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1993 isuzu Rodeo
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zukkev
Cornfuzzled yet again...
You need to hit up trashypoo scott....seems to me he's got (or had) a rodeo on 33's with no lift....I'm sure he'll chime in at some point...:;
WHITE TRASH1
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Huh, what??? :redneck:
I had a 94 that I actually got on here for free and beat it like I fawking hated it for over a year. Constant dune trips with never ending rev limiter and neutral drops. That damned thing took a crazy amount of abuse and finally something in the front end let loose and I scrapped it.
Gutted interior and 4 turns on the torsion bars cleared 33's good enough for me to care. :haha:
It was fun while it lasted that's for sure.
I had a 94 that I actually got on here for free and beat it like I fawking hated it for over a year. Constant dune trips with never ending rev limiter and neutral drops. That damned thing took a crazy amount of abuse and finally something in the front end let loose and I scrapped it.
Gutted interior and 4 turns on the torsion bars cleared 33's good enough for me to care. :haha:
It was fun while it lasted that's for sure.
WHITE TRASH1
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No, gutting it and knocking the glass out of it made the back raise a couple inches to match the front.
If I remember right the frame shape wasn't super friendly to low lift sas's but if could be done. Just do a spring over in the rear to gain the height needed to match the front.
The only downside to making it into a wheeler is the trans/t case are proprietary and you can't do **** to them. Although if you have the 3.2 it has the common 60* GM bellhousing pattern so you can either swap in a 700r4 or use an older trooper 2.8 bellhousing and mate an aw4 to it and the sky is the limit from there.
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Oh and another thing, the drivelines are fawking BEEF! The u joints are a bit larger than toyota and the shafts themselves are extremely overbuilt. The front shaft is 5/16" DOM.
If I remember right the frame shape wasn't super friendly to low lift sas's but if could be done. Just do a spring over in the rear to gain the height needed to match the front.
The only downside to making it into a wheeler is the trans/t case are proprietary and you can't do **** to them. Although if you have the 3.2 it has the common 60* GM bellhousing pattern so you can either swap in a 700r4 or use an older trooper 2.8 bellhousing and mate an aw4 to it and the sky is the limit from there.
EDIT:
Oh and another thing, the drivelines are fawking BEEF! The u joints are a bit larger than toyota and the shafts themselves are extremely overbuilt. The front shaft is 5/16" DOM.
zukkev
Cornfuzzled yet again...
Come to think of it, there was a rodeo running around here with no/minimal lift and 33x13.5 LTB's on it...haven't seen it in a while though. Wonder why?:redneck:
zukkev
Cornfuzzled yet again...
The front shaft is 5/16" DOM.
:haha: ..... :eeek:
WHITE TRASH1
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Well a bit of clarification I guess.. It is roughly 1 5/8 OD with 5/16" wall DOM. I used it to sleeve a piece when I built a hillbilly rear driveline for the truck. The splines are larger than 1 tone GM too.
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Really didn't notice much of a difference from the tire swap. With the 5 speed you'll be ripping around no problem. You can regear the rear axle it's just a Dana 44. The factory gears and carrier are odd though. It has a high speed carrier with low speed gears so you'll have to swap in a low speed carrier or full locker. The front I'm sure there are options, there is actually a isuzu forum on PBB that has some decent buildups on it.
There are also Tera gears for the T-case. One really weak point is the tie-rods but there are also some super beefy replacements that use f-250 ends, etc.
The tie-rods are particularly vulnerable if you crank the torsion bars. Remember when we had High Rider? We once had to change the tie-rod while perched on the waterfall at the beginning.
The most common axles for a solid axle swap are the passenger-side drop Wagoneer axles, although several have been done with a Toy mini-truck axle. The most trick one that I have seen is a three-link using the FJ-80 high pinion axle.
The tie-rods are particularly vulnerable if you crank the torsion bars. Remember when we had High Rider? We once had to change the tie-rod while perched on the waterfall at the beginning.
The most common axles for a solid axle swap are the passenger-side drop Wagoneer axles, although several have been done with a Toy mini-truck axle. The most trick one that I have seen is a three-link using the FJ-80 high pinion axle.
Alan
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Hi All:
Rodeos can fit 31s as is w/o any lift.
The first two years (1991 & 92)had a turd 3.1L V-6 (GM) and a weaker rear axle while the '93 and up got the Japanese 3.2L V-6 and the Dana 44 rearend.
Regards,
Alan
Rodeos can fit 31s as is w/o any lift.
The first two years (1991 & 92)had a turd 3.1L V-6 (GM) and a weaker rear axle while the '93 and up got the Japanese 3.2L V-6 and the Dana 44 rearend.
Regards,
Alan
Alan
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Hi All:
Old Man Emu made replacement mild lift springs to fit the old Troopers (like mine) with rear leaf springs. Have no idea whether those springs will fit under a Rodeo.
Scott, measure those rear springs on your Rodeo and let me know the specs and I'll compare to the Trooper rear springs.
Regards,
Alan
Old Man Emu made replacement mild lift springs to fit the old Troopers (like mine) with rear leaf springs. Have no idea whether those springs will fit under a Rodeo.
Scott, measure those rear springs on your Rodeo and let me know the specs and I'll compare to the Trooper rear springs.
Regards,
Alan
