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Old 02-29-08, 11:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
Nay
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What are your travel ratios up/down with the extra travel shocks and longer springs running 37" tires? I'm guessing about 12" of travel, but how much can you really have in up travel on a 3" lift with 37's and intact flares? Will she run fast on those outback roads?

I like it - it just seems tuned for crawling with the spring/shock/tire size you have designed. This is something of the anti-OME, and for that you get and my encouragement that this would sell very well in the U.S. market if in fact you can get it tuned to run 37's on a 3" lift with at least 4" of up travel with reasonable load bearing.

I'm also curious how you got the extra spring length without going to a substantially lower spring rate (progressive?)? I think long spring/lower rate with extremely high quality shocks to allow a focus on suspension down travel is a simply excellent idea for the 80, and one for which I look forward to hearing the results.

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