UJOR Build Thread

[DzlToy]

If that is really street legal, I'm moving to NC tomorrow.

Sorry, NC, SC, GA and TN are all full. You will have to stay

Louisianna, NY and NJ, however, have plenty of room.

 

[ujoint]

Sorry, NC, SC, GA and TN are all full. You will have to stay

Louisianna, NY and NJ, however, have plenty of room.

lol

 

[ujoint]

Nice video from Optima. I've been wondering when they would use all of that footage of me rambling and saying "uh".

 

[teehee]

impressive video!!

 

[Abitibi]

Hey Chris, I hope you don't mind me posting on your thread but if you know someone on the Westcoast thinking of doing their own conversion with you kit I have a few good parts they could use (axle, t-case)...

Cheers
David

 

[Haf-E]

Very nice build!

Only scary part was the rear mounted mountain bike swinging back and forth at 6:20 in the video - that wouldn't last very long off road! Yikes!

 

[ujoint]

Very nice build!

Only scary part was the rear mounted mountain bike swinging back and forth at 6:20 in the video - that wouldn't last very long off road! Yikes!

Yea I noticed that! It was braced properly by the time it got to SEMA but I'm not sure what they did.

 

[skibum315]

NV is stalled right now, just too damn busy.

Bummer to hear it's stalled ... but I absolutely get the busy thing!!

I was just commenting this morning to a buddy that shared a photo of V4, that I can't wait to see what you do with the NV ... and to see if Nissan makes the new Cummins an official option; I know you've said you were pretty confident in that ... so that's promising, for sure.

 

[DudeAbides]

NV is stalled right now, just too damn busy. I had one sold out from under me locally, that kinda sucked but oh well!

I've been shopping for a used NV myself, not easy to come by for a decent price. I was thinking of how sweet a solid axle would be up front instead of the ifs offered in current conversions, which led me to this thread, saw the earlier posts and got excited, saw the later posts and got bummed. Hopefully you can find one soon and find time to experiment!

 

[Elevate]

Chris,
What gear ratio to you recommend on a 7.3 psd van with 35's, and then also with 37's?

Thanks,
Brent

 

[ujoint]

Bummer to hear it's stalled ... but I absolutely get the busy thing!!

I was just commenting this morning to a buddy that shared a photo of V4, that I can't wait to see what you do with the NV ... and to see if Nissan makes the new Cummins an official option; I know you've said you were pretty confident in that ... so that's promising, for sure.

Yea even if I had grabbed the local van it would just be sitting here while we find time. We have Alphavan to build, several regular conversions on the books, 2 more massive builds here, an OBS truck build, a SMB that needs a 6.0, 2 Class Cs coming and a Bigfoot!

I've been shopping for a used NV myself, not easy to come by for a decent price. I was thinking of how sweet a solid axle would be up front instead of the ifs offered in current conversions, which led me to this thread, saw the earlier posts and got excited, saw the later posts and got bummed. Hopefully you can find one soon and find time to experiment!

The one I found was perfect. Silver, all options, 40k miles, high roof (wanted the low but oh well) and it was priced at 23k.

Chris,
What gear ratio to you recommend on a 7.3 psd van with 35's, and then also with 37's?

Thanks,
Brent

For an unloaded normal driver I'd go 4.10. Loaded with an interior or towing 4.56. I have 4.56s in V4 with 38s, works well.

 

[ujoint]

Non van project coming up! A good customer of ours bought this truck and wants it bad to the bone so here we go. Engine has been refreshed thoroughly already, gathering parts for a full suspension re do now. Bye bye TTB, shackle reversal, super duty axles, 38's, few other goodies to make it drive & handle better plus look good!

 

[Bbasso]

Good video, but it seems like they cut it short and didn't speak about the interior or exterior goodies...

 

[mgmetalworks]

Good video, but it seems like they cut it short and didn't speak about the interior or exterior goodies...

eepwall:

 

[mgmetalworks]

Non van project coming up! A good customer of ours bought this truck and wants it bad to the bone so here we go. Engine has been refreshed thoroughly already, gathering parts for a full suspension re do now. Bye bye TTB, shackle reversal, super duty axles, 38's, few other goodies to make it drive & handle better plus look good!

OOOOO!!!! Fun! That would be an awesome truck to put the new 6.7L Powerstroke in.