tailgatewagon Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 well i found my doner vehicle. picked it up for 150 bucks its a nissan 720 pickup. so here is my setup... motor ea81 trany dr 4speed (81brat) nissan tcase front diff nissan R180 rear axel from same nissan wheels will be a 15X7 with some kind of superswamper 32in or 33in. narrow ones i will at some later time put a dr5speed and an ej in it but i want to get it up and wheeling first to see if i want to put all that in....... as for fab work. not a problem i just changed jobs , i used to work for this compay and we built all these drill rigs from scratch........... http://www.exceldrilling.com in fact im in the videos do some drilling..... will post pix as i work..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qman Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Do not commit to tires until you have it built. I had to do some other mods once I tried to put 31's on it. I ended up moving the front end forward 2 1/2 inches to clear the tire wheel combination. I used rear wheel drive offset. That moved the tire outward and caused the tires to hit the rear of the fenderwell on turns. I'll try to verify the offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudrat79 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Cool.......EA-81 Will let you have Fun...Its a good Choice too Later, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathHatch Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 we havent really had any problems with my lift. and were using toyota axles. the only thing were having problems with is the steering and just have to put spacers in the back so tire doesnt hit the gas tank/ line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 solid axles are the way to go. IFS is too complicated and doesnt have the travel. if you spring a solid right, you can flex anywhere you want to. i would persanaly go with coil springs because they look cooler. :cool: plus you can do a 3 or 4 link setup with them and thats bitchin too. yes hummers are 4 wh IFS but they are also in a completely different catagory. beefed up, different design than say a toyota. i used to wheel IFS toyotas, IFS is really limited without a LOT of $ dumped into them thats why most guys convert to solid. GO WITH TOYOTA AXLES OR HIGH PINION FORD 9'S. BULLETPROOF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 after viewing the vid, id say the guy was stupid. not just rich. i wouldnt have gotten out of the damn truck, much less picked up on the bumper. ive seen rigs go over simply from the driver getting out to "looky-loo". wheel safe people, i wouldnt want to wheel with that dork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudduck Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 solid axles are the way to go. IFS is too complicated and doesnt have the travel. if you spring a solid right, you can flex anywhere you want to. i would persanaly go with coil springs because they look cooler. :cool: plus you can do a 3 or 4 link setup with them and thats bitchin too. yes hummers are 4 wh IFS but they are also in a completely different catagory. beefed up, different design than say a toyota. i used to wheel IFS toyotas, IFS is really limited without a LOT of $ dumped into them thats why most guys convert to solid. GO WITH TOYOTA AXLES OR HIGH PINION FORD 9'S. BULLETPROOF. tHE TOYOTA 8 " rear axle is set up exactaly like a ford 9 " real easy to work on and bullit proof. I used to wheel a toypta IFS truck. a little scary at times, because you can only get so much flex out of the front end. All the flex was in the rear. the front tire would pick up all the time and then just drop. I think the next toyota I get, I'm not even going to mess with the ifs, for the price of a ifs lift, I could have done a solid axle conversion. that sasid, have fun and there is no way an ea81/82 will ever break a toyota 8" axle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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