I like his work too. I was looking at his webpage and you can tell he takes pride in his work. That is about $1000 less than most are charging for a chassis these days.
I would look at the Rogue Quattro too. That is a wicked cool chassis.
Chassis-See comment above
new engine harness-Jim's Performance is your friend
custom fuel cell-Why go custom? Stick a Summit plastic 10-12 gallon cell back there and peel out
DPI 14†struts-What are your plans with the buggy? If I were strickly rockcrawling with little long distance fast stuff, I would do 2.5" air shocks and save the jingle
Atlas 3.8-Get it
drive shafts-Go local with this, shipping is a killer
steering wheel-PSC
non adjustable column kit-PSC
WW-340-1290 single MC, high volume, .75†bore-polyperformance.com or cnc.com, I prefer CNC over Wilwood myself
skid material-Plastic?
skins and hood material-KORE Rogue Quattro has cool hood and skins IMO
brake lines--nylon kit from Speedway
fuel lines Summit
5 point harness -Summit
cutting brakes-CNC
new hydro hoses (local)
here is what I have:
5.3L V8
4L60E
42x14x17 IROKs on TRs
Dana 60 front chromo 35 spline inner/outer
Dana 60 rear (getting a 70 soon I hope) w/ disc brakes-Why not just build the 60 since you have it and the brakes already?
PRP seats
B&M pro stick shifter
RCI fuel cell-Why not re-use this?
Warn 9.5ti
Howe dual pass radiator w/ taurus fan
Full hydro steering kit
16" SAW coilovers-I would buy 2 more of these and leave the "struts" to the racers unless you are planning on racing. Most low buggys run 14" coilovers in the front at least
I am thinking about using 7075 for my lowers and 1.5" DOM for the uppers. what about link ends? I am currently using 3/4x3/4 in the front 3/4x5/8 in the rear. should I upgrade to a rebuildable joint? will one of those rebuildable joints fit in the link mounts already on the axle?
I went with Branik Motorsports for all of my links and rod ends. I did 2" 7075 with 1 1/4 QA1 heims on the lowers and 3/4 QA1 heims on 1.5" 7075 uppers I used to like rebuildable joints until I got my first set of QA1 (read quality) heim joints, The ones i used in the past were cheap and made me switch to rebuildable stuff. Either way, Branik will hook you up
Thanks
Brian 