Long Travel BS Thread

why upgrade if something works fine the way it is.


i think youd find more fun if you did the rear first rather than the race kit up front but again, its not my truck.

 

He's getting a FREE race kit…. (minus cost of coil overs)…. I mean can anybody here honestly say they'd pass that up?

 

Since it is free, then yes there is no reason to say no. That wasn't made very clear at first though. haha

 

free??? shit i want a free race kit.

 

"Abuse" ....

 

Call me crazy, but I wouldn't. I wouldn't want to have that wide of a stance unless I could dedicate the truck to a permanent dessert toy and had a shit ton of money to throw at it

 

And HP to push the travel....

 

You're crazy

Then again, this is coming from someone who fantasizes about one day turning my truck into a purely dedicated race truck… And that same person who doesnt have any sort of long travel at all yet. So my opinion might be different from yours.

 

I personally would love my tires to touch both lines while driving, legal is my only limitations

 

Lot's of leverage to twist your frame rails even more than a normal 3.5" kit already does.

 

Depends on how much chromoly and gusseting is involved, if it's being built to be like a trophy truck you should equally strengthen it.

 

I'd rather center mount than be as wide as a lane.

 

Center mounts are still over 96" wide...

 

http://bjbaldwin97.com/vehicles/

 

That's BJ baldwin's trophy truck, made to blast 110 mph through the desert…. Its suspension is extreme in every sense of the word. There are tons of center mounts out there that aren't that wide.

My question is… Has anybody ever center mounted a tacoma? How would you do that with the engine? I'm guessing you'd have to engine swap and stuff it into the cab as much as possible

 

mother god..26'' front travel..34 rear..bad ass

 

yea i have thought about it and can't think of how to do the front drive shaft really..

guy on TTORA did a center mount 4runner though..used a supra diff.

 

I haven't seen it yet...but I'd imagine you'd have to stuff the engine I. The firewall and make a modified j arm design to make it work

 

here is the 4runner his rear setup.




front..

 

He means center mount