after more and more testing and getting beat up, i am considering ditching my solid axle for a lighter and newer build, tho i might do this on a imported defender or if i stumble on a cheep 1997 or older diesel rover.


keep in mind i am building for speed, racing, in baja mostly and i know now that i have to have a low and wide , and tons of travel..

so this project would be built for modified sportsmen class...

any ideas or pictures would be epic, but i am probably going to copy the exact 4x4 f250 linked race truck style. they seemed to handle well, and i knwo a race truck builer that can help me strip there decommissioned truck for a whole front end @ 73" wide with 20" travel.. well if i give him my $$$.


oh also i am looking for a shell of a defender 4 door with pick up bed....
that can be imported for a fair price??
as soon we can get 1990 and older imported body's???
i thank the second build will be so much better then the first one with all the kinks i ran into "reinventing the wheel"

well have fun an play safe

also all ways looking for wheeling buddy's get at me if you ever south west bound.

 

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What kind of racing are you doing? Lots of straight axle rigs run like bats out of hell in ultra 4 and other rock racing. If your building a desert racer than I have no clue but it seems like you need to ditch the Rover axles and drive train if you wanna go fast offroad