Stephen Broady's "An Actual Trail Rig" build

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Specs:
WOD rock bouncer chassis
6.0L LS based motor
TH400 from PTC w/ ultra bell
Atlas 3.0 race case w/ Mark Williams 1410 yokes and strap kits
Crane 14 bolt from with magnum C's and Knuckles, Mark Williams spool
14 bolt rear w/ Mark Williams 300M shafts
Radflo 2.5 coil-overs all around
Radflo 2" air bumps
CBR radiator and transmission cooler

Stephen Broady brought this to me as some what of a roller. He had WOD set up as a roller but he decided to make some improvements. He swapped from ORI's in favor of the Radflo 2.5 coil-overs. He had a passenger drop HP60 and went to the 14 bolt front. He had it set up with a standard Atlas and upgraded to the race case. Swapped from a griffin radiator to a CBR with cradle or "sandwich" style mounting. All of these changes required a bit of modifications to what was already there.

I'll let Broady add info as well, this is his build thread. I'm just lucky enough to have good friends that trust me to work on their buggys!

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

This is what showed up at the shop.

Rollerish

Crane 14 bolt with Magnum Cs and knuckles

Ouverson super 8 aluminum hubs

Lots of parts

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Got the drive train back in it.

PTC

Atlas 3.0 race case w/ Mark Williams 1410 yokes

Here you can see the change I had to make to previously mounted tail support.

MAST oil pan

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Got the 14 bolt under it using a WOD truss and link tabs

Once the axle was back in place I modified the engine skid to work with the drivers drop axle instead of passenger drop high pinion

WOD offers these nice Sanderson block huggers with tig welded v-band clamps installed.

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Here is the CBR radiator we went with and the cradle mount I made. There will be rubber between the "cradle" and the radiator itself.

Lower radiator mount tacked in place. I was able to squeeze and X brace in between the radiator and fuel cell.

Here you can get a better idea with the radiator out of the way.

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Next was front shock mounts on the axle side and setting bump and ride height

Bump stops and pads on the axle

Rear bump stops and pads on the axle with sway bar there for reference

I cut down the original shock mounts on the axle to allow for more up travel with these 2.5 coil-overs. Again, this buggy was set up with ORI's.

Sway bar mocked up in place

wizzo · Sep 10, 2020

Full bump

Ride height

Bebop · Sep 10, 2020

Beautiful work, as always !
Can't wait to see it on the trails.

smbroady82 · Sep 10, 2020

Thanks bud !

So the whole idea behind this rig is that we wanted a well performing, comfortable rig, with ample creature comforts that was tough as nails that we could take out and enjoy and not have to constantly worry about failures. I've been doing this a good while now and I really try to pay attention to what works/ holds up well on these type of rigs. Yeah, I've changed several things on this thing and am subject to change more as I see fit. We've got a ton of little cool ideas up our sleeve for this thing. My "friends" like to give me a hard time about only running a mild built 6.0, but this particular engine was built by a good friend of mine, he actually finished it up right before he passed away so I've got somewhat of a soft spot for it. We may upgrade it down the line, but this one will be finished with this engine from my bud Patrick Holmann. Anyways, I'm super excited to have Chris finish this thing up for Rachel and I. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks a bunch to everyone who has helped me out along the way so far!

Jduck · Sep 10, 2020

Awesome! Can't wait to walk up and hand you a beer

poolman · Sep 10, 2020

Looks awesome man! Congrats. Wizzo does some unbelievable work!!

ridered3 · Sep 10, 2020

Looking good! Are you going open tubes or will it have panels?

extremetownie · Sep 10, 2020

Looks like a bouncer.

smbroady82 · Sep 10, 2020

ridered3 said:
Looking good! Are you going open tubes or will it have panels?

this one will have inset panels similar to Vanzant's, but with more coverage

smbroady82 · Sep 10, 2020

extremetownie said:
Looks like a bouncer.

it self identifies as a "trail rig"

ole heep · Sep 10, 2020

ridered3 · Sep 10, 2020

smbroady82 said:
this one will have inset panels similar to Vanzant's, but with more coverage

Nice! Have him build the passenger side grab handle on the inside of the panel like that blue buggy he finished out awhile back. Always thought that was a great idea.