A different kind of lift...maybe

[Nocturnall]

So I was cruising craigslist and happened upon these http://performancelifts.com/cgi-bin/cart/PLCGM1KIT.html

They're for Chevy's but I wonder if something like that could be adapted to the IFS we have..or if those would just fit. I haven't read anything about people doing that for a lift, 1 - 2 inchs maintaining stock adjustment. With those and "1" or "2" rated torsion bolts could be good for 2 - 3 maybe more inches in the front.....

 

[mounty71]

The so-called 'torsion twist' does the same thing as putting in new torsion keys. A torsion key like that has the hole for the torsion bar offset a little bit, so it simply twists the torsion bar, just like the torsion twist that is so popular.

 

[mounty71]

Go to here: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195615&highlight=torsion+key

and look at post #17, the pictures explain it all.

 

[Nocturnall]

Oh I know about the TT but that looks like a bigger torsion key anyways so I wasn't sure if it would lift the vehicle without adjust the bolt any further in. Then you could adjust the bolt to get even more lift if you wanted to.

 

[FROADER]

If you're 4wd it doesn't matter because you don't want to go more than 2" anyway. The keys don't change the geometry of the CVs. If you're 2wd, it will just ride like crap and you'll wish you did spindles instead.

 

[Nocturnall]

ya know every new idea I get you guys just have to crap in my cereal and ruin it!

Seriously though figured I'd ask, keepin an eye out for new ideas. Thanks guys.

 

[FROADER]

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...sorry...
cereal

What are you trying to do? How much lift do you want? I'm pretty sure every kind of lift has been covered on the site.

 

[Nocturnall]

Plans are to upgrade torsion bars to 1 stiffness, then lift 2 inches. Just thought it might be something new to try though, just in general.

 

[mounty71]

The stiffest torsion bars are 'B' rated, if you didn't know that already.

 

[Nocturnall]

The threads I read about them said that 1 was the stiffest you could get from ford... They were stiffer then the B's that came in the v8 mounties.

Thread about upgrading torsions bars: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71967&highlight=upgrade+torsion+bars

 

[mounty71]

Hmm, i never knew there were stiffer bars than B, but you may be right.

 

[Nocturnall]

The thread actually has several people saying they got them, they also come on sport trac's.