Recent content by vogelj

Yes, those are awesome! I ordered his original with the easy entry doors.

I have an Ironman chassis on order. It should be here by June.

That ended up fitting pretty well. Nice work.

Yes, I do not want to cut the front frame to fit the portals. I figured I could sell the chassis now. I was afraid that I would cut it up and then not be happy with it, and the chassis would be junk at that point. I put a deposit on a chassis built for portals, so I will start a new thread...

Looks like a great build! Im in for the 3.9 700R4 tech. Did you do anything to refresh the engine?

A few portal buggies are using this chassis. Paul raised the frame rail around 3" or so for most of them. I planned on using my old axles, so I didn't bother having him change anything.

@woody, I agree! The way this is set up is also pretty close to the skid place. I can add some angle to the engine to raise it some, but I believe it's around 4 degree's already.

Mine does look a little lower! If you have a measurement, that would be great. How many inches is your transmission pan off the skid plate?

This picture is a bad example of what I am talking about. When I set both axles in place, there is around a 3.5" difference between front and back. Since the front can't go as high, the shock placement goes from the middle of the lower C to around the middle to get the shock where it needs to...

I have been working on the packaging for the portals. The rear will fit, no problem, but the front doesn't go high enough at full stuff. I will probably cut out the front frame and raise it around 3"-4" unless someone else has a great idea.

Thanks! It's a pain to package some of these parts in the chassis. It looks like you did a great job of getting yours to work. I plan to run AN lines for the coolant. I don't want to fight leaks. I have the same setup as yours in my current buggy. It would be a lot easier to package. The...

Awesome! Paul is great to work with. You will have to post a thread once you get started.

That could be an option as well. How wide are your front frame rails? Do you know what the separation of the upper links is?

Then, I started looking at axle placement and measuring for shocks and link placement. It looks like the front frame section is not high enough to get the portals to sit high enough at full stuff to get the shocks to sit where I want them without makeing it a monster truck. I was hoping there...

I have been working on getting the Drivetrain mounted. Paul at Bent Fab has a nice new cross-member with a new Atlas adapter. It's a super nice piece. After that, I mounted the engine, and we were on to the next thing.