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1/4 Elliptical Front and Rear

Thardy

Thardy

"FARM TOY"
Location
Santaquin, Utah
I was thinking about doing front and rear 1/4 eliptical on my scout. I have it done on the rear of my CJ-5 and it runs great. I was wondering how my Scout would run on the road if I did it front and rear?:confused:
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
It depends entirely on how you have the link geometry set up. That will determine mostly how your vehicle will react on and off road. In the end, the springs just hold it up--whether they're 1/4 elliptical, coil, coilover, air pressure, etc. Once you have that properly set up, any spring setup can work well. (assuming you can get the correct spring rate also)
 
jsudar

jsudar

Well-Known Member
Location
Cedar Hills
For the amount of links you have to build to get a 1/4 elliptical setup to work, you may as well have done a double triangulated four link with coilovers. They are easier to tune than leaves and weigh a lot less.
 
1993yj

1993yj

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Location
Salt Lake
I honestly didn't know that there were still 1/4 eliptical setups out there anymore. They seemed to be the craze for a while but promptly died off. Never had one, but always thought that there must be a good reason that they aren't very popular anymore and why it seems that 4 links with coilovers are.
 
UNSTUCK

UNSTUCK

But stuck more often.
1993yj said:
I honestly didn't know that there were still 1/4 eliptical setups out there anymore. They seemed to be the craze for a while but promptly died off. Never had one, but always thought that there must be a good reason that they aren't very popular anymore and why it seems that 4 links with coilovers are.
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Bling VS. no Bling.

See Carl's post above.
 
1\4elliptic toy

1\4elliptic toy

shenanigans!
Location
The Dark Side
Ummm, Check my username :p I have always ran 1/4's on the rear of my yota and have always been happy with them. They work and are inexpensive to build and maintain. If I had tons of extra cash I would go with a coilover setup....but I dont :( So until then I will use what has worked for me for almost 10 years now with out a single failure or issue.

Bottom line, you need to spend the money to set up the links right, after that springs are a matter of choice.
 
Tacoma

Tacoma

Et incurventur ante non
Location
far enough away
There's a good reason that nearly all suspension on wheeled things is either leaf spring or some kind of link/coil combo.

I wouldn't bother w/1/4 elliptic when normal leaf springs work pretty well, or when you can pirate a wrecked TJ for smaller vehicles. :D Or a Bronco, or a Grand Cherokeee, etc etc.
 
SWALLDOG

SWALLDOG

Active Member
Location
WX, UTAH
like every one is saying if the links are set up right it will work fine. i love 1/4 elliptical springs. i used them for a long time and even have a set kickin around. but the thing about it is they are making so many other parts for cheep that its almost not worth it. you can neerly get a set of air shocks for just a little more that a good set of normal shocks, which you would need anyways with the 1/4 elliptical springs. but if ya already have them, run them. i think they are cool as he!!. :greg:
 
Thardy

Thardy

"FARM TOY"
Location
Santaquin, Utah
Thanks for your input guys. I think I am going to go with the 1/4 elip on the rear and stick with the normal leafs on the front for now. Maybe someday I can afford coils.
 
Thardy

Thardy

"FARM TOY"
Location
Santaquin, Utah
Hey I saw a set-up online the other day on a project i believe is called "Tiger". It looked like the same set-up as the 1/4 eliptical but they used the full length spring. What are your thoughts on that. That could be an option I wouldn't mind the extra length. I would post a pic but I am computer dumb and don't know how.
 
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Erik d_lux

Registered User
Location
Murray, UT
Food for thought....

You can just mount a coil over spring which are $30 each and then some cheap shocks if you dont want to spend a ton of cash on springs/shocks. May even be cheaper than a 1/4 elip setup depending on where you get your leafs.
 
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