Outer Limits 4x4 Board

This is my new tube crossmember i have been making for a while now.
I started with a piece of cardboard cut it out ,scanned it into my signwriting program, tidied it up, printed one out then checked it out on the back of the transfer. Then got it lasercut out of 10mm plate, bent a bit of 1" pipe, welded old nissen shock eyes on the ends. My toy has a 2" bodylift so i set the plate up 2" to get everything up out of the way. Just have to make a bash plate for the bottom and thats it, cant wait to get the dual transfer now!

They looks pretty cool. Did you have any problems with drive line angle when you lifted it up 2" on full down travel ?

I have several holes 1" apart in the brakets i made t weld on the frame, so i can run it back standard if i run into any problems with shafts etc.
Have only just put this in so haven't had a chance to put it on the ramp to check. Daily driving is the same no vib's so far!

looks wicked mate.

Awesome work. If you have trouble with the bushes use a Nissan/Toyota trailing arm end & bush. Much biggerer.

can you rotate toy transfers to get them flat?

looks good by the way

zzzz wrote:can you rotate toy transfers to get them flat?

looks good by the way

scott from rockstomper clocked his case.

Ruff from the boards here has his flush with the bottom of the frame.

but the big question is......whens it go into production...!!

shit yeah that looks good 8)

do you have any pics of the mounts on the chassis.

did u lift the engine mounts 2" aswell ?? or just crank up the transfer case end ??

hypolux wrote:did u lift the engine mounts 2" aswell ?? or just crank up the transfer case end ??

When i installed Tony's 22r i fabricated new engine mounts which lifted the motor probably an inch, It all sits pretty level.
Had thought about making some, but my welding's ok but not spot on, will have to see. That the only photo i have.

Out of curiosity (It was a good price I know) but how does Tonys 22R run? does it break many of your parts? It broke a lot of his stuff :o

BJ,
Runs ok, had it dyno tuned the other day ( was retarded a bit ) HAULS ASS now, Smokes a 35" centepede ok Gotta stop doin that , spose thats the drag racing side coming out in me. Haven't had a chance to break to much yet but i can understand with a bit more power it would be pretty easy. If i went wheelin with you guy's it would break more sh!t for sure. Not much hard stuff up this way. Must be cause i'm an old dude who has to drive his pos to work on monday! : :wink: :wink: :wink:

dude is it still possible 2 run a transfer handbrake using this type of crossmember ??

hypolux wrote:dude is it still possible 2 run a transfer handbrake using this type of crossmember ??

cant see why not, it could even be built as part of the cross member.


NICK

hypolux wrote:dude is it still possible 2 run a transfer handbrake using this type of crossmember ??

yes

hypolux wrote:dude is it still possible 2 run a transfer handbrake using this type of crossmember ??

It would be possible but you would need to modify the mounts to suit as the Transfer Caliper bracket would also mount to the same bolts as the crossmember so then it would not be in line with the disk due to the crossmember creating a spacer.

This would of course only be if you made the bracket to suit a standard case without the crossmember first.

RUFF wrote:

hypolux wrote:dude is it still possible 2 run a transfer handbrake using this type of crossmember ??

It would be possible but you would need to modify the mounts to suit as the Transfer Caliper bracket would also mount to the same bolts as the crossmember so then it would not be in line with the disk due to the crossmember creating a spacer.

This would of course only be if you made the bracket to suit a standard case without the crossmember first.

exactly you couldn't mount it back to the case - easily i know someone on pirate has one with a FROR x-member

I will be mounting a transfer brake after easter, My brother had a new Honda NSR 150 that he wrecked :( , said i could have the complete front & rear brake assembly's. Will have to look into it a bit more on pirate.

i would make it a cross member/handbrake all in one.


NICK

DUDE

thats sweet, whats the three holes in the plate for??

any pics of where it mounts to the chassis?

BJ,
The big round hole is the oil fill hole the others just tryin to make it look trick or a bit different!
Made some mounts & I used magna engine mounts ( because i got em cheep & they have heaps of soft rubber around them ) This is a pic bubs took at sams

do u find u get any vibrations using these mounts ?? i have got a buds4x4 job and am wondering wot 2 use as the mounts so as i dont get heaps of vibs ??

Mine mounts a different way to bubs. Have no vibes with the magna engine mounts but i had a lot with the first bushes i tried. The old ones never had much rubber in them & were fairly hard. Just get some soft rubber bushes

I have another pic of a crossmember i was going to originaly make, it shows the rubber bushes ( just rotated 90 deg. )
Hope it gives you an idea on how to mount it!

yeah cool thanx i think ill look into some different engine mounts

Here is a better shot of the mounts.

the cross member plate like you have hypo is designed to be mounted either way

the full kit will have it mount like toymads using Landcruiser Bushes

Buddy

cheers