Project "Big Country" - Front Bumper Fab

[chuzie]

Please post some more pics of the ram setup and the front steering components.

Thx.

[SC74]

I will... it was too dark to get good pics and the flash just made them worse. I'll get some more in good light.

[SC74]

i have a set of wh 4 1/2 inch coils if you may be interested in trading

Hmmmm... what brand? Progressive or linear spring?

I say I have 3.5" but they may be 4.5"??? cratchhe: I have CAGE springs and can count the number of coils to compare if yours are CAGE also.

Thanks for the offer.

[broncosbybart]

meh, cut the front fenders some more

[firefighter2134]

They are rock crawler coils from wild horses

[SC74]

meh, cut the front fenders some more

That's not the problem... I would trust me!

I don't have enough up travel. My long arms will bottom out on the bottom of the frame with about 3 or 3.5" of up travel. Then I have like 10" of droop - would like to balance it out a little more.

[broncosbybart]

I think you'd be happier with the setup the way it is. I'd run it and see what you think. I had a similar setup on CW's old red rig with the air shocks. Worked pretty well for crawling.

[SC74]

In the front you only had 3 or 3.5" of compression? Seems like I should get at least 5 or maybe 6" compression. What's the common rule - what percentage of the shocks travel should be in and out? Is it 70 droop 30 compress or 60/40? I read it somewhere a long time ago. I guess with a 14" travel shock at 30% it's only 4-1/4". I will get some better measurements tomorrow and see exactly what I do have as-is.

[broncosbybart]

Nah, you don't need 5 or 6". Heck, I have 6-7" on the front of the racer. For a crawler, or anything for that matter, I think lower is better. On a crawler, having the axle droop is where it is at!

[SC74]

Chuzie - Here are some more pics of the ram set-up. You can see where I've already drug it over a rock so a skid plate will be in the future.

Well, I tried, but the new forum won't let me upload through the "Manage Attachments." Tech support please!!! It just says Upload failed - no reason given. I resized it to the same size I always have in the past to upload.