Mackattack0284 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The plan is custom subframe custom roll cage 2.5ton Rockwell's with 14.9X24s. We are trying to keep it low and wide for freestylr Sent from my HTCD200LVWPP using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdj Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Looks like that will be an ambishous build. What's the plan for the power plant? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 We are starting off with the 3.3 just to keep it moving around in the future it will be getting a ls swap . My brother in law is the builder. Right now I'm just holding the wallet. Tires tubes and axles are all ready to go. We need custom centers built next for these axles. Full judo steer and brakes are all ready to go on the axles. We are pushing the front axle fwd and the rear axle rearward so the tires clear wheel wells. This will never be driven down the highways just a play toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Sent from my HTCD200LVWPP using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 The axles need to be gone through but that should be no big deal to clean them up and reseal and be bearing them. The whole kit is like 150 bucks Sent from my HTCD200LVWPP using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPB.88 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 That'll be interesting for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawairish Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Definitely an interesting project. Curious to know more about the custom subframe you mentioned...any pics of other vehicles for inspiration? Why this route over something more conventional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 I wanted to be different than everyone else. I bought this R50 for for$250. It needed valve cover gaskets and a tune up with 160,000 miles. Nobody else rims a R50. The only nissans I ever see at the mud bogs are older pickups. Let alone no nissans ever do freestyle which is the dream. I also figured that being a unibody it is quite strong in Its own right and a full frame is very strong. Combine the 2 and have a ton of strength for landing jumps and hitting hard holes. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 These are a horrible representation of what will be done but it is the basic idea. The roll cage will be piped through the unidbody and connect to the sub frame giving me a cacoon of strength for safety reasons. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawairish Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I wanted to be different than everyone else. I bought this R50 for for$250. It needed valve cover gaskets and a tune up with 160,000 miles. Nobody else rims a R50. The only nissans I ever see at the mud bogs are older pickups. Let alone no nissans ever do freestyle which is the dream. I also figured that being a unibody it is quite strong in Its own right and a full frame is very strong. Combine the 2 and have a ton of strength for landing jumps and hitting hard holes. Totally cool, works for me. I completely applaud the use of the R50 as the platform, too. I was just having a hard to picturing it when the axles are bigger than the truck . And thanks for those pics...don't think I've seen anything like that before. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackattack0284 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Full subframes are common on older mustangs to stiffen the unibody for a lot of power. My use won't be so much a power issue as a rough duty jumping and hitting big holes. It will also give us a secure mounting location for the 4 link bars for front and rear as well as a location for the coilovers. We are keeping it low and wide for stability. For right now The vg33 will stay until she gives up the ghost at which point a ls swap will be in her future. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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