Didn't think that was possible
What have you done to your ride lately?
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Didn't think that was possible
Drew, thanks for the advice. FedEx dropped 'em off today...
Sweet! You got someone who can fab the mounts for you?
ATO's gonna be doin' the fab work for the relocation. We're going to have to figure something out for the resi's too I think...they're fucking HUGE.
23" collapsed, 38" extended. Truck is 24.5" between shock eyelets at ride height, I measure 5" of room below the current eyelet into the wheel, so we'll drop the bottom mount as low as we can go and probably raise the top mount an inch or two. Should let us mount the shocks around 29 - 30" at ride height, giving about 6.5 to 7" uptravel and ~8" downtravel. My axle only has about 13 inches of travel at the shock axis, so even outboarding a bit to get the bottom mount into the wheel, 15in should leave plenty of room to breathe.
Suspension as it is now has about 6" of uptravel and 7" of downtravel with the shocks off along the same axis.
The idea is to stuff 'em under there without raising the top mount any more than necessary to avoid the tires eating at the shock body.
Edit: FYI (not sure if you care or not), I intend to credit you with the design if anyone asks. Kevin's an excellent quality fabricator close to me, and I know he'll do a fantastic job of putting everything together, but I like to give credit where it's due.
23" collapsed, 38" extended. Truck is 24.5" between shock eyelets at ride height, I measure 5" of room below the current eyelet into the wheel, so we'll drop the bottom mount as low as we can go and probably raise the top mount an inch or two. Should let us mount the shocks around 29 - 30" at ride height, giving about 6.5 to 7" uptravel and ~8" downtravel. My axle only has about 13 inches of travel at the shock axis, so even outboarding a bit to get the bottom mount into the wheel, 15in should leave plenty of room to breathe.
Suspension as it is now has about 6" of uptravel and 7" of downtravel with the shocks off along the same axis.
The idea is to stuff 'em under there without raising the top mount any more than necessary to avoid the tires eating at the shock body.
Edit: FYI (not sure if you care or not), I intend to credit you with the design if anyone asks. Kevin's an excellent quality fabricator close to me, and I know he'll do a fantastic job of putting everything together, but I like to give credit where it's due.
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
Finally got my duals completly assembled. Just gotta get that heavy bitch installed. I cycled through all of the multiple gear combinations. Seems and feels good. Low/low is going to be a beast!
Good quality parts. Hopefully they work for a long time.
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Good quality parts. Hopefully they work for a long time.
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TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
Finally got my duals completly assembled. Just gotta get that heavy bitch installed. I cycled through all of the multiple gear combinations. Seems and feels good. Low/low is going to be a beast!
Good quality parts. Hopefully they work for a long time.
sent from my Galaxy 2 Skyrocket
4.7s?
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
Yep Marlin 2.28/4.7's
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Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
I already have 4.7s in the truck now. They are great. The flexibility of duals will be awesome.
I have been thinking about a flat belly. I just really need to figure a plan of action. But realistically it wouldn't match the fatty driving the truck
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I have been thinking about a flat belly. I just really need to figure a plan of action. But realistically it wouldn't match the fatty driving the truck
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PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Looks awesome can't wait to see you put the duals to use!
DemonSpeedn
You talking to me?
Sold it
LX just started misfiring all of a sudden while I was driving it today. Limped it home. Have some smoke coming out of the tail pipe, but it smells like unburned fuel and not oil, not 100% sure on that though. I pulled the plugs since I needed to change them anyway. 2 of them were fouled up real good (adjacent). Tomorrow I'm gonna try new spark plug wires, distributor rotor, and cap. Hopefully that does it
Also found a leaking vaccum line which I fixed, but that didn't solve the problem.
Also found a leaking vaccum line which I fixed, but that didn't solve the problem.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Not likely. Was it burning oil previously?
Maybe a little. I was losing about a quart every 5000, but I'm pretty sure it was all coming out of the rear main seal. No smoke until today. And like I said, I'm pretty sure it smells like fuel.
Definitely conceivable, that's why I listed that info. Again, not something I would think would happen that quickly.