Long Travel BS Thread

I think I met that guy at Chevron here once.

 

he's a cool dude. i have his old bedsides on my truck

 

Lalo's truck is beastly, They started her up a couple days ago

 

Got some work done last week at DMZ Tim's! I can finally get on-the-gas when hitting the mall speedbumps!! Optima bolted in engine bay few years ago, sheet metal started ripping, so had the batt tray bolted then welded to the sheet metal. Worked for a couple years. Fast forward to last trip in Lucerne, sheet metal fatigued, batt moving all over the place in engine bay. Do yourself a favor and just move the batt to the bed to begin with.




Surprises and hospitality are never ending whenever I go over to Tim's. Left the truck for a day, Tim drove it home, he couldnt stand the squeeking from the shackle bushings. He had his tech break them down real quick and regrease the bushings before i picked up the truck! for fweeee 99

Tim added this nifty "multi connection cable lug" ...any other gizmos i add to the truck, i just have to hook it up to one of those little screws.

Also instead of DGAF'n and leaving the old welded batt tray in, he ended up grinding the excess off just so it was a clean look. Must've been a bitch! the black part is the old Camburg batt tray.

 

Beastly truck, wack he's selling it though..some old video of it too

http://www.race-dezert.com/classifieds/index.php?ct=prerun&md=details&id=26751

http://vimeo.com/13561879

 

This is what I wanted to do. Where can I get one of those?

 

http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/en-us/p912_power_distribution_block.html

 

A good starting point would be .008 on rebound and either .010 or .012 on compression

 

Thanks!

 

I dont have one but after seeing that I want one

 

Tire falls off, no biggie, the copilot can stand in the back and balance it. Thats heart.

 

Get bypass shocks, smooth bodies at a 1:1 ratio with leaf springs ride like garbage. Night and day with bypasses, worth every penny.

 

What is 1:1 ratio?

 

^Shock is straight up and down, so 1" of wheel movement equals 1" of shock movement, or 1:1. If you mount your shocks at 45* then it takes 2" of wheel movement to move the shock 1", or 2:1

 

on the market for springs about mid august. Hope to find f67s

if you happen to stumble across them let me know!

i already have somone in mind but they havent textted me back

 

Ahhh that makes sense. Thank you. My shocks will not be 1:1 I will have then angled forward a tad bit

 

If they are off the axle even kicked forward a bit they will be very close to 1:1

 

^^this. It's most likely going to be a 16'' shock pulling 16-18'' travel, close enough to 1:1

Bypasses do smooth things up a bit on the leaf springs, but if you can't afford the smooth bodies will work pretty good

 

Would any of you guys recommend running a shock at 2:1? I heard you loose shock efficiency, and you have more friction when you go through travel. Ex: shock mounts create more friction.

 

Much cheaper wiring products
http://www.delcity.net/cartviewitem?item=70008