Scott in Bellingham

you wont need them on the back , heres my 4" lift to give you an idea , the critical part is the front strut blocks , good luck

might happen if I find a front axle , know of any ? even a complete rig

im got a EA81 engine $250

no its been sitting I did go wheelin , worked on the house ,and got the geo metro racecar going and took it around the track

find a bad one one made one good one out of it, I have 2 bad dual ranges in WA

Im on 5 acres has a house and 30 x 48 shop , mostly hobbie, have welders Mig and arc , milling machine ,lathe press aluminum foundry

got many irons in the fire , making room in the shop to keep this one out of the main bay

Chris your EJ swap kit was sent the other day

AIR DOWN drop the pressure down to 15 Lbs in the tires go lower if need be , good for Sand and other

awesome day wheelin I couldnt make a few of the hill climbs just couldnt get traction , these guys are running deep lug swampers with good flex, there were toyotas , a jeep , sammys and me. I made it threw spots others got winched and visa versa and no I didnt pull anyone out, did learn alot tho and got a bunch of new dents

see anything out of place

this moshine will have all that Ive learned about wheelin put into it, I want to stick to the soobie trasnsaxle so yes some more low end torque is required to make up for lack of gears , will also need to beef up the front radias rod area as thats ben a bending issue for me and also run rub rails and door bars are in line , got to keep it light tho

got the rearend were I want it , did a bunch of trimmin behind the tire , looks like I will be using the front of the leaf springs as 2 links and cut them short just behind the axle then use a panhard or maybe a diagonal brace from the axle to the front pivot area , will see how it gos once I get the front braces welded up and do a flex test, maybe use some longer springs like off a jetta or maybe some air shocks we'll see , Talked to Monstaru at length looks like a EJ22 with a Delta torque grind may be in the future, I want to keep the stock soobie trans , dont really want the extra weight of a front diff and a t-case also loosing center ground clearance with the tcase addition , also put a wagon rear glass in the door its all the same except the back top corner is 2" to long want to see if theres a way to cut the glass to fit

just bring it over I can help done a few of them, or just donate the the whole car to my pile

progress looks like Im going with 31 x 11.5 -15 mud tires the rims are 8" wide with 3" back space as the datsun rearend is like 5 inch narrower then the soobs , will keep front stock soobie with 6-8 inch lift

will be 3 or 4 link with coils

I pulled it home with a towbar and I got about a mile down the road and it got really hard to pull, checked it out and the front passenger side brake disc was glowing red/orange and smokin so checked the E-brake it wasnt on so I thought about it and wondered if the hill holder was stuck, so I checked it and it was ,I released it and no probs after that,

OK started a new build Ive seen to many broken rear axles and stub shafts so this ones getting a small import truck rearend here it is in all its glory, been sitting a few, its a DL 2wd stick, has no engine or tranny , got it just down the road, a Free one, this is the good side other side was used for shotgun target practice, Not sure how its all going to turn out but it will have a solid rear axle, looks like I may use a Datsun truck rearend thats what I have in the shop right now, may go with a toyota rear, the datsun ratio looks to be around 4.37 thats a guess , so with a 3.9 up front I could run 31s in the rear and 28s up front, looks like a 6-7" lift is in order, will move the front drive ahead 1- 1/2" moter options not sure its setup for the EA82 FI, I could stay with that, I have A EA81 I could plop in there or I could go the EJ22 route for starters I might keep it stock EA82 FI cause its all set up and I have a moter,

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looks good what size are those shoes?

anyone??

I will take a XX

looks good plenty strong on the front strut extention tower shown below looks like its built straight if so this will cause the camber to be off the tops of the tires will tilt out, to correct this the extension needs to be built with angles on top and bottom , keep us posted

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oouuch! that happen with you guys?