the Evil Bastard 07' Smith Buggy Rebuild

[Rockwells607]

I bought this chassis off of here from Lamberts OffRoad a few months ago, built by smith motorsports. Im callin it the "Evil Bastard" because of the mix matched parts
here a few specs so far: ford dana 60 front/14bolt rear, gm 358 with dart 215 angle milled heads,intake, flat tops and forged crank, turbo 400 to a ford np205 with Essiantally Offroad adapter, Jegs aluminum radiator,shroud and fan combo, PSC orbital and cooler with ag ram, I made the rear caliper brkts and high steer arms with Ruff Stuff tie rod...44" TSL/BOGGER, Fox chrome air shox

 

[KINGSNAKE]

Sorry but that name is taken... Mike George has had it for years
Mike G evil bastard btf buggy vs bunny slope 2
Mike George in Evil Bastard
Mike George on Cable Hill

 

[Rockwells607]

damn it man! ok open for new name ideas then, but i think there is room for another evil bastard, especially since this one is all the way up in NY

 

[ridered3]

looks like you have some big projects going on with two buggy rebuilds! Sounds like some good plans for sure.

 

[Rockwells607]

ya got more projects than time, the spider buggy belongs to my buddy, im just helpin him out with some welding and small fab. stuff

 

[KyTrash]

How about Mongrel or Evil Bastard 2 and 1/2?

 

[Rockwells607]

more progress today, steering is done and finished polishing the radiator and shroud and mounted it, re did some tube work under the fuel cell and mounted it as well

 

[Draco]

Not hatin'...just sayin'.....Make me a little nervous having that gas cap pointed at me like that in case something happened. Upside down and covered with gas would SUCK.

 

[Rockwells607]

im turnin it around and stickin it out between the shock mounts for easy fueling...

 

[Rockwells607]

Dropped motor and tranny in today

 

[5.7yjuggy]

Lookin good..

 

[Rockwells607]

fired motor yesterday with ruff wiring, got transfer case adapter and case in today, just need to finish serp. belt setup, driveshafts, fluids, steering cooler and pressure hose and shift linkage, hopefully some test and tune this saturday

 

[John Galbreath Jr.]

What did you decide to name the build?

 

[Rockwells607]

havent thought about it much, should be called " money pit" or " divorce maker" if my wife had her way haha

 

[CHASMAN9]

Keeping with the New Yawk Bastard tude', how about "Nasty Bastad" pronounced with a little Jersey slang?

 

[Rockwells607]

everything but driveshafts are done, will post pics soon, runs nicely

 

[badreligion_13]

how does that shifter work with a TH400? I have been interested in using one with a TH400;but, was under the impression it was for a powerglide/2 speed trans? Thanks..

 

[Rockwells607]

i hade to make a flat arm for the shift linkage on the tranny, i put 3 holes in it so it was adjustable, seem to work fine hitting all the gears, it has adjustable bolts for stoppers on the side of the gate, just adjust them for ur gears...seems to work fine

 

[Rockwells607]

its not 100% done but im takin it for a shake down tomorrow

 

[Rockwells607]

got er dirty today and shook it down a little...still went pretty good for just rear wheel drive...i do have some tuning issues...need to swap torque converter im thinkin...whats everyone runnin with big hp? this motor sings and makes alot of power, got a big cam and dont like to idle down low...any thoughts or ideas????