Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
Any of the Alaska boys feel free to post up, I know there's a few Nytro projects happening this summer. Mine will be slow so it'd be nice if we could get a few builds going. And so it begins...
Got this today
A few hours later
Got this today
A few hours later
That a boy! 
One more weekend and Mine will begin as well. Should be a fun summer. As you saw there is not much more left to my sled so there will be a lot of work. I was thinking about pulling my front heat exchanger this week and see how it changes track speed this weekend. If I do I think I'll pull my headlight and I have a switch on my fan to run it continues so I think it will keep cool. 
One more weekend and Mine will begin as well. Should be a fun summer. As you saw there is not much more left to my sled so there will be a lot of work. I was thinking about pulling my front heat exchanger this week and see how it changes track speed this weekend. If I do I think I'll pull my headlight and I have a switch on my fan to run it continues so I think it will keep cool. 
HYFLYR
TY 4 Stroke Guru
Ill have a couple projects going this summer. Will have pics soon.
You made quick work of that tunnel, lol.
You made quick work of that tunnel, lol.
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Looks like you have a lot of work to do. But its a lot of fun.
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
Tunnel braces and extrusion are ordered, I'm picking up the 4x8 sheet of .080 5052 after work tomorrow, and there should be a tubing bender and notcher in the mail tomorrow morning
ruffryder
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Nikolai said:and there should be a tubing bender and notcher in the mail tomorrow morning
which ones you get?
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
JD 32 bender(mechanical one). It's only $100 more than the model 3 and has some nice features. I'm only getting the 3/4" 2.25" radius die for now but I'll get more later. Tubing notcher is the JD2 Notchmaster. Just need to get the TIG welder now. I'm stoked I'll be able to fab all my own parts now...bumpers, a-arms, seat frames, truck bumpers/steps ect. Been waiting years to do all this.
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
A nice clean slate to start with
I also picked up a new Miller TIG welder today, time to go practice.
I also picked up a new Miller TIG welder today, time to go practice.
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
Split the sheet twice, I only need two 2'x4' pieces
Screwed some new plywood to the table and then screwed the two sheets to the wood. Next I'm going to fasten the stock side to the two new pieces and drill out all the factory holes. This will ensure that everything lines up like factory when done. After that I'll shear and bend them.
Screwed some new plywood to the table and then screwed the two sheets to the wood. Next I'm going to fasten the stock side to the two new pieces and drill out all the factory holes. This will ensure that everything lines up like factory when done. After that I'll shear and bend them.
Nikolai said:
Just remember that the right side and the left side are mirror images of themselves
Can't wait to see your finished project this fall.
Scott
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
The two pieces of .080 are stacked on top of each other
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
Started drilling and screwing it down through all the factory holes.
Finished that and then drew out the shape. All the sides will be sheared and then I'll mark the bend lines.
Picked up some .063 4130 for the tunnel to bulkhead plates
Again using the factory side to layout the holes
Layout finished.
Cleaning up the edges so everything matches 100%.
All done. Once I get my suspension holes drilled I'll go back and holesaw a few holes to lighten theses up(like the factory ones). I can't remember what the stockers weigh but these weigh 1.5 lbs. ea as pictured. I'm also going to weld nuts on the backside like stock.
Finished that and then drew out the shape. All the sides will be sheared and then I'll mark the bend lines.
Picked up some .063 4130 for the tunnel to bulkhead plates
Again using the factory side to layout the holes
Layout finished.
Cleaning up the edges so everything matches 100%.
All done. Once I get my suspension holes drilled I'll go back and holesaw a few holes to lighten theses up(like the factory ones). I can't remember what the stockers weigh but these weigh 1.5 lbs. ea as pictured. I'm also going to weld nuts on the backside like stock.
Looking good Caleb!
The season is over now my project can start. My project will probably be a little slower than yours to get into full swing but its time to start. First project is going to be building a perfectly flat and level steel 4x8 table so I can mount the bulk head to it before the sled is torn down and have all my important measurements to build the new chassis off of. Also will be handy to be able to weld jigs onto the table to help in fab.
As of now its looking like I'm going to run a stock Nytro bottom end and throttle body's, stock bulkhead (off a non-reverse sled in exchange for my reverse), new stock plastics, stock drive shaft, steering hoop and thats basically it everything else will be custom or aftermarket. Going to be a very busy summer for a guy building it out of a 1 car garage and on a heating guys income lol.
The season is over now my project can start. My project will probably be a little slower than yours to get into full swing but its time to start. First project is going to be building a perfectly flat and level steel 4x8 table so I can mount the bulk head to it before the sled is torn down and have all my important measurements to build the new chassis off of. Also will be handy to be able to weld jigs onto the table to help in fab.
As of now its looking like I'm going to run a stock Nytro bottom end and throttle body's, stock bulkhead (off a non-reverse sled in exchange for my reverse), new stock plastics, stock drive shaft, steering hoop and thats basically it everything else will be custom or aftermarket. Going to be a very busy summer for a guy building it out of a 1 car garage and on a heating guys income lol.
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
I decided to scrap the tunnel sides and have something else worked out. Should have it fitted by next week. Teaser pic for now...
Well I picked up my Tig welder today but I don't have any progress pics cause my sled is still in the bed of my truck until I get my garage situation figured out. So As of now I'm in the design phase and trying to learn to Tig weld as fast as I can so as soon as I get rolling I can move as fast as possible. Until then working as much as I can to try to afford this summer as well.
