87 Mazda B2000 project, DONE!!!

I can't believe I've missed this project...Truly awesome work....I too thought of the yellow maz on mt cover back in the day when I first saw the tri-spokes....I think I still have the centerfold pics, but the rest of that issue is history....I'll see if I can find it when I get home from work.

Keep up the good work!!

well, its been brought up enough, so i will post a pic.

Wow

Whose cylinders are you using in the rear?


I like the size of that switchbox.

Is it a "project enclosure" from Radio Shack?

Truck's looking good

The cylinders are a "test" cylinder for a company I will be involved with. They have a sleeve over them which I welded the bushing mount to.

Yep, project box from radio shack... no need for 10 switches.

how much would you charge to make another set of uppers?

The uppers are a "one off." Notice I am not using the stock upper pivots. I made the upper arms longer to get rid of some camber change. Unless I have the truck here, it is impossible to make you a set of these and have the mounting points on the frame perfect.

To give you an idea of what it costs to make them, figure $30 a heim, $12 a piece for the threaded inserts, $4.30 a foot for the chromoly tubing, some chromoly plate, jamb nuts for the heims, grade 8 nuts and bolts, ect. ect. So probably about $250 into the uppers, without paying myself and the ball joints.

The rear cylinder mounts...What if you would have used a poly bushing instead of the heim?

Is there an advantage to using a heim?

Is this the same Lee that is on LIL and SSM?

I used the bushing on the axle, and the heim on the frame. This will allow it to pivot well. If I would have used a bushing on both ends, the bushings would bind every time the truck leaned. Also keep in mind that the threads on the end of the cylinder are 1/2". That would have been a really small contact area if connected to a bushing.

Good point.

I thought maybe using bushings on both ends would help eliminate body roll. But yeah, it'd probably do more harm than good.

You doing F/B/S/S?

Yep, that'd be me

Thats funny, you are everywhere.

I am not really worried about body roll. It's a minitruck, not a race truck.

FBSS, thats what the 4 switches are. Simple, 2 battery, up and down setup. Just did the sides incase someone really big gets in the passanger side. LOL