Recent content by Lil Rich

So quick and short update. In the middle of this build life changed heavily for me and my family. The build is about done and I’ll post pics some of the progress, but I didn’t document it very well. I did use Woodys build thread as a guide though on a lot of things.

So far so good, but I haven’t been able to wheel it yet because I am waiting on new axle shafts. Everything else is complete.

I wish I bought that rig, it was a joke, the for sale ad wasn’t real

Between divorce, getting ready for Trail Hero, then getting a customers rig done first; this rig has gone on the back burner and will be for the next two months. Hope is to have it ready for 4th of July. As soon as I get to working on it, I’ll be posting here. Sorry guys 😔

Awesome to have you back! Let’s get that thing finished so you can have some much deserved fun with it!

It sure is funny that you guys motor through the trails and the ULTRA4 guys need to winch many of those obstacles. Nice pics!

Prior to mounting the rear portals, I placed the transmission and transfer case. We decided to go with a Novak Conversions TH350 (This particular one was out from my old car that got a once over before it was placed in this one). Novak originally built it and it performed well in the old car, so...

So, I got my remaining heims from Ruff Stuff yesterday and we were able to get a little more work done. Got the rear portals on and the trans/tcase mounted. and of course, then best part... we made it a roller. To start out though, Woody came up with a thought on the process to install the...

Track width can be a problem if you are too wide or too narrow. This of all the large climbs that are a flat wall with a crack at the top of it. If you are narrow, you can be shorter because your tires reach lower into the crack than if you are wider. The wider you are, the longer you need to...

I can't believe all the T case work that you have been doing. Sucks for Behemoth as well, they better get s shipping confirmation today... been long enough. And I think that mount is simple and effective.

Can I contribute to your build thread? Here is some pics of woody's build... That is all I can offer 🤣🤣🤣 if you are wondering, his build is to the right ;) Woody, you should add more to your thread ;)

Yes, I am going to run one of the coolant lines from the motor to the radiator through the chassis, and the other from the radiator to the heat exchanger then back to the motor.

Of course once we got the knuckles on the front (We are waiting for heims to finish out the rear), we HAD TO put tires on it. If it looks wide, that is because it is. Jesse built the axle to have my track width at 88" however, I currently have wheel spacer/adapters on that take it from 8x6.5...

Updates... First time working with portal axles, so I figured I would document the install of the portal box to the Fabricated JHF C's. Some very interesting things come to mind when I first looked at the hardware: 1st-there is definitely method to this madness, 2nd-it is pretty damn amazing...

Looks awesome to me! I need to finish my flatbed to be honest. How do you like the attached ramps? I have been thinking of doing the same but making them easily removable for when I need to tow my semi trailers.