ujoint
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From Innov8 Racing.
UJOR Build Thread
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Mobile! Sweet little camper. 6" leaf lift on 33s.
that is sweet, how do you suppose that body would hold up to mild offroading and rough roads?
THanks for the insight.
To me these make so much sense for long distance 2 people travel. Thats why I asked the questions in the other thread. The wife says a bath and shower are a must. I've seen some of the others that you've done and was wondering about durability.
pugslyyy
Expedition Vehicle Engineer Guy
Bigfoots are one of the more solid ones. Look for fiberglass construction if you want something that will hold up and provide its own rigidity.
thanks for that. I respect your opinion as it seems over the years you've researched and tried things on your trips. I am stuck between a nice classb/c or doing a fuso build. Just seems a 15 year old classB/C can be had for cheap and all set up relatively quickly and for a fair prices.
jjohnny350
Adventurer
Dang Chris, I've lusted after these things since they got announced a couple years ago. Hows the drift mode? Ford is doing so many cool things.
ujoint
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Its such a cool, car, I love it! Sticks and hauls ***.
Me too. Then I drove one and my obsession got worse. I haven't messed with the drift mode yet, scared! Need to find a good location to try it out.
another_mike
Adventurer
After spending a couple of weeks reading this entire thread (I really wish some of the older pictures were still visible!), and probably missing a few details, I have some further questions. As I post my plan, if anything seems seems off, please anyone bring it to my attention.
I picked up a 2006 V10 E350 standard body cargo and plan to do the 6" lift on 35's with coil conversion. I plan on sourcing the axles and transfer case on my own, but have yet to do this. I plan on sourcing a 99-05 NV271, 05-07 Sterling rear, and 05-newer Dana 60 coil front axle.
When sourcing the transfer case, do I have to worry about if the F250 had the same 5R110 transmission or not? I know NV271's in manual transmissions have different spline counts, but did the NV271's out of F250's of that year range come with a different automatic transmission which would not allow it to swap in?
Looks like the rotor sizes for the axle swap will be 13.66" front and 13.39" rear. I would have to use a 17" wheel minimum? What about backspacing/offset and width?
Looks like most with the V10 and 35's are using a 4.10 ratio? I dont plan on much towing.
A while back in this thread I saw a HS001 heat shield for the V10, but find no mention of it anymore. Is this something no longer used? How much of a change to the exhaust will be required? I saw mentioned moving the driver side cat to the passenger side. Is it a matter of replacing/moving everything from the manifolds back? Just trying to get a feel for how much work/money this portion will be for me.
The FF001 front frame support. Use this with coil conversion also if utilizing the factory bumper? or only with the leaf spring conversion?
What do you suggest for lining the factory tank after shortening? Anyone have experience with DIY products like Red-Kote? The possibility of a product flaking and clogging the fuel system does scare me.
Thanks is advance to Chris and anyone else that can answer these questions. Looking forward doing this build.
I picked up a 2006 V10 E350 standard body cargo and plan to do the 6" lift on 35's with coil conversion. I plan on sourcing the axles and transfer case on my own, but have yet to do this. I plan on sourcing a 99-05 NV271, 05-07 Sterling rear, and 05-newer Dana 60 coil front axle.
When sourcing the transfer case, do I have to worry about if the F250 had the same 5R110 transmission or not? I know NV271's in manual transmissions have different spline counts, but did the NV271's out of F250's of that year range come with a different automatic transmission which would not allow it to swap in?
Looks like the rotor sizes for the axle swap will be 13.66" front and 13.39" rear. I would have to use a 17" wheel minimum? What about backspacing/offset and width?
Looks like most with the V10 and 35's are using a 4.10 ratio? I dont plan on much towing.
A while back in this thread I saw a HS001 heat shield for the V10, but find no mention of it anymore. Is this something no longer used? How much of a change to the exhaust will be required? I saw mentioned moving the driver side cat to the passenger side. Is it a matter of replacing/moving everything from the manifolds back? Just trying to get a feel for how much work/money this portion will be for me.
The FF001 front frame support. Use this with coil conversion also if utilizing the factory bumper? or only with the leaf spring conversion?
What do you suggest for lining the factory tank after shortening? Anyone have experience with DIY products like Red-Kote? The possibility of a product flaking and clogging the fuel system does scare me.
Thanks is advance to Chris and anyone else that can answer these questions. Looking forward doing this build.