Another lil something.....

crash2 · Feb 7, 2016

Clark said:
A spare tire mounted over that would protect it. Or cut off the front tube work and put a radiator in front.

A spare would be way above the chassis...

DHR Darren · Feb 7, 2016

crash said:
A spare would be way above the chassis...

Way too top heavy.

JPT · Feb 8, 2016

That thing is pretty sweet so far id like to see it once its done so we dam well better get some finished pics.

Also just curious are those 41"'PBRs or what size are they?

crash2 · Feb 8, 2016

I have a bunch of progress pics to post once I get the forum back up to par :awesomework:

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So still stumbling thru whats what and whats next. There is no list just what I find and carry onward and forward.

So I got the from brace installed (goes between shock towers and down to the motor skid plate) and got the maf and found the air filter. Well its right up against the winch. Ya thats not going to work.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So I ended up spacing the maf back 1/4" (there is a brace that goes from the maf to the x-brace) and had to trim the inlet hose. Got a better amount of room from the winch now. I ended up redoing it again (pic not shown) and now have 1/2".

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So the p/s cooler was just draped in front of the motor with no sort of mounts in any of the stuff I had. I could either order the howe polly mounts(looks like the same type used on reservoirs for a coilover) or a weld on style. I went ahead and made some mounts that would stand the cooler off the front crossbar on the chassis.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

Got it welded in and painted. The hoses from the orbital and the res tank are crimped and both the 90's are turned wrong and too long. I will be using field fittings at the end.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So while I am waiting for hose/fittings to show its time to look at the fuel cell. It was kinda sitting in place. The straps that are there to hold it down--well they don't quite make it to where that need to be..

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So pulled it all out and cut the straps off the tank hold down assy..

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So after cutting that off I went to refit the tank and have a look. I found the hold down hits the mount for the tank on the chassis. Well I went ahead and lopped off all the extra stuff off where the tank sits.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

So I got the hold down redone and tank installed.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

Going forward with the fuel system. Prior to the tank I knew it had to be redone. I didn't like the pump and filter mount (not real secure) and the pump either needs a pre-filter or the filter forward the pump.

The fuel line was was also ran on the outer of the chassis with the intention of replacing the soft line with hardline. IMO running the fuel line anywhere near the exhaust be it soft or hardline is a bad idea.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

I went and gutted the whole mess and going to start over because I feel there are way better options.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

I started with a new filter mount and got it welded on the chassis.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

Ran some hose...

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

Next I made a new pump mount thats has the pump protected and ran line.

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

This only made sense to me--run the fuel line down the middle of the chassis where its away from the heat and well protected..

crash2 · Feb 9, 2016

This is where I had to stop. Both front inner seat mounts are un-supported. I have to modify the seat mounts and make brackets that go to the center tube work. Once thats done I can continue with the fuel line since its going to run right past that spot.