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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by skyshark186

THE REAR AXLE IS MOUNTED. WOOOOT. Gives it a SWEET stance. Pinion angle is good. I like it. That thing is a PITA to move. Stupid lockers. Great when the truck is pushing itself, not so good when Im trying to move it.
Lets see some pics!
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy4x4RT
Lets see some pics!
X2... and build one for me
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Lol. Pics on the way. Gotta finish bolting everything down. Should have em up in a couple hours.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Here ya go. I cant bolt them up until tomorrow. Ended up needing custom spring plates made, which is a piece of flat steel....but anyway. Getting those tomorrow. Heres some pics in the interum. It looks wierd because the truck isnt setting level.







And a gratuitous nv4500 picture, cus its pretty and I like it.

 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Wow...... just wow! You are building a tank! Those are some hefty looking axles. Now you just need an engine that can put out like 1200 ft*lb of torque to see what those axles and transmission are made of!

Looking good! Keep us updated.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 02:27 AM
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OH YEA!!! That is a tank! What is next the twin turbo Cummins! Can't wait to see it all done.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 10:16 AM
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I highly debated a v10. I know where I can get one reasonably. Id kinda like to keep everything dodge. I realize that the tranny came out of a gmc, but its still a product dodge makes so it counts in my book.

And yeah its gonna be huge. The only problem with the dana 80 is clearance. That things diff is massive and the tubes are huge. Im thinking Ill ditch the sway bar, or make quick disconnects for it. But Id rather have a huge pumpkin that can handle me at full throttle burried than something with more clearance that might not.

As soon as I get the rear bolted up I can move on to chopping the front. The guy I got the axles from aparently is selling the frame, so I cant get the upper buckets. Anyone got any ideas? I like the ones from ballistic fab but they are an inch too small.
 
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