Flexing the 3 link (13 Viewers)

[sorensenjg]

They're expensive little ****ers, but you're description is the reason I'd be considering air bumps. I freaking hate the feeling of hitting a poly bump.

Yes they are, but after a long weekend on the trail with the princess.. they suddenly don't seem so expensive and your kidneys will thank you. ha!

 

[Delancy]

Delancy. We can set you up with a poly bump that will give you another inch before making contact if you like.

When and where?

I've given up on gracing the Metal God of Stockton's shop, but want to echo his current customer's review in every way.

I got to drive my FJC this afternoon. OMG! Completely blown away with how it drives. With and without the swaybar it handles amazing. No brake dive, no over or under steer, no roll steer, no wandering or boating. Absolutely driveable without the swaybar and turns into a slot car with the swaybar connected. The wider spring track front and rear makes a huge difference in stability. The coilovers in the rear just flat out work.

 

[sorensenjg]

Just rolled the jam nuts on the COs down, lets see how it works!

 

[scottryana]

Now I will say that there is a reason pink panties went with rubber bumps, and emulsion shocks in the first place. Your statement of race car parts make race cars noises is correct. It really just depends on what you are willing to scarifice to get what you want. And everyone's case will be different. You have said it many times. "Take your time, wait and decide what you really want before making changes" for some they really want the best performing rock crawler they can get out of an 80 series bodies, for others they want a stock truck for the cabin and there are a lot of us that fall somewhere in that spectrum. On my 55 it was so loud I could have had a tin box of loose air bumps rattling around in the back and probably couldn't have heard it over the exhaust noise, but my LX is a little more refined so I can see your desire not to have air bumps, but I will probably end up air bumping my front and rear ends just because I like the adjustability of being able to slow compression before bump. And yes a shock can do that, but a shock is not usually adjustable for compression through the stroke and then ramp up before bump.

 

[Booger weldz]

Did you bend those A/C lines by hand, or sneak a big fuel/brake line bender in there?

 

[Booger weldz]

I had 4" bumps on this. They kissed the pads during normal street driving. This was originally the fox bumps that came w aluminum feet. aNNOYING!! Fox changed them to delrin and I switched them out and it wasn't at all an issue thereafter.

 

[Roc Doc]

With reservoir coilovers, especially 2.5's you should be able to get all the suspension performance you need with these heavy pigs, and save the bumps for the g-out moments. Shorter is better for a street driven rig.

 

[Delancy]

Bumps ain't secondaries and these pigs shouldn't fly high enough to warrant a 4" stroke.

Someone in SoCal should dial in IBPs. Seem a great solution for the minimal real estate and, I think, 14" is the minimum stroke.

 

[Delancy]

To get the juices flowing on the rear.

I'd give a kidney, arm, even a nut to drop off either an 80 or 55 tomorrow, for similar.

 

[Delancy]

Potentially dumb question, but is there no reason to truss an RS housing, even with a 6,000lb fat ass riding on them?

 

[scottryana]

Depends on the wheeling and the driver. lol. Once it starts taking flight, I would say yes. But if it is just driving kind of fast down dirt roads than no probably not needed. They are pretty stout.

 

[4WheelUnderground]

Guess Im just waiting for the review on the shock tuning. Because I don't see needing shorter bumps or IBP's is you know anything about tuning.

 

[4WheelUnderground]

Potentially dumb question, but is there no reason to truss an RS housing, even with a 6,000lb fat ass riding on them?

Well thats a Diamond axle not a RS but regardless, Not really is the answer. Or at least not unless you're racing.

 

[nukegoat]

Just finished double triangulating the rear of mine along the lines of what I posted earlier. Spent 14 hours on it yesterday. Ugh

 

[Delancy]

Well thats a Diamond axle not a RS but regardless, Not really is the answer. Or at least not unless you're racing.

Gotcha.

 

[nukegoat]

Potentially dumb question, but is there no reason to truss an RS housing, even with a 6,000lb fat ass riding on them?

It all depends. People seem to forget that spring / coil locations and link locations will change the loading of the housing.

 

[sorensenjg]

Did you bend those A/C lines by hand, or sneak a big fuel/brake line bender in there?

Bent them by hand ...very very carefully...lol

 

[sorensenjg]

Guess Im just waiting for the review on the shock tuning. Because I don't see needing shorter bumps or IBP's is you know anything about tuning.

To report back after rolling the CO jam nuts down:

- Less brake dive
- Less body roll / greater stability
- Less contact with air bumps (however i didn't notice them before anyway)
- Didn't notice a change in ride quality (seemed just as smooth)
- Better handling

Overall, i am going to leave them rolled down. It handled a full load of gear better on the freeway. Very happy with the results.

 

[sorensenjg]

To get the juices flowing on the rear.

I'd give a kidney, arm, even a nut to drop off either an 80 or 55 tomorrow, for similar.

Who's rig is this?

 

[Delancy]

Who's rig is this?

sbechtold's here on Mud.

I'd give up a Pig to drop my 80 off at Don's shop for the same treatment.

I've given this all kinds of thought and what I keep coming back to is this:

I'm more than pleased with the offroad capabilities mine currently possesses and all I want is to maintain that, while improving on road, which currently sucks butt.

Is this (3 link, high steer) the one and only answer to the predicament?