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Welcome, where in central Michigan do you hail from?

Well KOAR tickets and camp site booked. Now I have a set dead line to get the FC done. :sunglasses:

Sounds like a completely reasonable plan. Back to the UP. :grin: I should be ready but will @Tinker have the coal rolling land rover together by then?

A limited slip like a Detroit True Trac is an excellent choice for the front end. Most of the traction benefits of a locker but none of the terrible on road attributes.

Nah if all else fails just run a extra thick guibo coupling like all the BMW's run.

Heat,A/C, Bluetooth for tunes and a rock solid chevy small block,trans, t-cases , power steering with four wheel disks pulling all to a stop. Should cruise at 65 at 2750 rpm. Why not run it to the UP since I plan to take it to Utah anyway.

Ah I didn’t realize you were doing a straight coupling set up.

If I have the Fc-170 (I should) running by then I am game. That is back up where I went to school.

Looking like progress. You could machine the yoke to a square shape and the stub shaft to match. That way the geometry is transmitting the torque and not the round press fit and tig weld. Or save turning the cast yoke and make a flat steel 4 bolt flange and then use a bolt on 1350 yoke...

I do my own. I built it and no way I am trusting someone else to keep it running right. Plus with rockauto.com for parts and a heated barn why waste the money/time/frustration on "mechanics".

The biggest pro to a full size is the existence of an actual frame instead of a unibody that requires extra reinforcement to bolt on a bumper.

Looks like a good plan. When in doubt add more steel.

Well after a bit of research the later Fc's had a larger tunnel for better cooling... So out came the plasma cutter and presto the heater/ac mount became higher up and angled. :sunglasses: Then the tunnel sides commenced, 10 gauge should suffice. Lots of flap wheels will meet their ends...

Yep that is what I was thinking, have it sitting on the top of the frame vs. hanging off the side of the frame. Something like the green mount.

Have you considered a bolt in cross member brace to go under the oil pan and keep the engine mounts from rotating down wards. 750l lb engine on a square tube frame wall is a bit of a load on a small area of the mount. Just thinking if (when) you get the thing a little air born the mounts...

That is a good possibility, judge by the extremely grenade prone qualities of the disco v8’s

Did I just see calipers in use with actual prints and cad models?? Crazy detailed and excellent work. I usually go cardboard template to outlined on steel and plasma cut it out.

When and where is over land expo east this year?

The progress is looking good.