Chris's Long Travel Supercharged do some of everything build

do they make good stuff?

 

sub looks good

 

Dont know I dont have any personal experience, but last summer noticed their shocks on some buggies at Silver Lake. I know people who loved there shocks on dray quads but they are more concerned with weight and not so much with performance.

 

Thanks.

 

Will ya share the final one once ur done I need one as well.....

 

not a problem Ill add pics once I get it figured out. probably be a bit before I get back to it. Im planning on picking up some sheet plastic and forming it around the existing sheild and also have a bottom. plan on pulling most air through the headlight slot, but also the stock snorkel.

 

bedcage is built.

Airbumps on the inside of the frame bumping off the Uboly plate.

 

Thats sweet! More pics of fab work and ride hieght. And most importantly how does it feel?

 

love this build.

 

Cage looks good Chris. Can't wait to see it in action!

 

Thanks everyone.

here are some pics that give you an idea of ride height.



We took the truck out last night and the ride was soft. Much smoother than it was before. It might need to be stiffened alittle. We we going to take it out to tune today, but we finished up so late last night we are going to do it next weekend
Here's Ryan testing out his work.

 

i know you have probably talked about this..... but after all that work, theres pretty much no work left to do a spring under....

 

looks good. what kind of travel are you getting?

 

Thats really been the thought all along. I got the ride height I was looking for and the droop is crazy. So know its just a matter of seeing how it performs and what type of wheeling I do the most.

 

It actually cycled about 16 Ryan claimed. People im sure will argue with this number, and usable travel but in the rocks and trails If the tires on the ground its usable and that is my first priority in the build.

I try to get some pictures with a tape soon and see what it is, but here is a poser droop shot.

 

nice! the problem i have is the fox shocks have hemi joint ends so i cant flex out nearly as much as the all pro springs could before the shocks bind up, im always worried i could bend a shaft.

edit: do you have your bump hight set for when the springs are flat or do they go into negative arch?

 

I honestly wasn't around when they finished up the airbumps so im not sure. They are lower than where I originally thought we wanted them, so I will have to flex it out and see. I actually wanted it setup with some negative arch, I figured I can just make different plates to throw on the ubolts plates to be able to adjust bump height. In the dunes I dont want negative arch but on the trails alittle negative doesn't hurt.

 

More pics. Threw some paint on everything.





And a shot of the underside

 

Worked on the truck tonight finished up some things and measured up the travel. Looks like I will be at 14" maybe more. But that is a number I am comfortable putting out there but I'm not sure how long the springs are going to last. Oh well I guess then I will have to go spring under.

Now just need to finish up some minor things to be ready to beat on it this weekend at the dunes. Then it will be time to weld these on and get ready for a trail trip:

 

Ok so alittle info update.

Went to the dunes saturday and did alittle tunning. Like I thought was alittle soft but a couple adjustments and I was in buisness. The suspension performance was impressive. I was able to run the whoops smooth at slow, med, and fast speeds without problems. Did some minor jumping but mostly just over the tops of the dunes due to I dont believe in taking the easy lines.

Anyhow there was a huge improvement over the previous rear setup.
The front was nice to have the adjustability. I was able to get it where I wanted it, but a properly tuned coilover probably would have performed the same. It was hard to tell because the rear was so much better.

And only had 1 real moment, but that was before I got everything dialed.