Welcome to the second installment of the “Cut The Crap†book series from Jason Elvis Heard. This book details and explains the path / build of the Jesse James Monster Garage Trophy Truck rebuild that was done by Me at The GMR in Long Beach / Signal Hill.
Cut The Crap is engineered to be as simple and straightforward as possible. Cut The Crap explains things so that everyone can understand and avoids confusion by not using unnecessary engineering terminology or clogging things up with overly complex discussion topics.
With that said, I will NOT cover everything -- only the most important and key topics for the rebuild of this chassis.
I “Cut The Crap†and stick to the core basics, so that you can learn faster and easier.
I’m a very battle -tested and scarred veteran of the fabrication industry. Over the last 7 years, I’ve built well over 200 rear ends and many vehicles (truthfully I have lost count). My rear ends are in everything from Trophy Trucks to daily driven 300K+ Pro-Tour Muscle Cars. My clients have over 100,000 miles on my custom-built rear ends and even more in vehicles I have built in several states and even a few foreign countries.
I am REAL. I have been on the beginner side looking for the answers with not much success and with a dozen know-it-alls saying different things, each claiming that everyone else is an idiot. Funny thing is – they’re right. They’re idiots. I have learned the hard way through blood-stained experience (not ivory tower theory) so that you don’t have to.
I cover the complete chassis build up from start to finish with details on many of the components that I designed / fabricated for this truck. I go into detail with component construction and why I designed everything the way I did. If you have ever wanted to see the "behind the scenes" of how a Trophy Truck is built then this is the book for you! I take you through all my little tricks of the trade and disclose some of the details on how I built everything.
I cover the following topics: Trophy Truck chassis fabrication, chassis fabrication, materials I selected, fixtures build, building the fabricated rear end housing, building the trophy truck rear lower link arms, building the lower half of the chassis, the Y frame of the truck, sway bars, shocks, shock mounting, front bulkhead construction, tube chassis fixture construction, mounting the transmission, mounting the motor, engine mounts, trophy truck suspension styles, front trophy truck suspension, rear trophy truck suspension, fabrication tips and techniques, tube structure fabrication, front arm fabrication.