July 24, 200916 yr mines ready to see action now with the weber. lets go see what they can do. You mean how long before he leaves you behind? Incredible build guys. Great work, to all involved.
July 24, 200916 yr Author well, I drove it to work today, and got some more fuel... I can still step into the seat like I always did.... I can't do that with my '72 Chevy..... looks like my shakedown run will be in Sept. at Castana, though my new house has some large rocks by the driveway, and I'm gonna be sure and drive up on them and get some pics of the underside... It rides about like my 3/4T 72 Chevy w/lift.... but I need to lower the tire pressures. The soob EA81 PS pump paired with the Toyota IFS steering box works well. Brent, if you really want to test yours out, you should come to the Castana event... you can still do plenty of stuff there without denting it like I did apart from grade B roads, Castan is the most soob friendly of any of the private offroad places....
July 24, 200916 yr No place is offroad friendly for my suby. So when we going out to see your new place and tear up your yard.
July 24, 200916 yr Its so beautiful... I wanna see that thing doing 65 through brush over 20ft jumps Ok, now you HAVE to go on a road trip. Just so all of us USMB members can see it Twitch
July 24, 200916 yr Its so beautiful...I wanna see that thing doing 65 through brush over 20ft jumps Ok, now you HAVE to go on a road trip. Just so all of us USMB members can see it Twitch I am sure there will be a reason for people to come to Iowa now. For 1, if your a BRAT lover, you gotta see this. We should have a mini meet again in DM somewhere, sometime before we get crap weather, remember the last meet it rained, and the one before snowed.
July 25, 200916 yr I am sure there will be a reason for people to come to Iowa now. For 1, if your a BRAT lover, you gotta see this. We should have a mini meet again in DM somewhere, sometime before we get crap weather, remember the last meet it rained, and the one before snowed. Snow!! You say it like it's a bad thing. Just gotta bring the long-handles and a tarp, and your good! Of course, if you have a wagon you don't have to brave the elements. :cool:
July 25, 200916 yr well, I drove it to work today, and got some more fuel... I can still step into the seat like I always did.... I can't do that with my '72 Chevy..... looks like my shakedown run will be in Sept. at Castana, though my new house has some large rocks by the driveway, and I'm gonna be sure and drive up on them and get some pics of the underside... It rides about like my 3/4T 72 Chevy w/lift.... but I need to lower the tire pressures. The soob EA81 PS pump paired with the Toyota IFS steering box works well. Brent, if you really want to test yours out, you should come to the Castana event... you can still do plenty of stuff there without denting it like I did apart from grade B roads, Castan is the most soob friendly of any of the private offroad places.... Lookin' good!!! I'm going to look forward to seeing the pics! :popcorn:
July 25, 200916 yr im up for a iowa meet. After or before castina. Maybe out at micks new place for a bbq. I do need to return that tool to you.
July 25, 200916 yr Author im up for a iowa meet. After or before castina. Maybe out at micks new place for a bbq. I do need to return that tool to you. Did you get them brakes on yet? if not, I could buy them back, as I may be getting something to put them on :-p And if we have something at the new place, everyone has to make a detour to my storage unit and bring up some boxes
July 25, 200916 yr I would sell you the brakes back if i didnt need them so bad. I might have a set of pugs to sell you if you would like to purchase them, or trade for a set of 15 inch perhaps. And id be up to hauling some crap for you if we all could get together.
July 27, 200916 yr Congrats Mick. But DONE! ???? lol I don't think so. These types of rigs are never done. On the road yes. Done no.
July 27, 200916 yr Dont know what else he could do besides strap some rocket boosters in the bed. gearing, lockers, power, skidplates, axle gusset(s), full-floating rear hubs , steering, etc. if money were no object, I see many things I would do differently. But that really would be ridiculously expensive and time-consuming. I love it as-is, but you can bet there will be upgrades
August 3, 200916 yr if money were no object alot of things would be different.:)but a bang up job it is.:drunk:cheers mick , brian
August 12, 200916 yr Author ok, right rear inner axle seal is replaced, and no more leaks! it's ready for the drive to my new house.... apparently my brake lights don't work either, plus I was having some IGN switch issues, and switched to my backup one
August 12, 200916 yr Just a heads up on the EA81 PS your using with that tire size. Mine heats up after a short time with 30in tires. It might be a good idea to add a small cooler to it (which I have yet to do on mine ) But I cant wait to see some action shots
August 12, 200916 yr Author oooh. thanks. my big test for it will be the last weekend in Sept. I've got 5 weeks basically to finish up the items and adjustments it needs....
August 12, 200916 yr Author and I might have enough rocks in my new yard to put together a nice pile to climb on
August 13, 200916 yr Author made the 30 minute trip on interstate just fine. was even able to use 5th gear. Keeping up with traffic in 5th gear at 3500 RPMs.... works for me... but the lockright sure makes a helluva noise when you let off the gas at 70 the bigger rocks at my place I can't get to yet, but here's a little one....
September 28, 200916 yr Author a couple of action shots starting around post 27 here... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=98207 the suspension works great... I have a few things to tweak, but awesome!!!
January 9, 201016 yr Mick now that you have had it both ways is there anything you miss about hte old Brat before the axle swap? anything??
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