BigRed350x Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) Well I was bored this afternoon so I took the ol grinder to the sub-frame. I never really liked the way I mounted the gussets the first time around, and also had some mounts I wanted out of there. I'm ditching the coolant bottle and moving the eletrical crap to the front like loco did. I will post some more pictures of the gussets I'm putting in. Going to cut them out on the waterjet. I'm trying to come up with some sort of evil tribal design for the gussets that will still be strong. I'm going to take the stock grab bar completely out of the picture and weld in my own custom designed grab bar directly to the frame. Here's what I did to the frame so far. More to come later. Edited September 7, 2006 by BigRed350x Quote
helldriver Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 well I was bored today, so i decided to strip my shee, and cut of the sub frame :laugh: cool man,,, keep us posted!! should look sick when its done. you gonna keep the same color powercoat? Quote
[email protected] Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 heh we will be the ones rippin custom subframes soon =-D Quote
DUB Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Hey this guy has a pretty cool subdrame conversion. Check it out this is what Im doing....http://www.davemooreracing.com/chassis_mod.php Quote
Bansh-eman Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Well I was bored this afternoon so I took the ol grinder to the sub-frame. I never really liked the way I mounted the gussets the first time around, and also had some mounts I wanted out of there. I'm ditching the coolant bottle and moving the eletrical crap to the front like loco did. I will post some more pictures of the gussets I'm putting in. Going to cut them out on the waterjet. I'm trying to come up with some sort of evil tribal design for the gussets that will still be strong. I'm going to take the stock grab bar completely out of the picture and weld in my own custom designed grab bar directly to the frame. dude your such a handy man lol too bad you dont live near me and polish we could use a machinist like you around here ! Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Posted September 7, 2006 Hey this guy has a pretty cool subdrame conversion. Check it out this is what Im doing....http://www.davemooreracing.com/chassis_mod.php I've seen that one before. One of the ones I was actually looking at for ideas. Looks good, but I don't care much for his grab bar setup. Looks hard to actually grab and move the shee with. I use my grab bar quite a bit so it needs to be user friendly. Helldriver, you should see the sorta crap I do when I get REALLY bored. I usually end up making week-long projects out of the really bored days. LOL What's a gusset? Pieces put between the frame rails to add strength. I will show you when I get some put in. dude your such a handy man lol too bad you dont live near me and polish we could use a machinist like you around here ! Send your stuff up here to Wyoming with a list of stuff you want done. LOL That's what chase is doing. We have some pretty radical plans for his frame. should look sick when its done. you gonna keep the same color powercoat? Yeah, going ot keep the same blue color. I am going to tear it down to the frame again this winter and make some other changes too. Thinking about stretching the front end a couple inches. I've always HATED that stupid cross-frame support they put in right under the pipes so I'm going to cut that out and make my own. Also have some plans for something up on the front end that I will share once its done. Garuntee there won't be another frame like this one out there when I'm done with it. This was one of my ideas for the gussets between the main frame and lower sub-frame mounting point. Of course the lower portion of the design would have to be solid for strength. I would probably fill in the two thin gaps. Quote
dajogejr Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 I think this winter time it will be strip down and remove the brackets on mine too...Red... Post up the pics as you make progress, I could use some ideas... My goal is to shave as much weight as possible off of it.... Quote
sand4ever Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Hey Red, I got rid of the holes for the front motor mounts on the outside. Also get rid of the chain rollers . Then if you use steel braided front brake cables, remove all the old mounts. On mine I also got rid of the front bumper mounts, I like the clean look. Really makes a difference with all the mounts gone. Smooooth. Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Posted September 8, 2006 Hey Red, I got rid of the holes for the front motor mounts on the outside. Also get rid of the chain rollers . Then if you use steel braided front brake cables, remove all the old mounts. On mine I also got rid of the front bumper mounts, I like the clean look. Really makes a difference with all the mounts gone. Smooooth. LOL I've been around these frames for quite some time. That stuff has all been gone for a really long time. Good advise for others reading this though. Quote
Polish Posted September 8, 2006 Report Posted September 8, 2006 Red not to strip off your thred.........but I saw your sprockets in that pic...........and Ive been wanting to ask you what your gear ratio is? Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Posted September 8, 2006 Hey Red, I got rid of the holes for the front motor mounts on the outside. Also get rid of the chain rollers . Then if you use steel braided front brake cables, remove all the old mounts. On mine I also got rid of the front bumper mounts, I like the clean look. Really makes a difference with all the mounts gone. Smooooth. ...and without your chain rollers all that stress from your suspension cycling is going right into the bearing on your output shaft of your transmission. :: Red not to strip off your thred.........but I saw your sprockets in that pic...........and Ive been wanting to ask you what your gear ratio is? That rear sprocket is a 44 I believe. I would have to go outside and check it. I was running a 15 front on labor day weekend. All my other sprockets were too worn down to run and I didn't get my last order from rockymountainatv before labor day. Run what ya got... Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Posted September 9, 2006 Here's some updated pics after a little work tonight. Got a start on my new hard-mounted grab bar. Cleaned up some of the grinding marks on the rails. Going to add more to the grab bar setup tomarrow after work. - Jared Bending new grab bar. Top welds on new grab bar. (don't worry there will be plenty of gussets and supports to ensure it doesn't rip off of there. hehe) Before: After: (still not quite done cleaning up grinding marks) More Prettyness: More: Quote
Bansh-eman Posted September 9, 2006 Report Posted September 9, 2006 dude you are such a redneck machinest! Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Posted September 9, 2006 dude you are such a redneck machinest! LOL, I try. Just grabbed some scrap off the pile for the grab bar. ROFL I never know what I will do next. Its kinda scary sometimes. Quote
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