Tough enough for 40's?

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I got some stuff ordered for pigtown today. My suspension setup is kind of screwy in that its sua front and Soa rear. So the plan is to stretch the front out a hint go Soa cut and turn axle and swap to some longer springs. If I trip over some extra fundage really soon I'd like to get some longs and a lunchbox locker for the front. Time will tell. Worst case going Soa keeping shackle reversed cut and turn and longer leaves. Might have to move the steering box forward a bit too....
 
I received my brackets from ruff stuff already! Fantastic shipping! I also got a set of injectors I ordered for my 6.5 turbo diesel Chevy pick up. Super excited for those. It's been running like garbage with nasty old injectors. I have another 6.5 turbo I will be putting into a 60 series. Hopefully I can get to that soon....
 
Yes. The front is sua currently using man it ain't free brackets for a shackle reversal for a 60 series modified to work for the 55. I'm going to get those off and go Soa with different spring hanger and shackle location with different springs. It has 55 rears on the front currently.
 
Some of the cruisers out the north side of the barn

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Nope. The 55 and the 2 60 series are from this picture. The 40 on the far right I'm building then giving to my dad. The 2 40's on the left belong to friends. The red one in the middle is a 45 with a 3b.
 
Post up some of the brackets you got.Relic Run is in a few months and we are in your neck of the woods this year.Hope you get the beast done by then.:)
 
I'm going to Seattle for a friends wedding the same weekend of the relic run. Bummer.
 
The front springs on pigtown went away today. They were fj55 rear springs on the front. But I'm changing them into something longer so they went away to be used on the rear of a 40.
 
uglyoinker said:
The front springs on pigtown went away today. They were fj55 rear springs on the front. But I'm changing them into something longer so they went away to be used on the rear of a 40.
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So, what type of spring are you useing, up front? Longer, does that mean more flex, less lift?
 
I'm making a set of Chevy 63's fit to match the rear. I've been a little reluctant to be specific out of fear of getting flamed for running 63's on the front. Should be interesting though. I won't lose any lift, I'll make it match the rear. A little taller than I'd like as a whole but I'll take it. I need to keep saving my wompom so I can some day get some 40's.
 
Pre slice and dice.

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Part way through.

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Got all the mounts cut off.

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It became necessary to move the bumper up so that the bottom of the bumper and frame were even.

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Here's the replacement springs. Stoopid long. Too bad once I got them in I realized they're in kinda bad shape. Good thing I have some other ones....

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