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Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 5,121
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From: Springfield, VA
Dude, stop progress, leave the 250 be. Pull the motor and replace it with a warmed up 466 for the play truck and put the 521 into a purpose built race truck. It's not like you don't have 2 or 3 "parts trucks" sitting around you can build from. It'll give you the coil sprung front end, which is basically a modified 3 link deal to keep your pinion from wrapping up, and do a rear setup similar to mine, leave it low to the ground and either do a ranger body or gut the **** out of a 70's cab with bedsides.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 5,121
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From: Springfield, VA
The frames are about the same. I was referring the the added benifit of the coil/radius arm front keeping the pinion where it belongs. The front leaf springs are still subjected to pinion rotation like a rear leaf spring setup is, especially in higher hp/tqe applications. And short of adding some type of ladder bar deal up there or run some super stiff leafs, when you get the power to the ground the pinion if going to try to rotate, it's a loss of power to the ground, not to mention the unneeded extra weight of that built 60 you have up there. Not trying to get you down to the 3000lb range, just make it so you can play with the guys like Johnny M.
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Joined: May 2006
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From: North Dakota
I have a pic somewhere of my wheeler along with 3-4 of my buddys wheelers sitting in front of the local bar...
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Post Fiend
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Across from the neighbors
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: The Wilderness
Got it. I thought the frames were practically the same, but misinterpreted this post:
And thought that you were saying the frame was lighter.
And thought that you were saying the frame was lighter.
nice
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: The Wilderness
I was in Bismarck yesterday. Have you been to the Garrison Dam since they opened it? They are letting out over 75,000 cubic feet per second. It is pretty spectacular at times. (They will be increasing release to over 80K) However, there is over 200,000 cubic feet coming in from the rivers per second. Lake Sakakawea went up 4 inches yesterday. (For those unaware, this is not a small lake. On average, it is about 3 miles wide, and 15 miles wide at its largest point. Its also about 200 feet at its deepest, being the third largest man made lake)
Here is a video of only 50,000 CF/S.
YouTube - ‪Garrison Dam 50K CFS May 18 2011.MOV‬‏
Here is a video of only 50,000 CF/S.
YouTube - ‪Garrison Dam 50K CFS May 18 2011.MOV‬‏