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Just signed in...

I see some known faces around from other forums.

My name is Guillermo (MeMo) and I currently live in Mexico.

I am the proud owner of 1991 RC which I have performed some mods on...

pics:
(http://imageshack.com/a/img855/3092/1si8.jpg)

in action:
(http://imageshack.com/a/img13/6931/5bi8.jpg)

(http://imageshack.com/a/img560/1789/chuta2013851.jpg)

(http://imageshack.com/a/img832/1273/img4105480x359.jpg)

Glad I joined the forum

Hey Guillermo - glad to see you followed my advice!  :great:

That RC of yours is gonna get a LOTTA love over here!  ;D

Welcome..

 :hello: Well alrighty then.

Glad to see you over here.  It's small but growing.  :13:

Quote from: MeMopar on March 13, 2014, 05:27:03 PM


(http://imageshack.com/a/img560/1789/chuta2013851.jpg)

Who made your bumper Memo, just out of curiosity?  It's sharp!

welcome. you got a pretty sweet looking rig  :great:

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 13, 2014, 07:28:39 PM
Hey Guillermo - glad to see you followed my advice!  :great:

That RC of yours is gonna get a LOTTA love over here!  ;D

Thanks for prompting me here, dude... Hope I can find the answers I am looking for

Quote from: SixGun on March 13, 2014, 10:41:35 PM
:hello: Well alrighty then.

Glad to see you over here.  It's small but growing.  :13:

Hey, man! Nice seeing you around here as well... Yeah, it's small, but sometimed small is good too, LOL!!

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 13, 2014, 11:20:57 PM

Who made your bumper Memo, just out of curiosity?  It's sharp!

Thanks!
It's home made... Though I do not like it anymore... Yeah, it looks great, but it's way too heavy (180 pounds+) and it is putting a lot of stress on the front end, especially on the steering. I am planning on building another one, maybe a tubular one. The only think I'll keep is my winch plate

Quote from: MeMopar on March 18, 2014, 09:57:43 AM
Thanks!
It's home made... Though I do not like it anymore... Yeah, it looks great, but it's way too heavy (180 pounds+) and it is putting a lot of stress on the front end, especially on the steering.

Yikes.  I'd HATE to think what this one weighs, then.  :o

(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/STBLZR3_zpsefbc46ae.jpg)

My front end is getting beefed up like nobody's business though - dual shocks, Borgeson steering, dual stabilizers - and my fingers crossed!  :confused2:

Is that your rig?

It looks mean....

What are the plans for your truck? Sounds like you have everything well thought. Do you have any recent picture?

Quote from: MeMopar on March 18, 2014, 05:29:24 PM
Is that your rig?

It looks mean....

What are the plans for your truck? Sounds like you have everything well thought. Do you have any recent picture?

Here's my thread on it - http://ramcharger.net/index.php/topic,105.0.html

STILL at the shop, as the steering and transmission have yet to be done; that, and now he's building/bending me some rockslider with outriggers and kickouts.  Should look like something AH-NULD would have driven in an action movie 20 years ago when it's done!

Then again, YOURS looks like something AH-NULD would have driven in an action movie 20 years ago!  :tongue3:

LOL AH-NULD, hahahahaha....

I wish mine could look like that, or even better, like something Mel Gibson would have driven in "Mad Max", but is way far from that...

What I am looking for is something more like a "mini monster truck" but still capable of going to the trails and make those stupid jeepers look like toys - Man do I hate the jeepers who are always looking my rig over the shoulders and trying to diminish her...

My plans are:
- D60f/D70r - I already have a D70 w/4.88
- 42s or 44s
- mild cam
- fabricate new front bumper
- fabricate new rear bumber w/tire carrier

I have a 3" body lift here and the complete energy suspension body mounts, but I am doubting installing them.

Regarding the sliders, I am very interested in doing the same, so I will follow your thread.

Thanks for the interest, man...

Quote from: MeMopar on March 18, 2014, 11:10:57 PM
What I am looking for is something more like a "mini monster truck" but still capable of going to the trails and make those stupid jeepers look like toys - Man do I hate the jeepers who are always looking my rig over the shoulders and trying to diminish her...

I'm wishing NOW, that I had all my Four Wheeler mags from the late 80's/early '90's again.  Back then, I had a '79 Bronco, but I recall the occasional article on our (then) "NEW Ramchargers," including people doing crazy things, like, taking them on the Moab, and surprising the hell out of Jeepers THEN!  I KNOW we have better aftermarket gear for 'em NOW - I'd just love to see what they were doing then, to see if there are any OLD ideas we might've forgotten/overlooked.

QuoteMy plans are:
- D60f/D70r - I already have a D70 w/4.88

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:   That puts you up on me, MOST RC owners, and not a few Jeepers right there!!!

Quote- 42s or 44s
- mild cam
- fabricate new front bumper
- fabricate new rear bumber w/tire carrier
I have a 3" body lift here and the complete energy suspension body mounts, but I am doubting installing them.

A 3" body lift is not unreasonable with 42/44's, but that sounds like a 8" - 9" suspension lift at a minimum, though.  Cam is not a problem, and you know what you want for a front bumper.  These guys DIDN'T make MY multicarrier, but they're who'd I start with first if I had to do it again (http://www.tiregate.com/).   :thumbsup:

QuoteRegarding the sliders, I am very interested in doing the same, so I will follow your thread.

Thanks for the interest, man...

My guy's local, but he's GOOD.  Don't know how much FUTURE RC business it'll drum up for him here in Pittsburgh (I've seen TWO others in my part of town since I began my restoration, and one of them I haven't seen in 4 years now  :( ), but maybe we can come up with a basic design that will work well for all our trucks.   :13:

I think yours is a good ways there already.  I hope to turn a few heads off-road around here myself, once mine is OFF-roadworthy!  8)

Quote from: MeMopar on June 03, 1974, 02:37:05 PM
I have a 3" body lift here and the complete energy suspension body mounts, but I am doubting installing them.

I wouldn't mind using those body mounts.  Mine are full of cracks.  Why are you having second thoughts?

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 18, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
I'm wishing NOW, that I had all my Four Wheeler mags from the late 80's/early '90's again.  Back then, I had a '79 Bronco, but I recall the occasional article on our (then) "NEW Ramchargers," including people doing crazy things, like, taking them on the Moab, and surprising the hell out of Jeepers THEN!  I KNOW we have better aftermarket gear for 'em NOW - I'd just love to see what they were doing then, to see if there are any OLD ideas we might've forgotten/overlooked.

Exactly! That is what I am looking for: being capable of doing what the most modified rubicon is capable of, and even more, so that I can let them know I can be in the major league as well

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 18, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:   That puts you up on me, MOST RC owners, and not a few Jeepers right there!!!

Currently I have D44f/D60r, w/4.56 & 35s, which is pretty common, but I want more... I still feel those 35s look tiny  :laughing7:

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 18, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
A 3" body lift is not unreasonable with 42/44's, but that sounds like a 8" - 9" suspension lift at a minimum, though.  Cam is not a problem, and you know what you want for a front bumper. 

With the body lift I will be near to 10" lift, and I guess that is safe for 42s at least... and yes, I have an idea of what I want for the internals, so I want to beleive I am on the right path.... Bumpers, not so clear though... I have a few ideas and some pics, but I cannot decide yet what to do...

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 18, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
My guy's local, but he's GOOD.  Don't know how much FUTURE RC business it'll drum up for him here in Pittsburgh (I've seen TWO others in my part of town since I began my restoration, and one of them I haven't seen in 4 years now  :( ), but maybe we can come up with a basic design that will work well for all our trucks.   :13:

That'd be great... I will be visiting your thread and checking what this guy of yours did with the sliders... that'll be some interesting fab...

Quote from: SixGun on March 19, 2014, 12:07:07 AM
I wouldn't mind using those body mounts.  Mine are full of cracks.  Why are you having second thoughts?

second thoughts  on the body lift... I mean, if I install the mounts then I know the body lift will be definitely out... and I have doubts about the body lift because of the so many terror stories about them, specially the ones that say your body will literally fall off the chassis because body lift make your truck's body to rust, crack and fall off the frame.... though I do not know if THAT is true, because I have never seen anything bad happening to a truck w/body lift...

Quote from: MeMopar on March 19, 2014, 09:53:13 AM
second thoughts  on the body lift... I mean, if I install the mounts then I know the body lift will be definitely out... and I have doubts about the body lift because of the so many terror stories about them, specially the ones that say your body will literally fall off the chassis because body lift make your truck's body to rust, crack and fall off the frame.... though I do not know if THAT is true, because I have never seen anything bad happening to a truck w/body lift...

How much SNOW do you get in your part of Mexico?   ;)

THIS is what kills Ramchargers.   :o


(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Ramcharger/PC261030.jpg)


ROAD SALT follows snow up here, and that's why you RARELY see an UN-rusty RC north of the capitol (Richmond...)

Mine is STRICTLY a spring/summer/fall toy.  She can go to car washes on SUNNY days in the winter...

Snow? Ha! With temperatures as low as 75F and as high as as 103F I really doubt I can see snow on the roads... So, is it ok if I go ahead with the body lift? Am I not going to have any trouble with the body rolling down a hill because it broke off from the chassis?

Mine hasn't rolled off....

Yet.  :evil6:

Quote from: SixGun on March 19, 2014, 05:55:15 PM
Mine hasn't rolled off....

Yet.  :evil6:

How long have you being using yours? I guess I'll go ahead with the body lift then

Quote from: MeMopar on March 19, 2014, 07:57:26 PM
How long have you being using yours? I guess I'll go ahead with the body lift then

It really WON'T be a problem there, unless you're driving it in ocean surf.  You're too far away from snow & road salt, and your water crossings look like fresh water.  As long as all water can DRAIN, you'll be OK.   :great:

Quote from: The War Wagon on March 19, 2014, 09:06:48 PM
It really WON'T be a problem there, unless you're driving it in ocean surf.  You're too far away from snow & road salt, and your water crossings look like fresh water.  As long as all water can DRAIN, you'll be OK.   :great:

Great news!!! Thanks a lot for your comments, guys... Ok, then it's a go on tje body lift. Now, considerations:
I have an electric fan around, so no problem in that dept.
Bumpers will be re-done, so no problems with the gaps.
Steering column: what is needed there? Do I need to make it longer? How?
Levers: what can I do with my gear box & Tcase levers? They need to be longer, right?
Fuel tank: is there anything I have to do or consider?
Anything else?

This body lift will be done after I finish my custom gauge cluster.

Again,  thanks for the advise, dudes

Going on 2 years now with the body lift.  I really like the clearance on the body of the truck.  Easier to work on and clean IMHO. 

Exposure to the elements should be the same in the rear of the vehicle but without a fabricated splash shield for the motor it will likely see more debris churned up by the front tires. 

I had to extend my shifter linkage for auto trans.  Need to lower the radiator to keep the fan away from the lower radiator hose.  You may need to extend the gas tank filler hose.  On my D150 the metal tube has enough length to do this but I picked a long hose to do my 76 RC and had enough to do both.  Got it special ordered from AC delco store. Mine is on a 2X so transfer considerations would have to come from someone else.