Tyler Lacasse's Supercharged 3RZ Dual Cased Fully Locked Long Travel Crawler Build

So remember- the internal part of this cage came from a project that Geoff had at Giant Motorsports and he decided to go a different direction on it, so that's how I ended up with it. It's 2" .120 chromoly.

Obviously every piece from front to back of a cage is involved when it comes to even a small crash. That being said, the core of this is 2" .120 chomoly, then the rest of the bed and such is 1-3/4" .90-something DOM tube. Plenty fine for structural integrity of the truck and I am sure will crush in a bad crash (which I hope never happens) but that'll take some of the blow before the rock-stiff 2" chromoly stops like a brick.

Again, all this is just kinda sitting in right now. You know how it goes. Obviously the cut tube behind the door will be running full length to the rear end. Not doing a door bar forward, but will have a down bar off A-pillar. All this will be X or V braced between it all.

Here are some pics just to give you guys a visual. Should the tube right behind the light bar have a bend right after it exits the chromoly? Hell yeah. Am I going to change that? Hell no. There's going to be a ton of bracing everywhere. It'll be fine. It's a neat supercharged 4 cylinder truck with dinky little a-arms. It's awesome. I love it. But that's all it'll ever be!





Not sure if I am going to invest in a tube roller yet to do some rise to the fenders, but planning on tube fenders tied into the front bumper/rear bumper and slider somethign like this and sheet metal in.


Couple pics to give you an idea of the spare tire situation. I have poly bushings and heavy duty latches, need to get struts still. I landed these tubes relatively high for two reasons-

One) It kinda matches the door window trim/body lines of the truck.

Two) I LOVE to have tools, gear, and my welder to help others or my own self hah! Planning on having the center-line of the tire inline with these tubes and angle towards the rear, but not hanging off. Tire wont sit below and it wont sit on top of those tubes. It'll fit in between, unlike the photos show. This gives me a HUGE amount of room to make a perfectly shaped box to hold all that stuff. So bear with me, here is just something for a bit of a visual to come.





And lastly as I was looking for this, the back side of the rear tube fenders I'll be making will kind of follow the lines of this RC car's body.


Hope you guys got some enjoyment or inspiration out of that long winded post!

I'll keep you guys posted.