Project x

[Highlucks]

Tease

[sniper]

I tried to flip the rear arms upside down, but they get into the dogbones, i will clearance these out to run them upside down

[63comet]

Man your going to make me rip my 4x4 slash apart

[TURBOFEST]

You should make some sort of cantilever suspension for the shocks so you can lay them down...xterra-esque. It's gotta be a bear to rollover with the tall shock towers like they are.

Awesome idea though Mr. Rick!

[sniper]

Thanks Jimmy, been thinking about that, or just a much short shock setup to get them under a body, it can, or will be done, later, the truck is performing great, so i will start to do some lightweight and setup mods to make ir even better.

[dentonmac]

Very Cool! That is going to be a whole new way of thinking about suspension tuning. Camber gain, roll center, anti-squat, rear toe - mind blown!

This also made me think twice about tearing into my dusty Slash 4x4.

[sniper]

Truck is down to 4.375 lbs. I think for certain i can get ot under 4, just to say i did,

I am working on a new front shock setup that may add a little weight, but it will all be up front anyway. The rear shock tower will just have the top trimmed off thats not needed for now.

[sniper]

Did a little more driving today, and went back the the original springs for now. I am pretty confident this will make a good performing truck with a few more tweeks. Started working on the pesky front shock tower issue.

[Shaunkjar]

Love this idea! When I saw the first photos it reminded me of Shannon Campbell's King of the Hammers rig, always out front! Test, trim and tweak and it won't be long before a bunch of guys follow your lead.

[sniper]

Painting up a new body for this today, and going to take it out to a local clubs comp tomorrow, i will get pics of the body as soon as its trimmed and mounted.

[sniper]

[Duuuuuuuude]

Quit hiding the chassis!

[sniper]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Quit hiding the chassis!

You got one, you know what it looks like

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by sniper

You got one, you know what it looks like

That's not the point.

[jeepsohigh]

It Worked well today Rick. With a little more steering it would have been hard to beat.

[sniper]

Thanks Brian, thats the next project, more steering, and try to soften it up a little, with out dragging the belly around

[sniper]

Pics from today,.thanks Kevin

[sniper]

first comp down, did pretty well for an untested design.

now onto the upgrades.
Steering, need a ton more of steering.here is what i git so far, flipped lower arm,removed OFNA knuckle,pillow balls,cvd, added XR knuckle and XR universal,

Much better steering, way more ground clearance. to complete this install, i need to remove .400 from ends of upper and lower arms, make a dogbone end for the XR universals, the uni will be stock lenght with a dogbone end then.

[sniper]

Here is a shot with the XR uni installed and shock relocated

[Szczerba]

Nice work on the getting some more steering.

This whole rig a refreshing take on a comp truck.