nice, how much playing around with the spring packs did you end up doing and what led you to that as a solution? my first ‘40 had minitruck springs circa early 90s up front to stretch the wheelbase ~10”, I think my 17yo self was just looking at spring dimensions at the time to figure out a...
Agree 100% with @clrussell…some rigs are just ‘right’ and yours is one of them. SOA with stock springs and uncut quarters? I need to get off of OMEs and want to do a low SOA with (probably) nothing too crazy in terms of perches/hanger frenching/etc., curious about your formula.
Already running and driving well is a great place to be! And can’t beat a garage full of bikes + a 40.
You planning on keeping it largely on the road and tackling a system at a time?
Recently put a 2F from a 60 into my 40, have quite a few misc good parts that weren't needed but came with the engine that could use a new home + my old 2F. Fire me a DM for more details, happy to share pics & add'l info:
- 1979 2F block & head for parts or as core for rebuild (rusty...
Sorry @prwillard2, I mixed up my 33" 16 sizes, they're 255/85-16s on the truck. The wheels are 16x6 w/ 4" backspace, superficial tire touch on the rear inside the wheel well when fully flexed.
Thanks @edmond4822, have had a great time with it and hope to have the opportunity to get back into...
Just put my FJ75 troopy up for sale (officially, some of you may have seen it with a sign in the window):
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fountain-hills-az-1991-fj75-troopy.1300558/