Ultra 80 Buggy Build

[bamacpl]

Seth, was you still interested in that 6" PSC ram

 

[UFAB]

Your running the manual trans? Adapter from engine to mini truck driveline.

 

[iamsparticus]

Seth, was you still interested in that 6" PSC ram

sorry man i ended up buying one a month ago or so

 

[iamsparticus]

Your running the manual trans? Adapter from engine to mini truck driveline.

No im running the auto trans that came behind the lexus V8 cant remember the trans model but i have a adapter coming for it to adapt it to a mini truck t-case i built with marlins chromoly 4.7 comp gears

 

[zukijames]

The trans needs a computer to controll it so I was curious as to how you plan on making it shift

 

[iamsparticus]

i want to make a valve body controller but in the mean time i have the computer to run it and im making a custom shifter for it

 

[Panos]

perfect, the stock computer controls it best. Pair it with RADesigns baja shifter and you're set

 

[sabatoa1]

The trans is a A340E, you can also put an AW4 tail housing and output shaft in it and run what ever t-case you like.

 

[iamsparticus]

perfect, the stock computer controls it best. Pair it with RADesigns baja shifter and you're set

so i got all the computers from the sc400 but i think i only need the main one correct me if im wrong

 

[Panos]

should be just the one

 

[iamsparticus]

thats what i thought

 

[zukijames]

Getting this thing wrapped up?

 

[iamsparticus]

things have been busy i got the front bump stops set and some little tube and cage work done. still waiting on my adapter and im going to get more tube tonight so i suspect it will be driveable by monday or tuesday and totally finished by next weekend. i have a custom seat from PRP on its way, black tweed where you sit, white piping, and red pleather sides with my companies logo embroiderd in the head rest. seat should be here by july 2nd in the mean time i have a couple race seats i will use

 

[iamsparticus]

finally got more tube last night and got little more cage work done before i had to quit, had to work on a customrs vehicle till 10:00pm. Here is some pictures of the progress

 

[krany]

have you ever heard of a tube bender? bends are stronger than mitered joints ever will be. plus I will guarantee that this will never pass ultra 4 inspections.

 

[iamsparticus]

have you ever heard of a tube bender? bends are stronger than mitered joints ever will be. plus I will guarantee that this will never pass ultra 4 inspections.

Sorry krany but miter joints are not weaker and they allow for the more tubes to tie into one point. There is a reason that all pro2, pro4 trucks and desert trucks as well as Nascar build their chassis using nothing but miter joints aside from maybe one or two bends. im 100% sure this will pass any saftey inpection when im done, thanks for the concern though

 

[iamsparticus]

by the way incase anyone is wondering the work i have done so far on the cage is just a skeleton outline i have over a 100 more feet of tube that is being added in

 

[I Lean]

There is a reason that all pro2, pro4 trucks and desert trucks as well as Nascar build their chassis using nothing but miter joints aside from maybe one or two bends.

Sorry, but nope.

A few quick examples:

Jeff Kincaid does use more mitered joints than most--and they certainly can be made stronger than a bent tube, mostly due to the tube deformation in a bend. But you'll notice the fitment of all the joints is IMMACULATE (meaning no gaps before welding), as well as well gusseted.

 

[I Lean]

Here's a Nascar-ish chassis just to throw into the mix:

 

[Coco]

I was going to stay out of this one, but when he said that milter joints were stronger, I did the same thing Carl did, and got the same results. I just chose not to post the pics.