Low Budget rear engine, 37"s

RustyC · Sep 6, 2016

With a little luck from HP tuners the engine is up and running. Took it out for a shake down run and didn't have any major issues. The biggest one is the rear upper springs are a little too soft and an off idle delay in the engine, may be converter related.

jp fan · Sep 6, 2016

very neat job and that 5.3 will be a blast to drive

jwilson645 · Sep 7, 2016

Awesome work, Rusty! :dblthumb:

TBItoy · Sep 7, 2016

jp fan said:
very neat job and that 5.3 will be a blast to drive

And worth like $5K more if you ever decide to sell it!

Neal3000 · Sep 7, 2016

Man this is the sweetest rig

RustyC · Sep 17, 2018

Almost 2 yrs of trouble free riding AND Boom. Speed and 12" pine trees don't mix. Caught a tree with the right rear tire. Hit hard enough to crack a LS fuel rail and bend the rear axle housing. Lucky a fire didn't happen due to the engine going dead. Pics to come.

RustyC · Sep 18, 2018

The original rear housing was a oem center with 14 bolt tubes,spindles and hubs.
After the tree the housing bent back about 1" with the bent right next to the thirdmember. I had some materials and time so. I decided to build my own fabricated 9" housing from scratch.
Now that it complete I highly advise just buying a housing or a weld up kit at least, unless you are hard headed and want a challenge.
3/8" faceplate, 3 1/2" tubes. I reused the third,spindles and hubs.