That Chevy crew cab is sweet. I had a 78 Ramcharger for 15 years in between LandCruisers. It was a DD that evolved into a trailer queen. I decided to tone it down and get a more versatile vehicle so came the first 80 in early 2014. I’m on my third 80 now. Rolled the second one and have...
The OP is running 2.5" Dobinson VT's so we will assume 3" of lift since Dobinson springs are famous for rendering more lift than advertised on average weight 80's. This would leave approximately 7"-8" of shock for down travel and 4"-5" for up travel which is fine but with what appears to be...
Something else to consider is that even though our Delta arms are thinner and will allow the arm to twist more degrees, we still run the same rubber bushings which don’t like that. My bushings have two years on them and are showing signs of degradation already due to the rock crawling. After...
The only time your axle will drop out fully is when you jump the rig completely off the ground. That’s why I said “ in real world, on trail scenarios.
I run Dobinson 3.5” taper coils with 1” spacer on to totaling almost 5” lift and what’s referred to as a 6” lift shock made by Ironman (a...
An 80 with stock leading arm set up can’t come close to using all of the variable rate spring nor a 14” shock in real world, on the trail scenarios.
Without going to a 3 link you’ll be lucky to use an entire 12” shock.
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