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The Samurai
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schmidlkofer
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i want a samurai.....
IZwack
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But of course you do.. everyone's doing it, you gotta have at least one Samurai just to hang out with the cool group at the school yard.
To update this thing, we are going to finish up the front suspension tomorrow. We're going with our own steering design cauz now that the axle is SOA, the steering links are interfering with the leaves. We're going to switch to heims to make things simple (no reamers needed). And just for fun, we're going to go with 0.5" heims (small!!!). Static loading limit on a grade-8 0.5" bolt is over 17,000 lbs (single shear) so I think 0.5" will be plenty for this thing.
To update this thing, we are going to finish up the front suspension tomorrow. We're going with our own steering design cauz now that the axle is SOA, the steering links are interfering with the leaves. We're going to switch to heims to make things simple (no reamers needed). And just for fun, we're going to go with 0.5" heims (small!!!). Static loading limit on a grade-8 0.5" bolt is over 17,000 lbs (single shear) so I think 0.5" will be plenty for this thing.
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its carbed, you should go propane.
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IZwack
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Driveshafts were extended -- sleeved with 3/16" wall tubing:
Steering components are still in the mail so hopefully by the end of the week they'll be here. Till then, we're going to work on little things like fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust, and other minor things. Oh and a panhard bar on the front.
Driveshafts were extended -- sleeved with 3/16" wall tubing:
Steering components are still in the mail so hopefully by the end of the week they'll be here. Till then, we're going to work on little things like fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust, and other minor things. Oh and a panhard bar on the front.
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We were thinking of keeping two sets of tires.. 31"s for driving around town and mild off-road and 33"s for more interesting stuff. But we'll see, we still have PLENTY of things left to do.
We are somewhat afraid that the body is now too high (from the tires), so we might end up doing a body-drop on it (as opposed to a body-lift). That'll drop the center of gravity a little lower so thats good.
We are somewhat afraid that the body is now too high (from the tires), so we might end up doing a body-drop on it (as opposed to a body-lift). That'll drop the center of gravity a little lower so thats good.
IZwack
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thanks zhanx -- you glistening little baby boy
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Wish I hadn't parted with mine...
Wish I would've bought yours...
IZwack
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See Draper, you and I could be hitting up Rausch Creek this summer in our Sammys .. but noooo hehe.
For anyone else following this thread, I didnt get pics of the "details" like the finished gas tank, panhard and the converted steering... but hopefully I'll get get pics of those items sometime this week.
hehe.For anyone else following this thread, I didnt get pics of the "details" like the finished gas tank, panhard and the converted steering... but hopefully I'll get get pics of those items sometime this week.
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IZwack
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A few days ago we said Fibonacci Sequence the old body and we picked up another Samurai with a better body from Fredericksburg, Virginia. So today we finally bolted everything down after the body transplant two days ago, reconnected all the connectors, and fired up the engine. We didnt take it for a drive because it was late and we didn't have any gear oil (the differentials are dry).
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