Flatlands #1

FlatlandFSJ · Jun 27, 2018

Starting to work on upper shock mounts for the front. Took a couple trys to end up with a lay out that worked, but ended up at these.

Tk1 sway bar tucked away

It's axle mounted on the front side of the link mounts

Engine skid, have a few gussets left to add

Playing with bumpstop placement. Even though they tuck in nicely here, I'm considering out boarding them to make them a little more functional.

FlatlandFSJ · Jun 27, 2018

Double post....

ftoy516 · Jun 27, 2018

FlatlandFSJ said:
41" give or take a 1/16th. It's built around a 115" wheelbase and about a 19" belly height.

Cool deal man, 115wb seems like it works very well.

My buddy has a rig with that wheelbase and it weighs 3700lbs and it climbs anything it gets pointed at.

Thanks for the reply.

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 1, 2018

Been chipping away at this thing the last few days.

Got the psc and artec piece fitted to my liking. I guess that they build the ram mount around the artec steering arms which ends up putting the tierods between the stock and high steer arm in double sheer.

We didn't want to go that route if we didn't have to, ended up rotating the ram mount up, and pulling the ram up into the front of the mount.

This let me run the tie rods right to the bottom of the existing high steer without too much angle.

Without turning the ram around and mounting it to the front of the truss this is as in line as I could get it at full lock.

Hopefully it'll work, Ray was slightly concerned about getting the alignment right, he helped bend the shaft of a smaller psc ram due to a high angle between the ram and tierod.

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 1, 2018

Got these slightly large reservoirs packed away.

Tried to keep them spaced decently, hoping to keep the air flowing around them and to the radiator.

The mounts bolt into a set of tabs in the chassis

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 1, 2018

The on going theme with this build has been me chopping up whatever Ray buys without much worry, same went for the gas filler.

Cardboard templates is all the shop can afford for design programs.

Battery mounted under the driver seat and opposite of the atlas output. Putting a bit of thought into the placement of things to keep weight spread half-ass evenly.

Trans cooler lives back here, packed nice and tight. Room is at a premium in this thing.

1tonyj · Jul 2, 2018

pic at full bump. Im only 5'7" so even with 44" tires this thing is on the ground at bump.

1tonyj · Jul 2, 2018

We got 23" of max travel at the rear. We will limit this to around 20".

1tonyj · Jul 4, 2018

Rear bump stop can mounts coming together. The rear bumps are Fox 2.0s with 3" of travel.

The-Boss · Jul 4, 2018

Looking great. All the hand made custom stuff makes it better than ever. Looking forward to riding with this thing.

zeke392 · Jul 5, 2018

looking good, lots of nice work Dillon

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 5, 2018

The-Boss said:
Looking great. All the hand made custom stuff makes it better than ever. Looking forward to riding with this thing.

Appreciate it

zeke392 said:
looking good, lots of nice work Dillon

Thanks man ;D

TRD · Jul 5, 2018

Dude!!! It's coming out so nicely!! I love the tube work and shock towers!

1tonyj · Jul 6, 2018

Damn Holley sure is proud of these mats lol.....but they do work great!

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 9, 2018

Not a whole lot of photo worthy progress in the last week, been getting a head start on clean up and weld prep.

Managed to get a few of the uppers boxed in

Steering res tucked away up front.

Waiting on a few brackets from goatbuilt for the alt and steering pump. Ray should be dropping them off tomorrow so I can get started on packing out the area in front of the motor.

1tonyj · Jul 12, 2018

Went with Goat Built's LS truck spacing accessory brackets. The power steering pump bracket fits a CBR pump and the alternator bracket is their low profile mount. Very happy with the fit and finish on these.

1tonyj · Jul 12, 2018

Getting closer on building out the headers as well as putting the tabs on the chassis. Trying these trick tabs from Ruffstuff for the first time on this chassis vs the standard nutsert style.

The-Boss · Jul 12, 2018

I might have missed it. What engine specs are you planning on running Ray?

1tonyj · Jul 12, 2018

6.2L with cam and some headwork...should be more than plenty for this little buggy. Hate to throw out assumed HP numbers but expecting it to be a lil north of 500.