Ok so ive got two project rhinos. THe first is a mystery year, (trying to figure out which year it is?) I bought it from rugged radios as a roller, nice accessories, bakersfield rhino cage and long travel, king shocks- No front or rear diff no engine. I bought a gsxr 1000, turbo, intercooler and sinister sand sports rear carrier. I started tubing out the back half and never finished it because I wanted a race rhino but knew my wife would kill me if she had to climb in and out and couldnt drive it. i was never happy with the motor placement i was working on and i didnt want to go cutting up a powder coated show piece.
Two weeks ago I bought norcal nicks rotax rhino project. Its a 2005 with a cognito cage rotax 840 turbo with a rotax yor rhino kit. Stock front and rear diff. THe things i dont like are the cage because of the bed delete and the radiator hanging by my head.
I was planning on swapping cages and using the parts i liked froom both and parting out the rest but last night I found out that the cages arent the exactly same. They are the same width but the first one i bought attatches lower. So now my dillema.
1. adapt the cage i like to the 2005, move the radiator to the front, build a bed floor and modify the cognito cage to my liking.
2. use the first rhino with the bakersfield rhino long travel, transfer the rotax drive train. Will the diffs even swap into rhino 1?!?
Seems both options are about the same amount of work. Ive never had a rnning rhino or even rode in anything but a stocker so its hard to know what suspension will be better or what i will be better off with in the long run. Both suspensions are the same width. I dont know which one has longer travel. ILl post a bunch of pics and if you guys could guide me in the right direction that would be awesome.
http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....howtopic=261243[/url]
thats a link to the 05 i bought from nick with pics and all.
heres the origonal one i started with
anyway to ID the year by looking at this cage or dash?
current mess in the garage
Two weeks ago I bought norcal nicks rotax rhino project. Its a 2005 with a cognito cage rotax 840 turbo with a rotax yor rhino kit. Stock front and rear diff. THe things i dont like are the cage because of the bed delete and the radiator hanging by my head.
I was planning on swapping cages and using the parts i liked froom both and parting out the rest but last night I found out that the cages arent the exactly same. They are the same width but the first one i bought attatches lower. So now my dillema.
1. adapt the cage i like to the 2005, move the radiator to the front, build a bed floor and modify the cognito cage to my liking.
2. use the first rhino with the bakersfield rhino long travel, transfer the rotax drive train. Will the diffs even swap into rhino 1?!?
Seems both options are about the same amount of work. Ive never had a rnning rhino or even rode in anything but a stocker so its hard to know what suspension will be better or what i will be better off with in the long run. Both suspensions are the same width. I dont know which one has longer travel. ILl post a bunch of pics and if you guys could guide me in the right direction that would be awesome.
http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....howtopic=261243[/url]
thats a link to the 05 i bought from nick with pics and all.
heres the origonal one i started with
anyway to ID the year by looking at this cage or dash?
current mess in the garage
