Low on Funds

Hey everyone, as you can see by visiting my budget page I am running a little short on funds and am for sure going to be over budget in finishing this project. I have just over $425 left in the planned budget and I still need to get all of my steering setup (~$800), more engine parts (~$200), new brakes and pedals (~$200), a driveline, and much more and I have run into a money crisis. Running over budget on this project, getting ready to head off to the University of Washington for college this coming year, and trying to stay in good terms with high school has left me short on money and short on time to work to earn some cash.

So the reason for this post is quite simple, I am short on money and the completion of this project is questionable without enough funds. So if you would like where this build is going and want to make the completion of this project possible and a long time dream turn into reality for me, I would greatly appreciate your support.

I have put a "Donations" button on the right had side of the page that you can use a credit card or paypal with. Any amount would be a tremedous help, or if you don't have the means to donate right now just leave a comment showing your support.

ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HELPS!

Thank You for Your Support!

New TH350 Transmission

After looking at how much extra work and time I would have to spend getting a clutch and shifter linkage set up for the manual tranny I have now I decided to go with an automatic transmission instead of the big bulky manual truck transmission. After that desicion I went on craigslist and searched for a good, relatively cheap tranny and found a TH350 which will fit on the small block chevy. It cost $90 and came with the torque converter and shifter cable and linkage.

There is an adapter for the current manual trannsmission on the engine and an oversized flywheel so I will have to unbolt the adapter and get a stock flywheel to fit the TH350 tranny.

(Pictures coming soon) 

Front Suspension Compete

After a long night working in the shop I got the front end suspension completed. The first step was to build mounting points for the Fox 2.0 Air Shocks. I clamped on a piece of angle iron to find the angle and length the tubing needs to be to reach out to the shock.

 

I then cut and notched tubing to create a triangle support for the shocks and welded them in place parrellel to the frame rails.

 

 

After getting the basic triangles on I added an X-support, cutting and notching the tubes, between them to prevent them from being pushed and bent inside. I didnt place the X-support all the way to the point of the triangles to leave space for the shock mounting brackets.

 

 

I then welded on the univeral shock mounts from Poly performance with a mock up shock I made. I put them on the inside to get a more ideal angle for the shocks and make sure they would clear the tires when I put them on.







 

 

After that I bolted on the Fox 2.0 Air Shocks. Here is a picture of what the whole thing looks like currently.

 

 

 

 



Rear Suspension Completed

 Today I have completed the rear suspension. The Fox Air Shocks 2.0 with 12 inches of travel came in from Offroad Warehouse along with the shock mounting brackets from Poly Performance. In the two pictures below I have mounted the brackets to where the leaf springs used to go on the rear end and to a 3/16 inch thick plate on the back of the frame.

Here is what the back looked like after all four shock mounting brackets were mounted on.

I then took two of the Fox 2.0 Air Shocks and bolted them into the brackets with 1/2 inch bolts. The shocks came pre-charged so the back of the buggy currently supports its own weight now but there is still tuning of the shocks that needs to be done to improve the ride quality. Here's a picture with the shocks bolted in.