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Waste of time, you and MikeD have been spending WAY too much time lately.......
No its just that there isnt any real reason for a street driven trail truck to have links on it. There are so many variables involved to get the linkage set correctly that once you get it set so its not squirly onroad it sucks offroad. Leaf springs rule.
Quote from: WHITE_TRASH on Jan 02, 2005, 01:37:59 AMNo its just that there isnt any real reason for a street driven trail truck to have links on it. There are so many variables involved to get the linkage set correctly that once you get it set so its not squirly onroad it sucks offroad. Leaf springs rule.id like to wager a bet. you pick the twisty mountain road and a freeway, then ill pick the trail. well have a little competition to see whos rig works better. your leaf sprung truck or my linked rear. well even place emphasis on the street portion since its a daily driver.just cause you cant build it doesnt mean you need to discourage others...
Quote from: dirtyskivies on Jan 03, 2005, 12:35:15 PMQuote from: WHITE_TRASH on Jan 02, 2005, 01:37:59 AMNo its just that there isnt any real reason for a street driven trail truck to have links on it. There are so many variables involved to get the linkage set correctly that once you get it set so its not squirly onroad it sucks offroad. Leaf springs rule.id like to wager a bet. you pick the twisty mountain road and a freeway, then ill pick the trail. well have a little competition to see whos rig works better. your leaf sprung truck or my linked rear. well even place emphasis on the street portion since its a daily driver.just cause you cant build it doesnt mean you need to discourage others...Im not trying to discourage him because I cant build a link setup, Im discouraging him because it would be severely impractical in his application. There is no real reason to go from stock straight to link when you dont have any seat time in a highly modified rig. Id like to see him have a rig linked both front and rear running 16" SAW coilovers some day but at the present time it doesnt make much sense.So Paul do you always try to recomend link setups to kids in HS that have bone stock rigs and want to gain some offroad ability? Baby steps make a driver, leaps and bounds make a jackass wheeler.
I have a 90 4runner and as we all know it comes with the BS 4link. I have extended the lowers 28'' and mouted them under the frame rail. I ditched the uppers and made a single 1 1/4'' solid steel link with 30,000 lb heim joints witch run from the center of the pumkin up to the factory crossmember. I plated and braced the crossmember for added strength. I also relocated the rear shocks for more travel. When drooped I can set another 36'' swamper on top of my 36's and still have fender clearence. The truck looks broken when it is flexing it flexs so much. This truck is my daily driver and weekend worrior. I currently have leafs in the front witch are my weak point at this time. I am working on a triangular set up for the front so I can get the front to work as well as the rear. The key to a street driven link rig is in the swaybars, if you have them great but you need quick discos, and if you don't have them hold on cause every corner you turn is an adventure.
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