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Everything posted by Dylan
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How can you beat a non-interference ej22 and a good automatic transmission for reliability? I've beat the snot out of my 95 automatic for over a year now. Without any problems. My car looks like rump roast, but I would drive it cross country in a heartbeat. Well worth the $480 I spent. I wish it got better MPG though...
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Ground clearance is the biggest issue then traction. Lift a few inches and get a good set of tires and have fun. If you you want to go bigger I would just buy a real 4x4.:cool:
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The steel suppliers around here carry all kinds of plastics. I would give the local metal yards a call and ask them. A 12" X 6" X 1.25" chunk of delrin cost me $9.
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Nice! On mine I counterbored to fit an extra nut. Not mine, but a good example:
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Aluminum was 4 times as much money for the same size of plastic. I highly doubt I will run into problems with delrin strut spacers. The body lift on my Montero is 2" thick UHMW and I haven't had any problems.
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LOL, I started cutting some out today. My friend helped me cut one out on a CNC router....way too much time and effort ended up with a fairly messed up spacer the way we mounted it to the table. The second spacer will get cut by hand with a jigsaw and a drill press. I am making 1.25" spacers for the rear of my Legacy SUT. I will use the best 5/16 bolts Home Depot carries-most likely grade 8. I'm going to lift the front with junkyard 1st gen Forester struts for a 2-3" lift. The plastic was either Delrin or UMHW. I can't remember what the guy said it was. A 12"X6"X1.25" chunk cost me $9. I personally wouldn't go more than 1.5" I would assume the camber would get a little hard to fix with a 3" block? I have a DXF file of the rear spacer if anyone is interested.
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You would need to mate the engine to a stronger transmission if you do that. Your best option for a real small buggy is a Subaru Justy. http://subarujusty.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=2684
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It doesn't flex after the water, mud, and heat gets too it.
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In my experience, flex pipe doesn't work well in water.
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Wagonstien taking fully independent suspension to the next level
Dylan replied to Ioku's topic in Members Rides
Umm no its not. There are thousands of trucks on the road with blocks and quite a few of them are welded to the spring perch. That's not even an equal comparison? That shock wasn't designed to last more than a few years and wasn't supposed to carry a load. I suspect that the upper coil mount will rip the shock to pieces on a good bump if the top shock mount doesn't break/bend first. -
Wagonstien taking fully independent suspension to the next level
Dylan replied to Ioku's topic in Members Rides
I've seen some sketchy stuff here (like this homemade suspension build), but that's dangerous. -
Wagonstien taking fully independent suspension to the next level
Dylan replied to Ioku's topic in Members Rides
...and that's supposed to make it okay? He took a basic shock absorber, welded to it and is using it to support the full weight of the vehicle. -
Wagonstien taking fully independent suspension to the next level
Dylan replied to Ioku's topic in Members Rides
Yikes! I hope that's going on a golf cart instead of a car.