bagged 620 super short (big update)

[nosh1t]

yeah beebani talked me out of any doggy shit

 

hope i can get some stuff done with some help from a club member

 

im doing his notch so should at least get a days work on the datsun over the week end

 

it will lay rocker on 17's fine

[kaoss]

Any updates on this?

[impala_631]

Any updates on this?

 

x2

[nosh1t]

hey guys no update on this latly its packed up in the back of my work shop

till i move to the new shop

 

basicaily it all got too much for me and the work to go on it the rate i was moving was going to be anouther year (body work brake lines and all that because i didn't know any better back then)

and also i haven't had a mini truck on the road in other a year so i feel like a looser lol

 

when i get back to it at the end of the mouth

i just order re-5s and re-7s and some adjustable bushes for a custom a arm

and i will make upper arms when i get my tube bender

same thing with the rear a lot of tube work

 

i have built one truck sence i stop working on this for a mate

and im working on getting my navara back on the road

 

not pictures of the datsun but update none the less

who needs mc brother rails lol

when i got it

much faster work then the datsun

but all the more expersce to use on the datsun

will be lengthen narrowing the frame and all that

shock grauds and a oldschool single cab on the back

lots of mods anyway will have the datsun frome in paint soon and upper bags and rails done

but i don't own a tube bender yet

so bear with me this thing won't die just need to get to the new shop which is 12 mins drvie from my house

[nosh1t]

hey guys came arcoss some problems (roof chop)

 

laws in nsw where i live you have to have head room fromt the head liner

 

is 5 inch foward from where your ass is and 2inchs up

is the center point

from there you need 835 mm 34 inchs ruff

so i need a really low seat and extremaily custom floor pan

 

i wanted to roof chop this 6 inchs so that i would have a smaller back window and a low roof line or overall body drop and roof chop

 

because where im from the hight is not measure from the door its measure from the roof like limbo

 

also looking for a v6 or v8 that fits in with out tonching the frame

[nosh1t]

hey guys been working on this latly trying to get it done i have made a mad list and im going to work my way thou the list till its done

ordering a tube bender tomorrow

going to mount that like so and then run some bend tube arms off the side for my wheel a-line-ment (spelling sorry)

fixing that huge z i had

heaps of photos don't yah think

ok so i got that z all fixed up its only 8mm hard to tell

all my bolt in cross members will be that high up (no reason really)

time to start on my center bearing cross member

taking all the brackets and tabs that where on the bottom of the frame

bent the hell out of it to get it to where i wanted it

check it was where i wanted it took some measure ments

then i cut 5mm of each end and pulled it rite down

welded it up and smoothed it off

got a bit more to do on that but trying to make it look factory

welds

random photo

 

good to be back on the datsun heaps pumped to get it done

[nosh1t]

hey guys small update

but planing to have it done in 15 days so i have a lot of work a head of me

getting a tube bender and notch kit with dies for 34mm and 43 mm

hoping to have the frame done and in prima not mounting of air gear or shock and no bump stops

so got some photos from last night

finally getting there

bent them up and getting every thing ready

any wya im off to go do some cuttin and welding now see yahs

[]2eDeYe]

Nice work. I really like that notch.

[nosh1t]

hey guys

i figure i have 13 days to do about 58 hours work but yah never can be sure

didn't go down last night and got down there late today after going out of my way to get my tube bender

so needless to say i didn't get heaps done at all

marked where the ground would hit the plate

made a carboard template

cleaning all the dirt dust and rust out of the frame

welded the bottom of the notch to the side of the frame

cut the leaf hangers off

 

well hopefully i can get some mates to help after monday night meet

and hoping sunday dose better

[nosh1t]

hey every one

got heaps done today

leaf hangers gonnnnne!

cleaning up ready for control arms and so on

ok so been working on this for ages marking it 15mm below the bottom of the frame

once i clean it up i think it should look pretty sweet

fill in holes

now i just have to clean it all up and flip it over and straight on to the upper bag mounts

and i gotta weld the diff brackets up

[Six_Shooter]

The build looks good.

 

A couple comments:

 

There's nothing wrong with parralel 4-links. Street rodders have been using them for years and there is NO problem with handling. The only thing is the IC = infinity, so getting traction under hard accel can be an issue, but most bagged trucks, aren't being used for drag racing. ;) Chris Alston Chassisworks sells parallel 4-link kits, as do other companies.

 

When installing a non-paralel 4-link, I would add adjustable attachment points. If the IC is wrong you can actually end up with less potential traction than using parralel, or even leaf springs.

 

If I were to do a stock floor body drop, which is the only bdoy drop I would do, I would likely go to using round turb for the section under the cab. Stacking Tube can provide a very strong frame rail. Also running a hoop towards the trans tunnel, then adding a raised "back-bone" through the trans tunnel to add a little more strength can work well. Not an easy thing to do, but has been done and works fine. The other thing to do is solid mount the cab to the frame, add some bracing to the cab, as this will also act as a stiffening member of the entire chassis, allowing a shorter frame rail, to lay rocker, but not have to worry about chassis flex.

 

Any new updates?

[nosh1t]

yeah i guess i could put a update on

 

kool man i accauly can't do most of that where im from

like mount the cab to the chassis

and cutting the chassis down

and thing to do with leafs and 4links

very tuff engineer he wouldn't go for any of that trust me i wanted to cut the rails down

 

update side i now have sr20de half cut (200sx s14)

so planing on having rack and pinion steering

and a new engine

sence last time i have re mounted my brake booster

cab

front end

started doing wheel tubs

tacked the whole body drop up

only tacked because of the old engine has had it

and not sure how much room the new one will take up

rear bag mounts

random rush repair

 

i have more photos i'll put up any thing in closer detail at request catch yahs i gotta run off to work :(

 

could a admin please change the tread title to :ryans 620 (bd 'n' sr20de)

[lowdatsun620]

Hey Nosh, glad to see some more progress finally. Just curious, in the close up of your brake booster, is that taken with the pinch on the ground? And what size wheels and tires are you running? Just trying to get an idea of wheel clearance available, since you brought it up in my project.

 

Thanks bud. Lookin forward to seein some more from ya.

[nosh1t]

yeah man just be carefull is all im saying

 

mine has 16s on it with hight profile

can fit 17s by 7inch wide which is a very small wheel

thats with low profile tires i can't tell you what size in inchs but 604mm over all diameter

the brake boaster is most up 70mm back 100mm and to the rigth 20 mms

be differnt for you anyway being that yours is on the other side of the truck

there is 20mms wheel clearance in the wheel tubs

and the pitch is 45mm below the ground

that almost 2 inchs

 

just haven't cut it off yet

i have a lot of work ahead of me

and just lost my full time job so i can be full time working on my truck

[lowdatsun620]

thanks man

 

not really concerned with the booster itself, was just referencing the picture.

your pinch is below the ground? you dropping to the doors?

I'm Canadian, I speak metric too :P 605mm would be just over 2 feet or 24 inches, and a 225/30R20 is about 25.5 inches tall, if you're dropped 45mm (~2inches) and have 20mm (~1inch) to the wheel tubs, I think I can stuff 20's in there after all, just gonna have to bust out the sawzall, welder and 16ga steel and throw my reservations out the window.:lol:

thanks for the help dude. sorry to hear bout the job, but at least you got the datto to keep you busy. Git 'er Done!

[nosh1t]

hey guys been working on this a lot latly was trying to get it ready to go to a show even had a old school mate help me out

 

i wasn't happy with the old 4 link or the old notch they wouldn't have left me much room to mount any thing under the tub or any room in the tub

and i like the look of the super shortys so thats what im making it now

this is how it was before as you can see in the rest of the build

 

and the changes i have made as follows shorted 4link by 100mms

made new 4 link cross members with tube bender

and moved the notch towards the cab 320 mm (about a foot)

got the air bags in the front there re 5s

 

front end

made some 5mm plates to hold the blots in place while tighting them up

so i finally cut the sills off and put some 40mm rhs in there

to bend this i used two tables and a big 2 inch by 2inch rhs and a degress bevel clamp down on a bench and pushed the sheet metal till it hit the degress that i wanted

[nosh1t]

i like the stace that it has now short and fat and with out the tube looks a little bit hot rodie to me

im keepign it this colour because i don't feel i could find a better colour for it

as all the trucks over here seen to be blue im not going with blue

more work on the 4 link

tub mounts and 4 link and bag mounts just need to plate the under side of the frame

so thats all for now hope you guys agree with my chanegs progess and so on

heres some other stuff i was testing out

180 degress

180 degress bent sheet metal using a 4 inch wide tube clamped to a bench this is how i plane to roll out my tub corners and so on

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Wow your putting in some hours on that 620! Looks good laid out.

[nosh1t]

better then doing drugs rite

[motavated]

Right! You can do drugs after I guess...

[nosh1t]

probly wouldn't hurt to do some cocaine while working aleast i would be able to go for greater hours at a time

[pucancakes]

cocaine is a hellava drug

 

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