Hey all,
Left the 4runner gang and traded for a '73 40 series. Who wouldn't accept that trade?
The 2nd previous owner converted the 40 to SOA with a 4ish" lift with some god awful 3 pack leaf springs and es9k procomp shocks. Let's just say your grandpas old John Deere tractor rides better than this.
I want to lower the cruiser by about 2" so I'm looking at either the OME dakar springs or Dobinsons. I know I can't go wrong with either or, but I had a few tech questions regarding the spring lengths. I will also be changing the front shackle angle (right now it is angled forward like " / " and I plan to correcting the angle and face it toward the rear like " \ "
Curb weight for the 40 is 3960 lbs measured yesterday. I'm running 39" KM3s with allied beadlocks, so about ~100lbs per tire
So just around 3500lbs sprung weight. That's a quick assumption so don't flame me for not being accurate. Anyways with those numbers I'm thinking of getting the medium duty OME springs, part # CS001F and CS001R with rates of 350 ft/lbs and 300/450 ft/lbs respectively. I was unable to find the flat spring length on any catalog or website but I need that measurement for finding the correct hangar distance from front hanger to shackle hanger.
The formula is: Flat spring lenth - SIN(desired angle x shackle length) = hangar distance. So the question IS: does anyone know the flat spring lengths of those OME springs, and not the eye to eye measurement, but the actual length of the spring in a flat plane.
Once I get the correct springs I'll be looking into correctly valved shocks. Im debating between bilstein 5100 or Fox 2.0s. Anyone got a recommended valving/shim stack for this car?
Any and all comments are appreciated. Thank you.
Left the 4runner gang and traded for a '73 40 series. Who wouldn't accept that trade?
The 2nd previous owner converted the 40 to SOA with a 4ish" lift with some god awful 3 pack leaf springs and es9k procomp shocks. Let's just say your grandpas old John Deere tractor rides better than this.
I want to lower the cruiser by about 2" so I'm looking at either the OME dakar springs or Dobinsons. I know I can't go wrong with either or, but I had a few tech questions regarding the spring lengths. I will also be changing the front shackle angle (right now it is angled forward like " / " and I plan to correcting the angle and face it toward the rear like " \ "
Curb weight for the 40 is 3960 lbs measured yesterday. I'm running 39" KM3s with allied beadlocks, so about ~100lbs per tire
So just around 3500lbs sprung weight. That's a quick assumption so don't flame me for not being accurate. Anyways with those numbers I'm thinking of getting the medium duty OME springs, part # CS001F and CS001R with rates of 350 ft/lbs and 300/450 ft/lbs respectively. I was unable to find the flat spring length on any catalog or website but I need that measurement for finding the correct hangar distance from front hanger to shackle hanger.
The formula is: Flat spring lenth - SIN(desired angle x shackle length) = hangar distance. So the question IS: does anyone know the flat spring lengths of those OME springs, and not the eye to eye measurement, but the actual length of the spring in a flat plane.
Once I get the correct springs I'll be looking into correctly valved shocks. Im debating between bilstein 5100 or Fox 2.0s. Anyone got a recommended valving/shim stack for this car?
Any and all comments are appreciated. Thank you.