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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 09:43 AM
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this is not what i had in hand but this is the way we have to go

all custom to fit

space is not on my side

almost there before we go to the back

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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 09:50 AM
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this where it gets tricky to move this of the tranny jack on to the floor

I thing we F----d up here we do not have the we got this kit and there is no bushings in it now we are stuck until they come in
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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 09:56 AM
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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 09:16 AM
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the ford 8.8 from the junk yard

had to do some mods to this part for this kit we got

a quick sand up before we start
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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 09:19 AM
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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 09:25 AM
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this set me back over a week due to it not coming in the kit .This is madness that they send a kit out with out this in it

Back to work now we have the parts to go on .Just know that is not right that you spend good cash to get a kit and it need more parts to make it work GGRRRRR
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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 09:27 AM
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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 08:00 AM
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A lot of progress in a short amount of time! You will want to add a second fan to the back side of that rad. One fan wont be enough to keep it cool.
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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 04:30 PM
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we had to make shims for this to work .this kit is not hard to do if you have the right tool BUT there are some things you need to know when you get this kit there is more to it than they tell you

this is what they tell you to do when you set it you .

this is part of the set up before you can weld any thing
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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 04:51 PM
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all welded you and there was more than we looked out for .this dam thing would not go back in after the bars are welded in


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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 05:35 PM
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i will let you know this you have to do some work to the back wall before this will fit back into place

up and down with this thing and it is getting old right now
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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 05:42 PM
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with a long pry bar we had to move the back wall to make it fit

as you can see we had to move a it a lot to get around the new fuel line .Why was this not in the instructions .More info is needed to help with this set up .Come on guys give a man a clue what he is up for when your kit
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Old Dec 28, 2019 | 10:30 AM
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after a long fight with this sub frame it is now on the floor

this is looking good on the floor .I do not see why this take so long do .I see about 12 weeks or so to do this job if you have all the parts in hand
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Old Dec 29, 2019 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 04G35S
A lot of progress in a short amount of time! You will want to add a second fan to the back side of that rad. One fan wont be enough to keep it cool.
There is two 16"Spall fans on this set up one has a shroud
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Old Dec 30, 2019 | 11:02 AM
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Sorry if I missed it, but which rear differential kit is this? It must have been frustrating, for sure.
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Old Dec 30, 2019 | 01:32 PM
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That looks like the Samberg one to me.
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Old Jan 2, 2020 | 08:15 AM
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i will get back on this car soon looking for some parts that has me at a stand still right now .i to do some work to pay the bills you know it is .BUT check this space soon
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Old Jan 2, 2020 | 03:47 PM
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Sorry if I missed it, but which rear differential kit is this? It must have been frustrating, for sure.
Looks like the Ronin Kit. Same one I have in my car.
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Old Jan 3, 2020 | 09:27 AM
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This is a Ronin Kit .It is a nice kit but there is a lack of info on what to look out for when you do the install apart from that it is on point .the new problem i have is i moved the rack down and now the track control arm look odd as hell
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Old Jan 3, 2020 | 02:08 PM
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Which rack did you move? The steering rack? Gotta be careful messing with suspension geometry....
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Old Jan 3, 2020 | 08:38 PM
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While the pace of progress is great, there is a huge difference between a swapped car that works, and a swapped car that works well.

Make sure to get the geometry on any racks you are moving.
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 10:44 AM
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Sorry the steering rack we had to move it down so that the engine would fit under the stock hood .I am about to have a part made to fix this problem from a rock crawler buggy
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Old Jan 10, 2020 | 06:29 PM
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we found some time today to play with this thing

this is the down pipe with holes for the o2 bung

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Old Jan 10, 2020 | 06:38 PM
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end of down pipe in to the 31/2"

this is the sound wave pipe for a new note from the exhaust
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