rockreligious rig rebuild(chop/chop)

[rockreligious]

Pretty much got my rear suspension done (other than re anti-sway, suck/winch, limiting strap, brake lines, final adjust) I still need to truss out shock hoops, but I wanted to get the front suspension mocked up so I can get a true cycle on the rigs suspension and make sure the shock bodies dont hit on anything before I make them perminent.



Mid picture is with the shox semi extended, rig should settle down some also when I get the cell, battery seats, co2 all mounted, really having trouble making everthing fit where I want it.

suggestions welcome on my suspension, I know that it is usually recommended that top links are 70% the length of the lowers, mine are the same length and rear verticle seperation is suppose to be no less than 6" but ideal to equal 25% rigs tire size, In my case that would be 10" and mine is 9.5" and forward vert seperation is suppose to be 1/2 axle end seperation and Im running 5" but can adjust from 3-6 and my uppers are sitting level and my lowers are at 7 degrees.

Ive seen quite a few rigs with equal length upper and lowers, my uppers are back some on the frame and back some on the truss, Im starting to believe that 18" foxes are way longer than I needed for the rear, and the 16's are probably way more than I need in the front, but I hooped them in and they will be way more limited than there ability.

 

[rockreligious]

some other angles, my picture suck, and its hard to find a good place in my garage to take pix from when there is hardly room for the rig alone.

Mock up for cell, suck down winch and the new dash's skeleton, planning on puttin lexan over dash with a vynyle wrap over it that is printed carbon-fiber, with cut-ins for gauges, switches, stereo and such

 

[rockreligious]

stretchin em.

 

[rockreligious]

I made some more progress last weekend, havent posted pix until now cause Im pushing to have this rig mobile for carshow weekend,(two weeks after EJS) and Ive struggled making everything fit, where I want. I now understand the advatages of FULL HYDRO, Ive been running AGR's rockram assist for years and it has worked well, Ive got the superpump, ram, and lower geared box, and didnt want to toss my investment for a full kit, not to mention Im running out of funds, Ive concidered porting an astro box so I could move stuff forward and make more room for my pan-hard, steering arm, and drag, not to mention better approach and wieght distribution, and be able to keep my COG down, right now my rig has ended up taller than I wanted because I originally set my drivetrain lower in my frame than stock and now the harmonic balancer wants to hit on my pan-hard bar. but I decided in the end to use my AGR box for now, and live with it due to finances and time limitations. sorry about the long winded explanation, too much coffee and Dr pepper.

 

[rockreligious]

Hate cutting into this, but late model HP60's dont have enough tube on the short side, had to make room for shock, and link mounts. so chop away.

 

[rockreligious]

more front axle pix

 

[rockreligious]

Pix of the front truss, it will also be boxed in on the front, top link tabbed on top and tabbed in the back for my ram assist. as you can probably tell from the pix, the drag link will be top/front and the tie-rod will top behind the axle with the ram assist on the tie-rod in the rear...ramble ramble.

 

[rockreligious]

mocked up shox in the front, these hoops used to have my old bilsiens bolted up to them, Ive since this picture cut them out and built some heavier duty mid-evil looking hoops that are stronger to hold the wieght of the rig and also moved them back some, this is a stretched pic of the shox, in order to set them under the rig without having to compress them.

 

[rockreligious]

ugly stretch

 

[Kiel]

Good progress! I hated cutting my spring perch also, but once you do it, it's not too bad

 

[rockreligious]

just went out and took some pix of the last few nights progress. panhard bar, front lower links, and mid-evil shock hoops.

 

[rockreligious]

shock hoops, I just took my old shock hoops, heated up some flat bar and bent it around the hoop welded it together then welded it to a piece of plate to reinforce my frame and gusseted it and the panhard bracket. still thinking I should go back and weld a backbone to the panhard bar bracket on the frame for lateral support.

 

[rockreligious]

pass hoop, in the back ground you can see I have two alts, one is a welder. and my redneck ghetto fab switch that got wired up once in desperation for a trail fix.

 

[rockreligious]

pan-hard, tech suggestions needed.

Im running a 5" compression suspension at mid-length of my panhard bar it is 2.5 inches off my truss, and 3" under my harmonic balancer at ride hidth. at 5" compressed on the pass side am I right to believe that i will have 2.5 compression towards balancer and drivers side commpression I should barely touch my truss? I wish I had more room cause Im not likeing how tall this rig is getting.

 

[rockreligious]

pan bracket and lower links

 

[rockreligious]

too tall ride

 

[rockreligious]

got most of my front suspension done, still need to truss out panhard bar bracket and upper link mount bracket along with hitting the shox with some more nitro, but here is some pix of cycling the suspension earlier today.

the last picture the rear tire is 4'6" off the ground with my friend Dave standing next to it for reference, hes not exactly tall but is gives you an idea of the travel.

 

[rockreligious]

some more flex, and my upper/lower link.

 

[rockreligious]

having over 550 people view the thread, id though there would be more comments (good or bad) well no one has told me to go drink bleach yet so I will continue.

Heres my new rear driveshaft for the rear (Tom Woods) this is the second project I have used them on and they have been great to work with. I will be ordering a front shaft monday now that I have cycled the susp and got my spline travel.

 

[cheepin]

I think most just look to check it out.It is looking good.Keep up with the pics.