Frankie Biscayne
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New here and not a racer, this build is just for dune bashing, trail riding, street driving, etc, kind of a do it all rig. I also have a Yamaha side by side YXZ1000R, YZ250 and Polaris Outlaw 525 quad bike.
The car is a tube chassis 4wd car with GM 7.5" rear and XJ Dana 30 in the front and 4.10 gears. BW 4472 viscous transfer case, th350 trans, GM 5.3 LS with roots style blower.
Ive kind of converted from drag racing/standing mile/street hot rod stuff to off-road stuff the last few years. I originally built this car as a street car then converted it to offload with long arms front and back and Bilstein 2.5s with 16" travel front and back, 31" tires. Obviously with the wimpy differentials its not a super serious car but it has held up well to a trip to Moab and some dunes, its really light so that helps.
So anyway my question is would it be worth putting a Dana 35 TTB setup under it in the front for a more plush ride in the dunes and high speed trails or would it not make much of a difference. The car works great but I'd like it to be a little smoother in high speed stuff, Im more of a trail/dune rider than rock crawling. After comparing it with my YXZ side by side, it is a rough ride.
It currently has a 64 Nova body on it. I got a 68 Beetle Im going to put on it and try to make it a little more street friendly. I'll need to take 6" out of the wheel base and that'll still be 10" over stock Beetle wb which should be pretty good I figure (+7 in front and +3 in back)
The car is a tube chassis 4wd car with GM 7.5" rear and XJ Dana 30 in the front and 4.10 gears. BW 4472 viscous transfer case, th350 trans, GM 5.3 LS with roots style blower.
Ive kind of converted from drag racing/standing mile/street hot rod stuff to off-road stuff the last few years. I originally built this car as a street car then converted it to offload with long arms front and back and Bilstein 2.5s with 16" travel front and back, 31" tires. Obviously with the wimpy differentials its not a super serious car but it has held up well to a trip to Moab and some dunes, its really light so that helps.
So anyway my question is would it be worth putting a Dana 35 TTB setup under it in the front for a more plush ride in the dunes and high speed trails or would it not make much of a difference. The car works great but I'd like it to be a little smoother in high speed stuff, Im more of a trail/dune rider than rock crawling. After comparing it with my YXZ side by side, it is a rough ride.
It currently has a 64 Nova body on it. I got a 68 Beetle Im going to put on it and try to make it a little more street friendly. I'll need to take 6" out of the wheel base and that'll still be 10" over stock Beetle wb which should be pretty good I figure (+7 in front and +3 in back)