1986 Big Red - 5 Inch Swingarm Extension and 6 Inch Lift!!

[threewheelin-feelin]

ok im about to do a similar snorkel on my big red. what kind of flex hose did you use and where do you get it?

[Stonewall]

Nice work ,,, do me a favor ,,, cut the front snorkel down , please !!! 12 inches above the upper clamp is plenty , any more than that and you will need scuba gear !!!

Haha, I see your point, but I plan to leave it like it is. It intakes air 6 feet off the ground now. I hope I never end up that deep, the extra length is for those "OH SH!T" situations.

this is with out a doubt the baddest bigred i have seen. i think some 30 inch silver backs and an audio tube would be amazing. as far as your brakes go you could probably try using your rear hand brake cable to the front brake and maybe your front hand brake cable for the foot brake? just an idea

Wish I had seen your brake idea before I left home, that would've worked good. Oh well, I grew up ridin 4 wheelers with no brakes anyway so I can handle it lol... Not really a fan of the silverbacks, I want to put a set of Outlaw Radials on it. Audio tube would be awesome, just don't have the funds for one right now.

What did you have to do as far as jetting?

Engine wise everything is stock, aside from crankcase and carb breather hoses routed into the airbox. All I did was move the intake point, and the 2" PVC I used is actully less restrictive than the stock intake path.

nice job on wheeler,its awesome.. is that a huge woodstove in the backround if so id love to c pic of it lol....

Yes, that is basically a great big wood stove, but it's intended to be run on black oil, and has a black oil burner system on the door. It can be filled with great big chunks of wood (don't have to split em haha) if we run out of oil. Shop is 60x100, so we need a stove that big to heat it.

Nice work, when do you start production? put me on the list. I love every detail about it and would not change a thing, exept the front tire. Thats one of my pet peves, what is the reason you mounted it backwards, is there an advantage that i dont know about?

Thanks!! The swinger extension is not hard to do on the '86-87 swingarms, I figure it would be a little harder on a '85 because of the one piece arm/axle tube design. It was $60 for the driveshaft work, $35 for the new U-joint, and maybe $50 for the materials, plus about 10-12 hours of time. I thought about producing a kit, but it would probably be at least $500, plus core parts, and I can't do it during the school year.

Ahh the front tire question, seems to always show up in my threads lol. The traction on that tire is in the opposite direction because it's being pushed, and it also cleans out better that way. I think there was a thread a while back where I explained the whole deal but I can't find it. Farmers know the trick, because it originated on farm equipment such as grain carts, combines, and land levelers. It's also common on dirtworking equipment like dirt pans, and the front of some road graders.

ok im about to do a similar snorkel on my big red. what kind of flex hose did you use and where do you get it?

The flex hose is 3 inch RV sewer hose, that I got from the Hardware/Autoparts/Farm Supply/everything else store in my hometown.

[MNhondaguy]

Here's an idea. I have a 70$ 35AH battery, but would work with a 20$ 7.5 AH deer camera battery. I have about 150$ into it. With my battery it will play loud enough for a bonfire for well over 12 hours. And keeps the beer cold!

[Stonewall]

That is awesome! I know what I'll be buildin next...

[Stonewall]

Here's a few more pictures just to give a little more perspective on how tall this thing is. I'm 5' 11" and 270. The snorkel and stack are actully only about an inch taller than me, they just look taller cause I'm standin behind it.




It barely fit in the bed of my truck, because I have a low profile toolbox with about 9" of dead space in front of it so that it can open without taking my tonneau cover off. So I ended up haulin it and my campin stuff down to Texas in a box trailer.

[atc007]

Foreman 500 or 450 cables should be long enough for ya . Nice build!

[czac]

That “garage” is actually my dad’s farm shop. The enclosed working area is 60’x100’ with a 20 or 25 foot ceiling. Modern farm equipment is so damn big you gotta have that much room to work on stuff. All 5 of our Peterbilts with 40’ grain trailers can fit in there at the same time, and theres still plenty of room lol, but a combine almost takes up half the shop.

I wanna come down there and live on that farm!!! its just me, the old lady, two dogs (A Red Tick Coon Hound and an Aussie / Border Collie mix) two cats (great Mousers) Got a Ford pick up and a Yamaha trike and few guns... Should just about fit in down in TX no? lol Plus I look friggin amazing in a cowboy hat! lol...

Seriously though, I bet you got some nice places to ride there, I remember driving back from Waco, to the Dallas / fort worth Airport, I was amazed by the amount of open land those farms had... all I could think of was that I would HATE to be a mail man down there, it looked like there'd be 5 - 10 miles between mail boxes! Awesome country out there. I wish my company would move to a different state... CT sucks, its like the Anti-cool-stuff-anti-fun-take-your-money-and-give-you-grief-for-it-state!

[ironchop]

this is badass

[kiser]

I spy an old John Deere in the back ground! I like old put puts!! Your big red turned out great! It should go anywhere you point it lol!

[jb2wheels]

I didn't think I would like this when I started reading it - I've grown to hate mud - mostly because I hat cleaning. I got old...

But, that BR turned out awesome. Very cool. Some neat ideas around the fork extensions and such.

[JasonB]

damn dude! turned out nice! I have to second JB2wheels, i used to love playing in the mud but after repairs and cleaning etc its just not as fun as it used to be. With a machine like that I would LOVE to go get balls deep in some pits! nice work, looks ready to tear it up!

[Stonewall]

Foreman 500 or 450 cables should be long enough for ya . Nice build!

We actully have a 450, so next chance I get I'll see if those cables will work, thanks for the idea!

I wanna come down there and live on that farm!!! its just me, the old lady, two dogs (A Red Tick Coon Hound and an Aussie / Border Collie mix) two cats (great Mousers) Got a Ford pick up and a Yamaha trike and few guns... Should just about fit in down in TX no? lol Plus I look friggin amazing in a cowboy hat! lol...

Seriously though, I bet you got some nice places to ride there, I remember driving back from Waco, to the Dallas / fort worth Airport, I was amazed by the amount of open land those farms had... all I could think of was that I would HATE to be a mail man down there, it looked like there'd be 5 - 10 miles between mail boxes! Awesome country out there. I wish my company would move to a different state... CT sucks, its like the Anti-cool-stuff-anti-fun-take-your-money-and-give-you-grief-for-it-state!

Hahaha! y'all probly would fit in pretty good. Yami 3 wheeler would be a little out of place though, I've only ever seen one. Farm's in AR though lol. (Which is even better, NO vehicle inspections!) I'm just in TX for my edumacatin' . IMO Texas's reputation is BS anyway lol, the only thing bigger here is their ego... The Mississippi flood plane where we are is awesome for ridin, I have free range of about 700 acres of private hardwood lowlands to ride, hunt, and fish on!

I spy an old John Deere in the back ground! I like old put puts!! Your big red turned out great! It should go anywhere you point it lol!

Good eye! That's a 1951 or 52 (can't remember) stylized Model B. Gotta love the 'ol Poppin' Johns.

[Stonewall]

Uploaded a new video last night. Got a little walk around tour of the modifications plus a few minutes of riding through some flooded timber. I'm still in the learning process on the editing, but I think it turned out okay. Enjoy!

[MickeyC]

Stonewall I've been watching your thread here, nice build man. You do good work. That is some bad a** testing grounds you got there in you video. You got a big spread out there huh?

[redsox]

awesome man. wicked cool build. like czac said, tough being a mailman down there and trick-or-treating must not be to lucrative. other than that, it looks great!! you gotta get some bug spray!!!