afastcar wrote:
DMoneyAllstar wrote:
afastcar wrote:
Haven't the FL350 issues been dealt with I think it's called a FL400?
Haaaa! But last time I checked, you couldn't get a Pilot axle brand new for $70-$100 either.
Simply put, its a DIY fab'venture.
Cost to DIY a LT axle/carrier/hub set for the same stock 3'fiddy trans: $250 + links/arms
Cost to buy a RPM box with axles and stubs (no carrier, no hubs): $2000+.
Cost to buy a Pilot: $4000+.
I still don't see it.
You have to buy a 350.
Put A-arm front suspension on it.
Water cool head, radiator, plumbing, overflow bottle.
Build rear suspension.
All this for under $4000?
And you still don't have side panels, clutch in trans, you have cable brakes, then when you go to sale it it's worth $2000 still and the Pilots still worth $4000.
Its assumed someone already owns the FL350 and wants to improve it. Nothin' more.
Not trying to out-do the Pilot. Just make the FL350 rear end "cooler" and on a squeaky budget and while having some fab-fun.
If money wasn't an issue...I'd just go out and buy someone's completed turbo-Busa-powered, RPM-driven, LT, chromoly-caged, 2-seater buggy and blow the doors off everything. But that's not what I'm after. I ride on farm land, have limited disposable income available for buggy stuff, already own a few FL350's, and love to design/fab/drive/fix my own stuff. Its a challenge and its fun, not always practical.
I gota second this comment.