Long Travel BS Thread

That snail trail left a permanent stain!

 

LOL

want to see that setup too!


other note

Got my truck to the scale and it weights 5260 lbs! He's a fat bastard lol. Thats with me (190~ lbs 6ft) and two friends (around 140 lbs each) skinny guys haha. oh and 1 matching spare.





PS

 

that's not too bad. my truck is 5800lbs without anyone in it yet. lol

after the LT work is done in the back, I'll be over 6k easily.

 

My dads is well over 6k when packed for a trip

Hell..I almost am too..

 

Got a quote for DOM tube from tube service co. but it says ''round carbon steel tube DOM-SRA'' Is it what I need?

 

SRA=stress relieved and annealled. There should be a 4 digit number there too, and it's probably 1018 or 1026. If it is, then that's what you are looking for and is "score legal". 4130 is the good stuff, but it's cost prohibitive at our level and technically requires a huge oven to stress relieve, although most ignore that.

 

its 1020

Just got another quote from IMS at san diego with a better price

 

Sweet. If the price is pretty close, call and ask if it's USA DOM (it will be marked on the metal) or if it's from India. The USA stuff is almost twice as strong. The foreign foundries use a lot less carbon than we do or something, and you can tell when you put it in a bender. It bends like poop pipe. I'm not saying it's bad or unsafe, just that USA metal is significantly stronger for about the same coin. You can find it at Patton's in Hesperia pretty often.

 

I'll look for USA in the tube tomorrow pretty sure its usa made, she didn't told me it was imported or something.

 

99% of steel is from India, it's all put to the same tests per batch. Don't sweat it

Oh and id recommend only doing the main tubes with 2"

 

So its the same strength? What tubes need to be 2'' to be score legal?

 

its not the score book (that costs money) but should get you in the general ball park design wise, though i wouldnt build it till having the rules in front of me

http://www.bitd.com/images/stories/pdfs/2014_CTRuleBook_Cl_2400.pdf

see page 27 for rol cage guidelines

 

Only the pillars and main cross tubes have to be 2"

 

Very nice

 

Wow super sexy. Good job guys!

 

Got 180ft .120 of DOM tube us made for the roll cage, engine cage and bumper



Also took a look at a TT at ORW



Saw this sick jack





Avalanche set up haha

 

So I've got my lt narrowed down to two kits, either lsk or solo motorsports. I called lsk a few days ago and am still waiting to hear back from them. But holy shit that solo kit is out fucking standing, those hubs are what really appeal to me but $6800 before shocks, bumps, and bypasses?? The WIY shock hoops alone are 700. I'm new to the long travel game but I have plenty of fab and welding skills to install the kit myself and I don't see why I couldn't build my own hoop. Maybe someone here has some knowledge for me?? I'd rather spend the extra $ and do it once right, but I might be rockin a stock rear for a while if I do lol

 

It's an expensive rabbit hole to go enter. I'm sure you could fab the whole kit by yourself. Do you have the time?

 

Never said I could fab the whole kit, but thanks for the advice anyways