Thread: my 98 chevy race build

so ive decided to waste more time and put my project pictures here. they are also on RDC.
i totalled it in august, fixed it for $900 to make it my DD again, then parked it, got a '90 Nissan Hardbody ext. cab.

pics for everyone



now for the other car that hit me. (Eclipse)


now for the build














SPECS:
wheelbase: 140"
front track: 91"
rear track: 89"
rear travel: 28-30"
front travel" 22-24"
drivetrain: SBC 350 & TH475 (beefed up 400)
GIANT WIY trailing arms & brackets
THREAT beams, radious arms, and radious brackets.
Trailer products fiberglass
Walker evans Beadlocks 15x8- 5x5.5
goodyear yellow labels or BFG BAJAs
Beard super T1 seats
winter shifter
FOX 2.5x 16" coils all around
KING3.0x 18" rear 16" front bypasses
KING 2.5x 4" bumps

2 more

Are you upper link mounts off center?

no they are done by GIANT. they are centered.
the X in the back of the cab is not centered completely

It just seems lazy to me that you would actually run the X in the back of the cab like that. Why cut corners with something that your life will depend on?

why?? centering the X is not a hard task. lol. looks a hell of alot better centered up nicely.

yeah id definetly center those up man! but truck looks awesome otherwise

looks badass dude!

Not worried about the x being uncentered. I already fixed The one diagonal that matches which meets SCORE rules. It's my first build so there are little problems like that.

U need to fix the X in the cage man...looks like crap that way...everything else looks good...

if its your first build you need to take your time and plan everything out...."It's my first build so there are little problems like that. " I would make sure there are no problem....look around and see what other trucks cages look like...

went to the swapmeet this weekend and got some herbst bedsides





hopefully finish the rear cage tomorrow. then begin to cut up front end some more

Did you sell your old bedsides?

Originally Posted by Sean-TTD

Did you sell your old bedsides?

oh yes i forgot they are for sale. $300 (no holes, cracks)

Man dilemma dilemma i need bigger tires and i need rear glass. Damn.

Originally Posted by Sean-TTD

Man dilemma dilemma i need bigger tires and i need rear glass. Damn.

id say you need glass for when you get the bigger tires!

and btw! truck looks nice!

we are talking about the X in the very back of the cab right

Originally Posted by glamiskid395

You have way to much up travel and the truck is going to hit the ground a lot.

agreed

Lookin good but like other people have mentioned some things need to be addressed. Good luck with the build.

there is not that much uptravel anymore.
i will fix the X in the cab when i have downtime from working on the front, and finishing the back.

since theres so much help here.. tell me if i need to add anything else in the back for support
ill attach a couple pics for you guys to edit if you want with MS paint. or explain please.
also added some plating

I already fixed The one diagonal that matches which meets SCORE rules.

There's gonna be a lot more work to be put in if you're going to wanna be SCORE legal. Gussets and 360 welds all over the place.

thats gonna rip ur shit all up when u land a big enogh jump

Originally Posted by jonerton15

There's gonna be a lot more work to be put in if you're going to wanna be SCORE legal. Gussets and 360 welds all over the place.

I have been adding gussets everywhere and I have 360 welds everywhere except the middle top of cab where I am going to cut a hole to weld there and put the radio antenna and light bar support.

Team dead tube? Fuck man!

all the above ,. and triangulate the bed side mounts . wouldn't hurt to have them removable at the frame ..


crappy photo but you'll get it

just make sure u have about five inches ground clearance at full bump

Originally Posted by Go Go Gadget Arms

Team dead tube? Fuck man!

Ok you guys keep saying dead tubes

Where? Please tell me

ooowww nooozzz ...

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I know of those 4 at the bottom of the pic. But the tubes that support the shock mounts. How are they dead?

Originally Posted by glamiskid395

I know of those 4 at the bottom of the pic. But the tubes that support the shock mounts. How are they dead?

They end at the tube with no tube continuing on the other side.

Originally Posted by FlexJ

They end at the tube with no tube continuing on the other side.

and where should i continue another tube?

also heres the real full bump. the tape measure is 3" with 2" of tape stickin out.

what are you gonna do with the beam ends. did threat give some with the kit or are you gonna pull them off of a junk yard truck and cut them?

Originally Posted by blownchecks

what are you gonna do with the beam ends. did threat give some with the kit or are you gonna pull them off of a junk yard truck and cut them?

Dave would have sold them to us, but we found some at a junkyard.
hopefully we begin to tack the beams together this weekend.

why dont you guys lay the fuck off this dood. its his first build and he dosent know any better. we all welded like shit and ran tons of dead tubes when we were first starting in our garages.......yes even me. hes building this for himself, not a paying customer so in my eyes its no big deal.

you fuckin tell them matt

i think hes doin good nice looking truck

Originally Posted by matt_helton

why dont you guys lay the fuck off this dood. its his first build and he dosent know any better. we all welded like shit and ran tons of dead tubes when we were first starting in our garages.......yes even me. hes building this for himself, not a paying customer so in my eyes its no big deal.

agree.

It looks bitchen for a first time through.

Learn from what breaks

Thanks Matt.
When I first started my bends were not the best and I went thru a few feet of tubes gettin them right. Now I'm wasting very little and my notches are getting better. I took a welding class at school just for this. I dropped it after I learned mig, stick, and flux. I taught myself TIG.

its fine. fix the in cab x and run it. fix shit as it brakes. i spent 20 mins trying to figure out how to fix the dead tubes. the way u have it they would just be more pointless tubes.

run it have fun when it brakes start fresh at the back of the cab and lay out the tubes befor you weld them all in place.

like matt said. its your truck.

and yeah i dont even want to remember the first motor cage i built. held up for a yr of hard beating. truck got rolled, held up(or so we thought) first ttrip out after the cab swap shocks went through the hood lol.