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'81 K5, "BlaZeus"- How to NOT build the ultimate budget K5; 3 & 4 link build

FOR MUD said:
I just ran across this thread. One of the problems I see is not having a overall plan....This kinda projects need a lot of planning to make everything work together. You know the whole "Every action has a reaction equal or greater" thing. This especially applies to tube/cage/suspension.
From what I can see, you really need to buy a tube bender and a notcher.....Yes you can do tube work without a bender, but with one you won't have to make as many compromises on where tubes will have to go.
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I have a tube bender... how do you think I made all the bends for my cage?...had a notcher but it broke. Don't have the space for a floor drill press that can have the power to drill through tubing with the hole saws, which I invested in super good ones btw, so that sucks. I always have the problem of the center drill bit breaking whenever I have tried to notch tubing at an angle. So for now, angle grinder and cut off wheels will have to work. And they do work pretty well, for now.

You're right. I didn't have a very specific plan in the initial stages of building this as I wanted to drive it and have fun in it. I built as I go and as I have money for parts. But as everyone here knows, it's never one thing and so ill get into doing some work on a project on it and then it takes way longer than I thought and now my roommates are pissed at me cuz I've taken over the garage and taken more time than I said I would and so I usually just get it back together enough just to get it out of the garage and then just pull it in and out as I work on it and also so they can do stuff in the garage too so then everyone's happy. That's why a lot of the cage is not completely sound and with not much gusseting and support. As I was kinda saving a lot of that stuff for when I have more space and more money for better tools/machinery. But now that I realize that the back of truck is about to fall off, I'm trying to get right on it.
 
Deuling said:
I will never surrender on my opinion of tube notcher being the best :D



Also, check out these little gussets. They are really handy

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Wow...it's so pretty. Reminds me of a spider web. I actually have some of those taco gussets. Are they a good replacement for tube gusseting?
 
sreidmx said:
Dude, I bring the suck a lot of times welding.. some days are worse than others. In my experience I have found that its mostly consistency, If I know I have to weld something that is absolutely critical Ill grab some scrap preferably the same thickness of the actual item needing welding, and Ill practice on that. Ill also watch videos online about how to setup the machine and usually that helps also because its someone explaining how and why. If I see that I cannot lay down a decent bead, Ill move on to something else for the night. Your mind has to be right or else you are going to get bad results. I grind a lot of stuff and reweld if I dont think its up to snuff.. some of this stuff is very large and can take the heat many times, cage tube is not..

We harp on you because we want this to be bad ass too..
If you read on my thread, I am trying to show you what I deal with on a day to day basis, I know my welds are strong and consistent most of the time and mainly when I am in a familiar position. If it moves.. that goes out the window so I end up reworking some stuff.. displayed in the thread.
Guys like Ryoken are very good at their craft because they do some of this more than us desk jockeys.. Look at his bodywork stuff.. crazy.. guess who I am calling when I start that... Duh..
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Haha yeah totally gotcha there. I just don't have much time and like to be hyper efficient so I try to get as much done as I can before quitting time. I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS RIGHT, CORRECT OR ACCEPTABLE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
But I need to learn to be more patient and re evaluate more. Thanks for the tips and insight.
 
Now all we gotta do is teach you about "multi-quote" so you don't have to hit REPLY 4 times in a row for each person you want to answer..... :haha:


-G
 
Greg72 said:
Now all we gotta do is teach you about "multi-quote" so you don't have to hit REPLY 4 times in a row for each person you want to answer..... :haha:


-G
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FOR MUD said:
One thing at a time.:D
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Oh you mean like this? Bahaha usually I get replies in as I'm responding on my phone so instead of refreshing and losing everything I wrote, I just post it and then see the next one
 
BlaZeus said:
Oh you mean like this? Bahaha usually I get replies in as I'm responding on my phone so instead of refreshing and losing everything I wrote, I just post it and then see the next one
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I noticed that if I'm in the middle of a reply and new replies are coming in, I can still add them to multiquote without losing what was already in the REPLY window. This new forum software seems to keep track of the fact that you haven't actually "published" your reply and will hold onto it even if you navigate around a little bit first. Its a pretty neat little feature of the new software..... :waytogo: Losing 100 Posts-per-page.....NOT a cool feature. :angry1:

-G
 
Greg72 said:
I noticed that if I'm in the middle of a reply and new replies are coming in, I can still add them to multiquote without losing what was already in the REPLY window. This new forum software seems to keep track of the fact that you haven't actually "published" your reply and will hold onto it even if you navigate around a little bit first. Its a pretty neat little feature of the new software..... :waytogo: Losing 100 Posts-per-page.....NOT a cool feature. :angry1:

-G
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I'm still hope the app is coming soon.
 
BlaZeus said:
Oh you mean like this? Bahaha usually I get replies in as I'm responding on my phone so instead of refreshing and losing everything I wrote, I just post it and then see the next one
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The forum software saves periodically while you type. Very nice feature that makes it harder (though still possible) to lose replies. :thumb:
 
Greg72 said:
Losing 100 Posts-per-page.....NOT a cool feature. :angry1:
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Aww...C'mon, Greg. Tell us how you really feel!

:haha: :haha:



Speaking of which...why hasn't that been implemented yet? :dunno:

@coloradok5, is this still in the works? Kinda like that interstate project that will reach the Northwoods in some future decade? :dunno:
 
This thing must've been made out of 4130 chromoly or solid bars cuz that cage does not look like much. But anyways, this is what I am attempting to make mine like.

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How does this look?? Pretty good to me....but that means it's probly wrong. Bahaha :haha::rotfl:

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