Rockwell Build Thread
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I would rather have those too, why don't you send me a couple!
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I think weve agreed twice in the last few months...
Im not sure if this has anything to do with it or not but your gf gave me a rash in the shape of a maple leaf, eh.
I wouldnt drink the pisswater you called beer but i appreciate the fact of you acknowledging the necessity of alcohol.
Id build a dana 27 to the nuts before i used rockwells. They are "cheap" until you actually get to work on them
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one side locked in on a Locked front end if you gas it hard it will pull you were it wants to go!.... I ran a Lincoln locked front for a while most expensive and worst couple months of my life!
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FUN OVER.
Not to mention steering was a chore. Just made everything difficult. Life is good with my ARB
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It was a real bitch when you went airborne racing it and one side landed before the other.... it only broke once doing that but it would hurt for a week afterwards.... the one time it broke i went straight up the wall and climbed the guard rail before i got ti steered back into the pit no way in hell i was letting out,,, hit both walls and the left side one twice something like 250 feet in a 200 foot pit in a little less than 13 seconds with a snapped front end
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Screw the rockwells! With the extra weight your adding,more effort is needed to make the truck go compared to lighter 1 tons done right getting it done.
I'd build steering 14 bolts or a Jana76 over rockwells anyday!
I think Tim Cameron knows what works in link below
Pirate4x4.Com - The largest off roading and 4x4 website in the world.
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I'd build steering 14 bolts or a Jana76 over rockwells anyday!
I think Tim Cameron knows what works in link below
Pirate4x4.Com - The largest off roading and 4x4 website in the world.
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Just how much heavier do you think rockwells are than trussed, sleeved, steerable 14 bolts?
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Maybe 6-700 lbs more with rockwells. Equivilant to about carrying another 4 people all the time.
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Dixie Innovations visit to Durhamtown
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T-shirt art
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Poser pic
Nother poser pic
Action shot from my girl putting down a third place run for the ECORS 4x4 open event
YouTube channel for videos from the event
Dixie Innovations - YouTube
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Crane Cams 359331 - Crane Hydraulic Roller Camshafts - Overview - SummitRacing.com
I have recently acquired the following parts (some have made it onto the current 460):
MSD-6600 my cost- free
MSD-8250 my cost- $80
MSD-8769 my cost- free
MSD-87456 my cost - $61.95
EDL-2166 my cost - $100
SUM-850071-1 my cost - $78.16
MSD-35383 my cost - free
Parts still to be bought:
Stroker kit - source undetermined. I know I want to run the SCAT based rotating assembly for sure.
SUM-820048
Fenderwell exit headers
M-6582-C460
The Holley Truck Avenger carb I have will be sufficient to start with but I eventually want to go to propane. I'm going to be pulling a serpentine system off of a 460 van in the junk yard soon as well. I've also recently installed a master cut off, push button start and Autometer 5" tach.
Also liked this flat tappet cam but really wanna go with roller. Lunati 316A1LUN - Lunati Hydraulic Flat Tappet Camshafts - Overview - SummitRacing.com
ps- Ya'll will be happy to know that I have traded my 53's for a set of 44" TSL's on 8 lug beadlocks. Plans are to recenter the beadlocks and try out the TSL's. I don't think they'll grab like these cut claws but we'll see.. Either way, they'll probably get comp cut.