Long travel DIY

Engine seat belt in the making....

 

WTB

 

From what I've read. Gonna look at it more but wanted to sub

 

Any tips on bending up the engine crossover for a tube bender newb?

 

Making

Making it two pieces is a lot easier, It depends where you want the tubes to land on the tower, mine are almost centered on top so cramming a one piece one in there was a pain, and the air box side keep the tube a good 3/4" minumum away from the box or the motor and stuff jiggling will touch and rub the brace

 

And you can always add bend not take it out

 

Like mine is two pieces cause it makes working on shit easier and I want to keep my fender wells for now, plus they were scrap pieces I had lol

 

Thanks! Only thing I've bent up is a set of sliders. Haven't done something that I have to work around stuff and hard to get good measurements.

 

soo im teaching myself solidworks lol, and im workin on making myself some hiemed uppers, 3/4" rod ends?

 

let me know when you have them done I might bring you by my camburg bushing LT uppers to make them heimed (if possible )

 

have to make new arms, because you want the tubes to be perpendicular to the pivot axis so you can get the most out of the misalignment in the rod ends

 

Uh. Yes.

 

well I just spent the last like hour drawing a 3/4" rod end....aint pretty but the dimensions are accurate lol

 

little better....(first day playing with this program)

 

McMaster Carr has free cad models for just about everything they sell. It can be a real timesaver.

 

soo I decided to stop being lazy....

 

Next I think I'm gunna make a fabbed spindle with a vertical upper ball, double sheer hiemed steering.....

 

How hard core you planning to make the spindle? Stock or D44 hub? Stock or aftermarket brakes? Tube or boxed upper? So many options. That vertical uni is mighty sexy. Thinking about looking into fine tuning the factory geometry?

Hoping to make a new LT kit down the road too that is better than my current one.