Right after the SOA
Post pics of your articulation
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can't believe i havent posted my poser pix in here yet.
60+75# leaves in the rear
and 75+40# leaves in the front
more pix of my suspension upgrades here: http://www.phat42.com/gallery/v/the40/suspension/
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woooody
el Jefe
A few from up on the con...
Some more Pig Flex (kinda)
What size of tire you have???
woooody
el Jefe
36x14.50x15's TSL Swampers.
coiled40gary
76 FJ40; TLCA#6227
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FLEXYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! nice 
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
Here is a shot of Tiny in an earlier evolution.
Not really flexing like normal, as it is on the winch cable being set back upright after a flop. Note however that both of the rear tires are on the ground while the body is still at the flopping over point.
Articulation when it was in this configuration moved the "compressed side" tire another 3 inches into the fender and the drooped side tire at least another 5 or so downward.
Front end is even flexier. But a good fast blast into a steep side hill will still dump you over.
Mark...
Not really flexing like normal, as it is on the winch cable being set back upright after a flop. Note however that both of the rear tires are on the ground while the body is still at the flopping over point.
Articulation when it was in this configuration moved the "compressed side" tire another 3 inches into the fender and the drooped side tire at least another 5 or so downward.
Front end is even flexier. But a good fast blast into a steep side hill will still dump you over.
Mark...
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well i suppose i better post mine up! springs are stock but i have aftermarket shocks.
ill bite, if i can figure out how to post pictures....
my '74 FJ40 the last time i wheeled it, iv been outta the country since
my '74 FJ40 the last time i wheeled it, iv been outta the country since
oh yea....she's totaly stock 2...though im pretty sure thats obvious
Here is a shot of Tiny in an earlier evolution.
Not really flexing like normal, as it is on the winch cable being set back upright after a flop. Note however that both of the rear tires are on the ground while the body is still at the flopping over point.
Articulation when it was in this configuration moved the "compressed side" tire another 3 inches into the fender and the drooped side tire at least another 5 or so downward.
Front end is even flexier. But a good fast blast into a steep side hill will still dump you over.
Mark...
Mark, you guys play a whole different game up north! Thanks for sharing!
Rezarf <><
Here is a shot of Tiny in an earlier evolution.
Not really flexing like normal, as it is on the winch cable being set back upright after a flop. Note however that both of the rear tires are on the ground while the body is still at the flopping over point.
Articulation when it was in this configuration moved the "compressed side" tire another 3 inches into the fender and the drooped side tire at least another 5 or so downward.
Front end is even flexier. But a good fast blast into a steep side hill will still dump you over.
Mark...
3 coil's??? please explain?
and your shocks are mounted to the links...pretty out of the box
looks really weird though.
before you mentioned the winchrope i was havin a hard time graspin how it was stayin upright, ha ha
malphrus
looks really weird though.
before you mentioned the winchrope i was havin a hard time graspin how it was stayin upright, ha ha
malphrus
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
This shot is about 5 years old. The coils that I was using under that rig then were very soft, progressive with lots of travel. But I had/have different needs and requirements for the rig than most folks building coil sprung '40s. In addition to being very flexy (about 40-48 inches of wheel travel at each corner... more than I could realisatically have ever used), I needed it to be road worthy and capable of carrying decent loads for long duration trail outings.
The center coil (a "drone" as I termed it) was purely for weight carrying. It did not affect articulation. This and anti-sway bars allowed me to cruise the curvy highways (backroads to anyone applying non-Alaskan standards) at 60 MPH, carry a week's worth of fuel and gear and still have a rig that crawled stumps and boulders, like it was made for it... which it was.
The approach worked very well. But I realized that I had built it flexier than I would ever need. Plus when I mounted the brand new 42x15 TSLs, the combination of the size of the tire, the traction built into the suspension (lots of anti-squat) and the momentum and torque of the built 2F... I snapped three axleshafts before I gave up on the FJ60 axles that are on the rig in this shot. (The track width was a lot wider than it appears in this photo... It actuall had 1.5 inch spacers at the end of the FJ60 axles.
The rig saw two seasons on the trail and then came back into the shop where it has languished in limbo with Rockwells and 52x17 inch rubber under it now, but lots of details still unaddressed. Obviously it is not roadable anymore, and it is purposely not quite as flexy. But it carries the load on a simple one spring per corner approach now, and will; be even heavier duty when it reappears.
Mark...
