Kia sportage sas w vortec

traildemon · Apr 15, 2010

Well I have been tying up a few of the loose ends on this thing the last couple of days and for those who noticed the upper link seperation at the frame. I fixed that :awesomework:. I took it outside for a bath. and got the shop cleaned up (long overdue) and me and my bro got an engine dropped in his tow rig. here is kind of a before and after pic even though the bumpers arent on it. and our ride to KOH next year

zuki4x4chick · Apr 15, 2010

Out of curiosity, do you have a height measurement where it sits now??

Looking forward to the bigger tire pics. hehehe:awesomework:

boardbysled · Apr 15, 2010

Looks good! Little tall, but not bad.:awesomework: Edit: Nevermind, just looks tall.

Now what kinda motor did ya swap into the exteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnddded cab 1st gen?:redneck:

traildemon · Apr 15, 2010

zuki4x4chick said:
Out of curiosity, do you have a height measurement where it sits now??

Looking forward to the bigger tire pics. hehehe:awesomework:

Its 26" belly height and 80" to the highest point on tho roof. I might throw those other wheels and tires on tomorrow and get a pic

traildemon · Apr 15, 2010

boardbysled said:
Looks good! Little tall, but not bad.:awesomework:

Now what kinda motor did ya swap into the exteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnddded cab 1st gen?:redneck:

Its a little tall but it looks like fun. we dropped a 350 with a sm465 into the super mega cab it was going to get a 4.3 but it has to pull another mega cab behind it so 2 more cylinders couldnt hurt. It had a 22r in it so we knew that wasnt gonna work.

zuki4x4chick · Apr 15, 2010

Nice that would be rad.:;

My truck w/37's is @ 6'6" belly is 20" ... I think its because the body of the truck is tall.:booo: Pics can be deceiving. lol :redneck:

traildemon said:
Its 26" belly height and 80" to the highest point on tho roof. I might throw those other wheels and tires on tomorrow and get a pic

81toycrawler · Apr 15, 2010

i hope to see that thing drive down the road i live in graham. whats the deal with the toyota limo thing

TrikeKid · Apr 16, 2010

I've been wondering what the story was on that white truck, I'm right across 702 from you guys. Sportage looks pretty cool, should be sweet with some real tires on it.

traildemon · Apr 16, 2010

81toycrawler said:
i hope to see that thing drive down the road i live in graham. whats the deal with the toyota limo thing[/QUOTE).

Did you get your can swap all done I haven't seen your truck in a while? I think it might be a trailered rig but not sure yet. We are building the limo just cause my bro needs a tow rig. It was going to the scrapper so he rescued it and its at my place cause it was too long to fit in his shop.

TrikeKid said:

I've been wondering what the story was on that white truck, I'm right across 702 from you guys. Sportage looks pretty cool, should be sweet with some real tires on it.

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I got pics last night with the swampers on it but my internet is down so as soon as I get it fixed I will post em. I looks pretty cool with the beadlocked 40s on it tho. I'm on my phone right now and it won't upload the pics from it.

81toycrawler · Apr 16, 2010

got the swap done now its just buttoning it all up. trying to get it done by may cuz im planning a little wheeling trip for my b day, your build looks sick

traildemon · Apr 17, 2010

81toycrawler said:
got the swap done now its just buttoning it all up. trying to get it done by may cuz im planning a little wheeling trip for my b day, your build looks sick

cant wait to see it runnin around, it was lookin good last time I saw it. Are you exo caging it and are you leaving it red or did you have to paint it? And thanks.

I made it home and my internet is working again so here are a few pics with the 40s on it. I think my tacoma is a little sad to loose its wheels and tires but its coo

81toycrawler · Apr 17, 2010

hell ya looks sick on 4d's im gonna exo it eventually as for paint i just did a rattle can army tan paint looks pretty sick, so how hard was it to do a four link been thinking about doing it on my toy.

PORTER · Apr 17, 2010

Looks good man.:;

traildemon · Apr 18, 2010

81toycrawler said:
hell ya looks sick on 4d's im gonna exo it eventually as for paint i just did a rattle can army tan paint looks pretty sick, so how hard was it to do a four link been thinking about doing it on my toy.

Cool cant wait to see it. I just did a three link on this cause I didnt want to have a fuel cell inside the cab, I did screw up on the frame seperation on the third link at first so fixing that was kind of a pain, but with all the kits for the yotas Some of those you can have all installed in less than a day ( since all the geometry is already figured out ) it would be super simple :awesomework:

PORTER said:
Looks good man.:;

Thanks, I cant wait to go tear it up. I was hoping it would be done by now but its getting closer

81toycrawler · Apr 18, 2010

i got 63's in back so it flex's really good i just want to go as low as possible and on a budget:awesomework:

traildemon · Apr 24, 2010

I got after it today it was so nice I pushed it outside to work on it :awesomework: I knew there was gonna be some serious rubbing so I didnt want to build a bumper and have to change it later on so I flexed it out and made a sweet cardboard bumper flexed it again and it all cleared so I started cutting some steel. I got it all tacked up on the outside and welded inside where I knew I wouldnt be able to get to once on the truck. I trimmed the fender a little bit It should be good to go with about 6 hours of welding and grinding.