Kbwakesk8's cars ,i need help!

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leatherneck, i think he is using a big slinky for the adjustable wheelbase....

i think he stretched it 10", that puppy is gonna ride like a cadillac in the rough stuff.
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Post by Kraut_n_Rice »

I'll bet it's a bit more than that.
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Leatherneck wrote:Before Sanddude and his pervert friend Bajaherpy sends this thread straight to hell, have a question for ya, on this baja, what extension did you add to the front? Any pics of that? What is the wheelbase also?

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This car has a 19" extention and the wheel base is i want to is real close to 120"

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the beam extention we put together in about 2 hours. the car is going to get a full cage front to rear one of these days. i am also working on adapting the bus rudux boxes to the swingaxel spring plates.
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Post by Leatherneck »

You happy with that?

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Leatherneck wrote:You happy with that?

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Nope it is just a fixture to hold the beam where i want it so when i put in the cage every thing stays square. I wasn't even sure if i would like the beam extended that much. Im debateing on cutting off the roof. or just cutting the center off the roof out like a rag top. the inside of the car i might paint safty red.
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I picked up a ford 2.3 last week for $50 its being rebuit with help from my friend that works at esslinger raceing . going in the rail soon.
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How is this going to work? Have you checked bump steer? How much travel are the tie rods going to have up and down?
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David58bug wrote:How is this going to work? Have you checked bump steer? How much travel are the tie rods going to have up and down?
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This is the beam that came off my other car as is, it has almost no bump steer. the tie rods are clear of obstruction through there limits of travel.
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whoa! :shock: where did you get that shifter? i really really want it, ill buy it off of you, or trade you some stuff
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RLAP....is your shifter too short??? Sounds like shifter envy to me. :lol:
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it's a scat shifter made for a bus. it came out of a 66 bus.
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Post by 68FloridaBaja »

that thing is beautiful.

and I want your shifter!!!! I think that might be in my future purchases!
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Post by KBWAKESK8 »

up date on the car started the front cage and beafed up the beam.

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pushed the beam 10" forward.
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the work i did to the beam.
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still workin on the beam should be rolling friday.

edit by Leatherneck reduced the first pics size.
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Post by runslikeapenguin »

CopperBaja wrote:RLAP....is your shifter too short??? Sounds like shifter envy to me. :lol:
darn right, ive got a lean in and really reach to grab mine, with this one it would be always within reach
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Looks like you swapped out the long shifter.....did you sell it?
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