Kia sportage sas w vortec

ChrisStewart · Feb 26, 2010

traildemon said:
then a project for tomorrow showed up but before he got here I got a call cause his tow rig had blown a rearend on the way up to my house

was it muff to tuff, and his half ton chevy?

traildemon · Feb 26, 2010

ChrisStewart said:
was it muff to tuff, and his half ton chevy?

Thats the one. :haha:

traildemon · Feb 26, 2010

Well I got some time today and finished building my spring hanger and got it mounted up and cleaned the frame up a little. still didnt get that front axle under it but im closer than yesterday:awesomework: going to elbe hills tomorrow to play a little bit in the rhino

hopefully sunday I will get some time to work on it but we will see. :beer:

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traildemon · Feb 28, 2010

I found a couple of the lost pics w the vortec & th350 in there

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Not the best pics but dammit its in there once I trim that little spot it will scoot back another 3 inches or so :awesomework: the unbolted core support made it easy to put in and take out with the trans attached

97f250 · Feb 28, 2010

there is some bad ass buggy builds and toyota build and jeep for that but this thing has my vote on sweetest build i seen! good luck man can wait to see a finnished product!

hlb3 · Mar 1, 2010

I can't wait to see this thing done, awesome build!:awesomework:

Wojin · Mar 1, 2010

is it done yet?!?!?!

jprcrpr94 · Mar 1, 2010

What he said. /\

traildemon · Mar 1, 2010

97f250 said:
there is some bad ass buggy builds and toyota build and jeep for that but this thing has my vote on sweetest build i seen! good luck man can wait to see a finnished product!

Thanks:awesomework:

hlb3 said:
I can't wait to see this thing done, awesome build!:awesomework:

mee tooo

Wojin said:
is it done yet?!?!?!

jprcrpr94 said:
What he said. /\

nope I got a bunch more parts today though getting my front leafs tomorrow so it will be full steam ahead in a couple days

Im hoping I can find the rest of what i need at the swap meet I just need 4 heim joints and a top load yota case & I will be golden.

pos97TJ · Mar 3, 2010

updates:corn: or are you to busy building to post pics:fawkdancesmiley:

lethe · Mar 3, 2010

there is a guy i know that lives up here with a sportage on toyota axles and i think 37" boggers. he left the stock engine/trans in it though.

traildemon · Mar 3, 2010

pos97TJ said:
updates:corn: or are you to busy building to post pics:fawkdancesmiley:

I have another sas going on right now hopefully be done with it today and get the kia back on the lift :flipoff: thanks for all the brackets for the rear. and I got my front leafs from odie last night :awesomework:

traildemon · Mar 3, 2010

lethe said:
there is a guy i know that lives up here with a sportage on toyota axles and i think 37" boggers. he left the stock engine/trans in it though.

I saw a tan one and a white one on CL a while back that must be him I would have just bought one of his if they would have had toy eng/trans but its way more fun this way:awesomework:

JKZ Motorsports · Mar 3, 2010

:corn:

lethe · Mar 3, 2010

traildemon said:
I saw a tan one and a white one on CL a while back that must be him I would have just bought one of his if they would have had toy eng/trans but its way more fun this way:awesomework:

yea he had a tan one. i havent seen him in a while so i dont know what rigs he has these days. he has a few oddball rigs. like a mazda navajo on full widths and a 350:eeek:

traildemon · Mar 4, 2010

Well I got a chance to get back to work on this thing last night I put the new leafs (tg 5") on the front measured back to french thru the frame. I ended up using 2 5" pieces of 1.5 .120 wall tube I put a 1.25 piece thru them to get them nice & straight before tacking them in. I had 4 sets of tg shackles sitting around and didnt want to put a bunch of spacers in there so I cut a couple sets apart to make my outers which had to be flared in about 2 inches. I still need to weld a tube into the shackles but figured I would make sure they were going to be long enough and clear the frame at full flex. with the offset of the tg springs the axle will be moved ahead about 8 inches which should still leave plenty of room for 40's

so now its onto getting the front axle in and dropping the 4.3 back into it

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boardbysled · Mar 4, 2010

I have a question on ur shackle setup, have you done a shackle like that before? Is it gonna hold up? I may have to do something similar...

traildemon · Mar 4, 2010

boardbysled said:
I have a question on ur shackle setup, have you done a shackle like that before? Is it gonna hold up? I may have to do something similar...

Yeah I have done one before like this but they were a couple inches longer than these. they will hold up but you have to weld a tube or another 3/8" piece across the face of it. mine arent quite finished yet i just want to get the engine in and flex it out to make sure they clear at full stuff

I will get some more pics of them when they are all done