X Chassis & 2.5 ton buggy builds

wheelNC94GC

wheelNC94GC

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Chesnee SC
X Chassis #39 Build

Well I got rid of my grand cherokee because the oportunity came up for me to build a buggy. It is a hendrix motorsports X chassis and will be 4 linked front and rear with 39.5" tsl's, tracker 1.6L, toyota w56, dual yota cases, air shocks full hydro, etc. The wheelbase is going to be 110" with a 22" belly
The front is alittle bit high..
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This buggy is Brocks (shop owner) which is a 2.5 ton buggy that is going to be running a 5.3, th350, 205 and 44" boggers. Its going to have about a 114" wheelbase 2.5" airshocks with 2" air bumps in the front and 2" inch airshocks in the rear 4 link front and 3 link wishbone in the rear. I think the roof hieght is going to be a couple inches under 7' if we can squeeze it all under there.
Taking everything from this cab truck and putting it in the chassis
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Have brock call when your workin i would like ride back down and has adam got his new rig yet rob 226-2921
 
I'll let him know Rob, na Adam is going to pick it up this weekend.
Got the motor in, added the last bit of tubes to the chassis, and hope to have it rolling on all fours this weekend
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Very nice Brandon. Got your roll on now with the build since all the parts are coming in I see. Tell the shop owner I dig his, rear steer is just a weakness of mine... Anyways have to get up with you when Aville's gas crisis clears up a little.
 
Thanks guys. Eric, I might be in the asheville area this weekend and if I am I'll give you a call, maybe I can swing by check out the sammi and pick up the orbital.
 
Well heres an update for you guys...Got the t-case mounted, front links done, and front air shocks mounted. I'll be working on the floor/dash/seat mounts, fuel cell mount, etc. next.
Full stuff
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Front
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Got Brocks motor mounted, rear links done and air shocks mounted. They are mounted kind of low due to the reason of wanting to run 6" of up travel. They will do untill he decides to get some longer ones. Working on getting the links done up front, and t-case mounted.
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Motor and seats mounted.
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Only for you though cody...
Been tied up with some other work lately so haven't had a chance to update the thread...I got the gas pedal, brake pedal booster and mc mounted up, got the dash and tranny tunnel skeleton done, seats mounted and harness's mounted. Heres what I was working on....pulled the cab off this truck and guy wants to make a buggy out of it so I had to "finish off" the cage.
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Anyways heres some of my progress...
SR5 seats cause I'm cheap right now
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Stock yota pedals, still gotta figure out the clutch since I'll be running a cable instead of hydraulic
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Got my roof, driver side and passenger side skins made last night. Made out of lexan. They will eventually be painted some color...not sure what though.
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Geez you work fast or I'm just that slow. Looking good. I really like the oreo's in the one picture, kinda sets the buggy off... :bling: and all. Anyways when's it gonna run? :beer: for all the fast clean work.
 
Well me and Cody (Reservation Cody) pimped around asheville today to get some sheet metal and expanded metal. Ended up swapping seats tonight to corbeau's did most of the flooring with the expanded metal and am changing a few things about the dash. Will get pics up soon..
 
Got some more stuff done on the buggy....
Fuel cell mount
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Some more skins
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Place to mount ecu and a few other things
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Tail lights
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Full bump...gotta charge the shocks
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Still gotta do brake lines, fuel lines, steering, bellypan, driveshafts, and weld on my beadlocks.....then i'll be close to tearing it all back down :shaking: to paint everything up.
 
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