Fire Guys Racing's transformation from 7s to 7200/Class 6 w/ Camburg Suspension

[JasonHutter]

So here are a couple shots with all the arms on the truck. Also a couple wit the beginnings of mocking up for the shock placement. When it comes to shock placement there are obviously two schools of thought on it. Some we talk to swear by mounting them inner and outer to get the best ability to adjust the bypass and some say put them side by side! We found we had better room on the arms we have to mount them inner and outer. If we put them side by side they were so far up the lower arm we would only get 6.5 or so inches of shaft travel on the shocks. When we put them inner and outer we are getting 7.5" on the coilover and about 10.5" on the bypass. I see a lot of Class 1 cars this way and they seem to do pretty well so I'm sure we will get it worked out in testing! There is also a couple pictures of the rear lower mount we are working on as well. It wraps around the frame as much as possible, then goes down to where the arm bolts through it, and then goes past the pivot point to where we are putting a bolt on cross member that I will show you in the next post.

Jason

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[JasonHutter]

Here are a couple shots of the cross member we are working on and the dash we also got from Perry's Fab'n Fiber. Sorry for cutting it in half Perry, but we thought it would be a better idea than loosing the ends of the dash. So we cut it and glassed it back together just a little shorter now and fits snug between out cage work that is already in place!

Jason

[JasonHutter]

Oh yeah, if you ever race Baja and or get your truck into water and the elements you might want to look under your dash more often than we did!

[Jerry Zaiden]

Looking good Jason! Can't wait to see this thing running!!!

[JasonHutter]

Thanks Jerry! It sucks to have to drive 2 hrs each way to work on it but the price on shop space in Grand Junction is worth it. Try renting shop space in Aspen!!!HAHAHA NOT! The deal we have with our buddy to have all those tools in the shop is nice too!

Jason

[JasonHutter]

Here are some shots of the shock mock up process for us. We used the bolt on positions that were welded to the original cage and bolted on some scrap metal and welded up some more scrap until we got the shocks were they would clear everything and almost touch the rubber stop on the bottom of the shocks at bottom-out. In this process we had to take some metal off of the upper arm gusset on the inside to clear everything. We talked to Fox and they sent us a mock-up for the 3" bypass shock so we could tack on the bypass tubes where we need them. I showed the pictures to Todd at Fox and he was able to get us even more room by moving them around a bit different than in these pictures.

Jason

[JasonHutter]

So after we got the shock location "in space" with the mock up. We took some 3/4" 120 wall DOM and cut them at the same length the shocks are wide were they mount. We bolted them in the same spots the shocks go and got some more scrap metal and welded the tubing in place in the mock-up mounts. We were then able to remove the mock-up mounts and cut the old cross member off and out of the way for the new shock mounts to be built.

Jason

[JasonHutter]

The beginnings of the new shock mounts.

Jason

[DC Racing]

Great build, love to see progress like that, keep the updates coming!

[y2kbaja]

The 4.0 toyota motor is plenty strong and reliable, would be a very cool swap. Many trucks have done this swap, to name a couple is the TC 5 lug Yota that is featured here on this site and Dan Vance. Vance runs with the v8 trucks so it is a strong motor. Build looks good though!

The "Nor Cal" Total Chaos truck just finished a 4.0 swap too. Lot's of power, lot's of wiring to figure out.