My version of an LJ80

[xtrmtoy]

Thought you guys might like to see my slightly modified LJ80 in progress :D

Should be done for May long... I hope.

[Mud Lite]

I love it!! See you at SuziCan

[SuziCrazy]

Looks awsome, great work!

[twistedzuki]

lookin sick dude.....giver:jam:

[Lost Soul]

Nice man, I have been waiting to see it since the day I picked up the LWB.

[KAC]

DO YOU REALIZE THOSE HOODS ARE WORTH !!! $800.00!!!!:shake: ........................O well i cut mine too...lol:beer:

[xtrmtoy]

That's the price to hang out with the cool zook kids. :thefinger


The hood worth $800!!! Let me know when you find that sucker.

[DasZuk]

Lookin Good !

Good to see the parts went to a good home !


( Hoods worth $ 800.00 ??? ) :think:
Somebody got a deal !

I have another hood I'll let go for $ 750.00 :D

[KAC]

sorry..I guess they are only $700.00http
www.extremebends.com/body-parts-lj80-c-110_111_24/lj80-hood-p-42

[vanbdan]

Looks awsome,what are the specs?

[Loco]

Sweet.
x2 on specs

[xtrmtoy]

Specs:

~220 ft of 1.5" 0.120 wall DOM tubing
Unimog 404 narrowed axles (front and rear steer)
Air operated lockers
4.3L V6 with 700R4 trans
Stak 300 tcase
Front and rear 4 link
SAW coilovers
Rear swaybar
Cutting brakes
Full hydraulic steering
etc...

[Canadian_zuk]

That looks fukn cool, good job again Mat!

[frwinks]

another sick machine :jam:

[MuddMachine]

Sick sick sick ! :brows:

[Superzuk]

Nice, but weren't you going with a 4 seater this time?

[xtrmtoy]

Nice, but weren't you going with a 4 seater this time?

Depends on the day you ask me :D

This rig is being built with comps in mind. Very small two seater. I'm setting it up with rock crawls, rock racing and KOH style racing in mind. The KOH style would likely need some extra bling parts but not too many mods to the chassis and drivetrain.

I'm also building a CJ7 which will be my 4 seater family wheeler. If my wife and kids do start coming out wheeling, I'll build a 4 seater buggy to replace the CJ7. This build has been enjoyable enough, that I already feel like building another tube chassis. I haven't enjoyed working on my rig this much for a long time.

[Canadian_zuk]

:bringiton Update!

[six one alpha]

LJ 80 in name only,eh? (And hood, ofcourse.)

[xtrmtoy]

I'll do an update when I have it sitting at ride height and can take better pics.

LJ because the hood works for me. This is not a resto. :D

[xtrmtoy]

Here's two quick pics of how it looks right now. I still have lots of work to do to have it comp and trail ready.

In these pics it sits about 1-3" too high depending how where I set the uptravel at.

[Mudball]

I LOVE your garage. :D

..oh, nice truck too. :beer:

[Lost Soul]

I LOVE your garage. :D

..oh, nice truck too. :beer:

That is only a small portion of it LOL! Looking good man!

[xtrmtoy]

The shop is 40x40 if I include the storage room. Lots of room for my projects :D

It sure beats the old days of a gravel driveway and a large shed back in Calgary.

[szabotage]

I think we're due for an update!!!

[xtrmtoy]

Progress has been slow and I'm just working on all the details.

Here's two quick pic.

Can you say "Whipple"? :thefinger

[xtrmtoy]

Here is how it sits. It should see paint tomorrow or Friday. :D

[Canadian_zuk]

Here is how it sits. It should see paint tomorrow or Friday. :D

HAHA, you rolled it already!! :thefinger


looks great Matt, what's under the Whipple?

[xtrmtoy]

HAHA, you rolled it already!! :thefinger


looks great Matt, what's under the Whipple?

Thanks! :thefinger Actually I've already rolled it twice. :D

I took the Whipple off for now so i can make sure the basics are working well. The engine under it is a 4.3L V6. It's getting custom shorty headers, a Comp cam, 96+ vortec heads, an Edelbrock intake and the Whipple. It should put out close to 350 hp and lots of torque.

[Canadian_zuk]

C'mon Mat, lets see some more! The suspense is killing me!:D

[xtrmtoy]

Reassembly is progressing... :) I just need to remind myself I'm building a buggy and not a show truck.

[vanbdan]

SHHHHHHWWWWWWWWing!!!!!

[Zuklin]

Awesome! Looks mint!

[Canadian_zuk]

Looks great! I know your using an LJ hood, but what are you doing with the rest of the chasis? Skins? Are you going to try to keep the lines Suzukiesk?

Keep it up!!

[xtrmtoy]

Well, with the ORCC being cancelled this year, the drive to finish this puppy is not too high. Still, it would be nice to have her done.

For the side body panels, I'll be using lexan. I'm not sure what I'll do for the rear yet. Maybe a very narrow LJ80 look. To be honest I may not use the LJ80 hood during comps. I could make a small aluminum hood that would give a lot more front visibility. Also, I'm not sure how easy it will be to find more LJ80 hoods if... I mean "when" the hood gets crunched.

Here's a couple newer pics. I just have wiring and brake lines to do to be able to pull this sucker out of the shop on its own power.

[xtrmtoy]

The buggy saw its first test run at NHTTI. No real issues to report and the rig worked well. Now I just have to finish the panels, hood and grill to make it look LJ80ish.

Kind of crappy pics but that's all I took.

[MuddMachine]

What panels ???

[xtrmtoy]

What panels ???

The panels that are waiting to be cut out of the 4x8 sheet of lexan in my shop. :thefinger

Panels don't make it wheel any better so they are last on the list.

[Mud Lite]

The panels that are waiting to be cut out of the 4x8 sheet of lexan in my shop. :thefinger

Panels don't make it wheel any better so they are last on the list.

I will try to stay off of them this time ;-)

[xtrmtoy]

Here's few pics of the buggy...I mean LJ80... after returning from the Nov 7th Rausch Creek RCRocs Race with a 3rd place finish. A total of 31 rigs entered and the race consisted of eight 8.5 mile laps. It was a blast!

[TheSarg]

That thing turned out lookin gorgeous man, nice ride!

[xtrmtoy]

A few pics from the race :D

[Canadian_zuk]

.... Rausch Creek RCRocs Race with a 3rd place finish.

Hey, Congratulations Matt! How did you like thoe Pitbulls? I guess they worked not bad for you, comming home with 3rd. :beer:

-CZ

[MuddMachine]

Lightweight combo = good results !!!

:fri:

Good stuff Matt, machine looks wicked.