I have those too but I keep eating my crayons.Fuck those guys. I like my cardboard templates. lol
I have those too but I keep eating my crayons.Fuck those guys. I like my cardboard templates. lol
I have those too but I keep eating my crayons.
A glorious dumpster fire mind you! @VernySanders Thanks man, very cool! Meeting with CNC today to get the part files over to them then hopefully Filthy Motorsports can come through clutch for the weekend in getting the new springs over to me! Front LCA bushings are done along with the Opt Offroad CAM delete kit. It's all about trial by fire I guess! The 310K mile OEM LCA bushings were smoked! Maybe this think will ride half decent!what do you mean? this thread is a dumpster fire like every other thread here.
I still vote for small separate tabs that don't interlock across the whole joint. Just two 1/8" tabs on the edge of each plate is more than enough to locate things. If you make the interlock across the whole joint, then you'll have less area for a weld, and will just end up needing to chamfer the edges anyways. Not sure if that is the legit science behind things since I'm no engineer, but when I was a welder, I preferred small tabs to help locate over large tabs that got in the way of a good weld.Like this, ya think? View attachment 23334
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I'm pretty stoked to be getting such positive feedback. You guys are rad!
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I still vote for small separate tabs that don't interlock across the whole joint. Just two 1/8" tabs on the edge of each plate is more than enough to locate things. If you make the interlock across the whole joint, then you'll have less area for a weld, and will just end up needing to chamfer the edges anyways. Not sure if that is the legit science behind things since I'm no engineer, but when I was a welder, I preferred small tabs to help locate over large tabs that got in the way of a good weld.
This is dope.
How tall is that tower off the top of the frame?
Hey man, thanks! This is a fun project that has gone smoothly so far with some hiccups, but overall very rewarding. The tower sits just shy of 5" from the top of the factory tower. I am trying to be creative with getting a top plate cut and making a brace across the engine bay. I do also have some fish plates in the design to contour the factory tower and help with those loads. View attachment 23594
now that's starting to look like something! very cool.
IDK if it's my undying wish to justify purchasing a hydraulic bender from Rogue right now or..... BUT Thanks for the props! You guys are definitely motivating. The primary justification and legitimate reason for sticking to the towers this far has been the need to retain the UCA mount and not wanting to potentially weaken that spot. I am still planning to run tubes from the frame up to the tower to give it that extra bit of support it needs to keep it SOLID. The DOM bushing parts should be here this week so that I can make a tower brace across the engine bay! I have a hard deadline to get this thing dialed for a trip to the Outer Banks in just a few weeks time!Lookin good man!
Towers look better, but hoops are usually much easier and quicker to make, so for me it just depends on time and resources available.
On a buddies truck over the weekend, I chose to do hoops for time and simplicity sake.
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Bring it home skillet*Caution* Update and Photo dump to come...