Well, it's time for round two. The Mosquito is a blast and I don't have any intentions of getting rid of it, but I've been playing with a new chassis design and it's time to build it. I made some changes that will get about 150 lbs. worth of mass down a lot closer to (if not in line with) the roll axis.
I wasn't sure what drive train I was going to use until I found a YJ a few days ago with a front Chevy 60/rear 14 bolt with detroits and 4.56 gears, discs all the way around, a 4.3 Atlas, and newish 37 inch Trepadors. So, as Goser in Ghostbusters said near the end of the movie, "The choice is made!"
The next day, I found a 5.3L out of a 2006 Silverado with 24000 miles on it for what I thought was a decent deal.
Here's the tentative build Parts list
I wasn't sure what drive train I was going to use until I found a YJ a few days ago with a front Chevy 60/rear 14 bolt with detroits and 4.56 gears, discs all the way around, a 4.3 Atlas, and newish 37 inch Trepadors. So, as Goser in Ghostbusters said near the end of the movie, "The choice is made!"
The next day, I found a 5.3L out of a 2006 Silverado with 24000 miles on it for what I thought was a decent deal.
Here's the tentative build Parts list
- GM 5.3 liter with LS1 intake and aftermarket harness
- TH350
- Atlas 4.3
- Front 60 w/35 spline shafts throughout, 4.56 gears
- rear disc brake 14 bolt, 4.56's
- triangulated 4-link front and rear with Fox 2.0 Air Shocks at all 4 corners
- 1 3/4 .120 wall DOM chassis, 2 seater
- PSC full hydro steering with single-ended ram mounted behind the front axle
- 8000 lb. Smittybuilt winch mounted to front axle
- long spline drive shafts
- and some other stuff that isn't coming to mind right now...
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You shouldn't need very much plunge travel, that's why I wonder.
