know the WMS but the over all width is 83” with 37x12.5” tires on 8” rims with 3.5 bs

yes they are stock width beams with no camber mods because the pivots I made dropped the beams way lower than stock so they sit flat. The caster is 8 degrees at ride height, 17 at full bump and 2 at full drop out