Tako's Ford Powered Baja

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:49 pm

so, no one has any idea on motor mounts? im building them this weekend.

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:03 pm

ok, for those of you that havnt been following along, i broke the center section out of my torsion housing... i believe the beast was too much weight for it.. (2400 lbs to be exact). so i decided to go coilover, since i was going coilover, i figured i might as well just go with 3x3s as well. went with the cheapo arms, stuck with my type4 cvs, Sway-a-way axles, and 14" travel 2.5 inch sway away race runner coilovers. initial impression, = WOW! the test driving was only around my house, but i hit the biggest bumps i could find, as hard as i could, and it soaked them up like nothing. now the pictures..
before..

after..

oh yah, i did all this almost 3 years ago...

tuff_puff · Post by **tuff_puff** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:06 pm

nice job man. any pics from the inside yet?
i know this is calling the kettle black because i didnt do it. but then again you have 1,200lbs on me

. i would have put a steel plate under the lower shock mounts. i have heard (never seen) baja's that will crack the arms or dent where the shock mounts. just my .02
welcome to the world of high performance coilover susension!

wait till you take it off road you will just about die in amazement on how you went with out them before.

just be carefull not to "overdrive" the front end, belive me its easy to do!

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:21 pm

i was going to plate the top of the arm, just to be safe, but then found out that my mounts have to be in further than yours. i am using the existing plate on the arm that bolts to the spring plate as one side of my shock mount, it would have been pretty hard to plate under that. but, that is one of the things that will really be keeping an eye on while i beat on it the first few trips. thats why i left everything unpainted, so i can make corrections if i need to. heres the inside

tuff_puff · Post by **tuff_puff** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:23 pm

i was talking about putting the plate on top of the arm. (maybee i didnt explane good) and then weld your mounts to the plate

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:34 pm

Any good ideas of what to put over the the wheel well when fabbing in shocks?

Someone had a bright idea last year --- I forgot it -... that wasn't bright.

subybaja · Post by **subybaja** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:42 am

This was my idea:

No claims on brightness.

scott the viking · Post by **scott the viking** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:58 am

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:33 am

subybaja wrote:This was my idea:

No claims on brightness.

Suby.. that's it... pure brilliance

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:15 am

a big black zip tie around the top holds it in place...

keeps out 98% of the dirt or sand but i haven't been in any water...

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:13 pm

tuff, i know thats what you were saying.. maybe i didnt explain myself clear enough..
scott(viking), thats pretty cool, who's is it? any pictures of it finished? my hole is WAY too big, due to the hole from the old shocks, and just cutting it big so they fit. im gonna gorilla tape it for the first few weekends till i can clean it up some more...

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:29 pm

how about a heavy duty trashbag?

black OR white.....

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:51 am

European shifter boot!

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:27 pm

soooo... hit the dirt this weekend, the car felt great. the real small washboard stuff, and sharp ruts were kinda harsh, i need to mess with the preload some more. i hit whoops, and some smaller jumps pretty hard, and havnt used up a whole lot of the shock range, yet.. i plan on going to the dunes next weekend and maybe jumping a little

72bajaben · Post by **72bajaben** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:45 pm

hey scott i really like what you did. that is sweet. im going to keep that in mind when i get around to coil overs for mine.