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I was so busy with those Class 11s that I didn't know a car rolled over in turn 4 next to me.
Would have been cool to meet up. I was up on the hill the whole day with a pretty large crew.philofab wrote:I saw your truck parked below Freeloader hill. I was hoping to meet you but I didn't see you near it. What happened to your quarter panel?
It's not strait now? If it starts out strait it should still be strait after you put in the snouts.shockseals.com wrote:weld in the snouts and have it straightened.
No truss...no perches...no snouts. it is straight now according to Cone but he supplies the snouts off for trussing.BDKW1 wrote:It's not strait now? If it starts out strait it should still be strait after you put in the snouts.shockseals.com wrote:weld in the snouts and have it straightened.
Did you ever end up making the 9" housing trusses?BDKW1 wrote:Make your truss as tall as the tubes so that the welds are 180* from each other on the tube and there will be very little if any warping.
Like this?SteveG wrote:Did you ever end up making the 9" housing trusses?
It will be a piece of 1.75 tube across the back welded at the ends between the u bolts, center section and two support tubes on each side between the bends. If I was 4 linking it I would make a sheetmetal piece across the back like you show. The heat treated chromoly 3.5" tube housing shouldnt bend without a truss for prerunning.BDKW1 wrote:Make your truss as tall as the tubes so that the welds are 180* from each other on the tube and there will be very little if any warping.
It's not that it isn't strong enough, it's that when you weld a 1.75" tube to the backside and box it in you turn the housing into a banana. Going with a taller brace saves a lot of hassle down the road. The sheet metal one will also be lighter..........shockseals.com wrote:It will be a piece of 1.75 tube across the back welded at the ends between the u bolts, center section and two support tubes on each side between the bends. If I was 4 linking it I would make a sheetmetal piece across the back like you show. The heat treated chromoly 3.5" tube housing shouldnt bend without a truss for prerunning.
http://www.jdfabrication.com/SteveG wrote:Like that. I didn't know someone was making (copying) them.... Who?
BDKW1 wrote:It's not that it isn't strong enough, it's that when you weld a 1.75" tube to the backside and box it in you turn the housing into a banana. Going with a taller brace saves a lot of hassle down the road. The sheet metal one will also be lighter..........shockseals.com wrote:It will be a piece of 1.75 tube across the back welded at the ends between the u bolts, center section and two support tubes on each side between the bends. If I was 4 linking it I would make a sheetmetal piece across the back like you show. The heat treated chromoly 3.5" tube housing shouldnt bend without a truss for prerunning.
Sweet. 2" DOM? I'm interested to see how you deal with the rear seats.shockseals.com wrote:Cage starts tomorrow...
I will be doing a full time lapse recording on it if everything with the camear set up goes well.
1.75x.120 and .095 and some 1.5 x.095philofab wrote:Sweet. 2" DOM? I'm interested to see how you deal with the rear seats.shockseals.com wrote:Cage starts tomorrow...
I will be doing a full time lapse recording on it if everything with the camear set up goes well.
shockseals.com wrote:Bring beer.
I'm as much of a beer snob as the rest but Ill make a recommendation...tcm glx wrote:shockseals.com wrote:Bring beer.
Special request?