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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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thats exactly what you need for your build cheeto
yup, but they aren't cheap.....
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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How big are those quad? What size tubing do those adapters fit? I might be interested
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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How big are those quad? What size tubing do those adapters fit? I might be interested
well the thread is 1.25" so the smallest tube ID you could go would be 1.5" unless you drilled smaller stuff out.....

i dont have any tube adapters, those were just reference pictures i found....

i tell you what, i'll trade you those 2 with jam nuts for some regulare 1.25" heims with jam nuts and bungs......you come out WAY cheaper.....i just think theyd be going to waste on just traction bars.....now your radius arms....those would be perfect, and add the ultimate offroad bling!!!
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Motor plates are cool especially since you arent going to drive it A LOT on the street.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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So i could go with 1.75" DOM with .125 wall thickness?
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
Motor plates are cool especially since you arent going to drive it A LOT on the street.
Motor plates are great if it isn't driven on the street much. Make sure you use an engine limiter though to reduce the forward/backward flex that motor plates give. Plus with the plates, you can drop the motor lower into the frame easily and will give you plenty of room for headers!!
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
Motor plates are cool especially since you arent going to drive it A LOT on the street.
from what im hearing, motorplates aren't as bad as you might think.....alot of people run them over on the chuckstrucks forum....
 
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So i could go with 1.75" DOM with .125 wall thickness?
yup....................
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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The plates and limiters from S&W Racecars are pretty nice. That's what I'm running on the ranger.
 
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just a lot of vibrating.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
just a lot of vibrating.
from what ive been told, you dont feel it in your seat or steering wheel or nothing......i dont get how you couldn't but they swear by them....

im not sure if i will or not....maybe not b/c my tranny and tcases are "soft" mounted.....and that "hard" mounted engine would trasfer all the force to the rest of the drivetrain to rotate....
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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I think a hurricane is about to hit St George. Pretty fukn nasty here.

I ran a piece of chain from my head to my frame rail because my engine twisted up so much when I got down on it. It helped some but the chain jingled and that annoyed me.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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I think a hurricane is about to hit St George. Pretty fukn nasty here.

I ran a piece of chain from my head to my frame rail because my engine twisted up so much when I got down on it. It helped some but the chain jingled and that annoyed me.
ME TOOO......i chained up my I6 b/c i kept breaking motor mounts.....chit was annoying....so i welded every like 3links together, that cut down on the jingle some....
 
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I thought the same too, about the vibrations passing to the rest of the driveline, but the chassis cuys at S&W said to use the plates on the motor, but use a stock style "soft" mount for the tranny/transfer case so the frame has the ability to flex some (like normal), which will help reduce vibrations to the rest of the truck.
 
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Originally Posted by kjett
I thought the same too, about the vibrations passing to the rest of the driveline, but the chassis cuys at S&W said to use the plates on the motor, but use a stock style "soft" mount for the tranny/transfer case so the frame has the ability to flex some (like normal), which will help reduce vibrations to the rest of the truck.
i can see you going through alot of trans and tcase mounts.....
 
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