linked one ton escalade (coming back soon)

[85k5witha6.2]

Sorry this is a little off topic but how do you like copart i have heard bad things but im interested in buying a parts car or even a replacement for a car i have
Thanks

I've bought probably 20-30 vehicles and campers from there, never had a problem, as long as you understand once you bid and win you have to pay for it, if you didn't go look at it before bidding that's your fault. We've bought several cars that run and drive too and we still drive them

 

[Chevy305]

Sub'ed for this awesome build. I really hope to do a Tahoe in the future

 

[MechroMenace]

subbed, hoping I can learn something from it for my build.

 

[85k5witha6.2]

didnt get much done yesterday, went to wichita to get another race van, lol
cleaned up some brackets and started on the truss today though

 

[4door99]

subbed, hoping I can learn something from it for my build.

^^^^^ what he said!

 

[Justin V]

didnt get much done yesterday, went to wichita to get the engine and transmission for the race S-10, lol
cleaned up some brackets and started on the truss today though

Fixed

 

[85k5witha6.2]

Fixed

hahaha everyone was asking if i was going to do that

 

[1985 K5 Blazer]

Hey man thank you for answering my question. Im going to give them a shot!
I like the build by the way.

 

[85k5witha6.2]

bored today, several hundred miles away from the shop thinking about wheelbase.
It's going to be right at about 140" wheelbase with 42 inch tires, everything underneath will be tucked up into the frame and it will have a flat skid plate, is this still going to be a bit too long?
Factory on the esv(suburban length) is 130
factory on the regular escalade(tahoe length) is 116, maybe i should have started with one of those

 

[kgblazerfive]

Mine is 134, if a suburban is 130. Don't have any issues rather like the wheel base for wheeling.

 

[tRustyK5]

Regular cab longbox is 132", so you're not much longer than that. Are you running a one piece drive shaft in the rear, or a two piece with carrier bearing? The two piece would help your breakover quite a bit...

 

[85k5witha6.2]

Regular cab longbox is 132", so you're not much longer than that. Are you running a one piece drive shaft in the rear, or a two piece with carrier bearing? The two piece would help your breakover quite a bit...

well i still have no idea what im doing for transfercase, between a doubler, or an eco box, or just a single case, but if i just run a single case, i'll probably run a carrier bearing and a short shaft on top to help

 

[85k5witha6.2]

this is about where full droop will be, and a beautiful picture from MS paint on how the rear will look after the wheel well is opened up

 

[CK5]

Thant's going to be a monster.

 

[78K30]

Where do you think the top of the tire will be at ride height?

 

[85k5witha6.2]

Where do you think the top of the tire will be at ride height?

up about 9 inches from there, im hoping its the same height as my k5 with a 6ish inch lift or shorter. Id rather trim all the fenders than make it obnoxiously tall. the side step thing is still bolted on in that picture too, so there is actually another 3 inches of clearance when its removed also.

 

[78K30]

up about 9 inches from there, im hoping its the same height as my k5 with a 6ish inch lift or shorter. Id rather trim all the fenders than make it obnoxiously tall. the side step thing is still bolted on in that picture too, so there is actually another 3 inches of clearance when its removed also.

Perfect that's what I was hoping you'd say, I don't understand and never will understand the need to have 12" of lift on things.

 

[85k5witha6.2]

Perfect that's what I was hoping you'd say, I don't understand and never will understand the need to have 12" of lift on things.

you've obviously never crawled any big malls then

and to put it into perspective there is 17 inches between the top of the tire and the wheel well, so with 42s (1 inch taller on top than a 39.5 from center ) it should be about right with 16 inches of up travel.

 

[gonefishin]

Perfect that's what I was hoping you'd say, I don't understand and never will understand the need to have 12" of lift on things.

Exactly. I'm around 7 inches lift (maybe less) on 45-46 inch tires. I like the low center of gravity

 

[gonefishin]

I almost bid on copart, but got nervous because I couldn't see it first. I'm excited to see how this thing wheels being a little longer. I really want a tahoe or ccsb to do that to. Run 42's or 44's.