Barack Obama linked 2nd gen. SAS

[IZwack]

Haha that looks like fun on the freeway! Were you in 4wd for that video? A lot of guys build a link suspension with all kinds of antisquat and it still shoots straight up, in 2wd. Having it in 4wd changes everything. The axle trying to rotate puts leverage on the links, evening things out a bit.

The vehicle was in 2HI in that video. It was just to demonstrate the improperly tuned pair of front air shocks. The shocks are off the vehicle right now and are broken down. I am waiting for a replacement bearing housing from PolyPerformance for one of the shocks as the old one was eaten up by brake fluid.

The 3-link is in the front and does not affect anti-squat. Anti-squat is a property of the rear suspension.

Looks like your aiming for the sky, just like your political endevour.

LOL yes, '08 is not too far from now..

Man that thing looks wicked when the front pulls up like that!! I thought it had fangs!

I was actually quite surprised too when I saw the video because Ive never seen my truck do that because I'm always behind the driver's seat when it happens.

That's just bad design...

You want some lumpia?

 

[FROADER]

I just had some Chicken Katsu but yes, yes I do, and some...

 

[IZwack]

That shirt is for a girly girl Perfect for me

 

[97sportfl]

Re-doing the panhard mount on the chassis end:
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where did u make this this at

 

[IZwack]

where did u make this this at

I don't understand your question 100% but let me take a shot at it.

If you're asking what I used to model that design, then the answer is a 3d software package called Maya. Maya used to be owned by Alias|Wavefront but I believe AutoDesk has since bought them out. The package is geared more towards film and animation and therefore the modelling is not nearly as precise as a CAD program. Where as most CADs use polygons, Maya has the ability not only to use polys, but also Non-uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) which is not as rigid as polys and is better at modelling nature (humans, animals, terrains, etc...) and very complex surfaces with mutliple curves.


Now if you're asking where I did the actual cutting and welding of the metal to box the frame, I did all of that at my friend's driveway.

 

[zhanx]

hey IZ saw you on tv the other day.. looking good. nice suit. btw i forgot to ask and the pan hard mount brought it up. Did you bend your own or buy one? (pan hard that is)

 

[IZwack]

hey IZ saw you on tv the other day.. looking good. nice suit. btw i forgot to ask and the pan hard mount brought it up. Did you bend your own or buy one? (pan hard that is)

Hey there zhanx!

The bends were mocked up using conduit tubing (the cheap stuff). The bent conduit tubing and the DOM tube were then brough to a local Midas muffler shop for the final bends. There are three bends on the tube. Afterwards, it was cut to the proper length, "fish mouth" notched to properly interface with the rubber bushing assembly, welded, and the threaded rod end adapter was also welded to the other end of the tube.

I payed the guy at the Midas shop i think around ~$12 (whatever I had in my wallet at the time) to do all three bends

 

[Stic-o]

I don't understand your question 100% but let me take a shot at it.

If you're asking what I used to model that design, then the answer is a 3d software package called Maya.

My design was technical too. I used Mead and Bic:

 

[IZwack]

My design was technical too. I used Mead and Bic:

Hehe I have no life so I have "uber" time to play with Maya

 

[FROADER]

You're intro for Monday night Football is great. I saw it on 'The Daily Show' last night.

I think Samantha Bee would like to get to know you better too...

 

[zhanx]

Hey there zhanx!

The bends were mocked up using conduit tubing (the cheap stuff). The bent conduit tubing and the DOM tube were then brough to a local Midas muffler shop for the final bends. There are three bends on the tube. Afterwards, it was cut to the proper length, "fish mouth" notched to properly interface with the rubber bushing assembly, welded, and the threaded rod end adapter was also welded to the other end of the tube.

I payed the guy at the Midas shop i think around ~$12 (whatever I had in my wallet at the time) to do all three bends

nice good idea on the conduit. Help me out with my build couple of more questions.

Did you move the axle forward any? and what where your link lengths for the bottom two and top one? How the steering treating you?

 

[IZwack]

Did you move the axle forward any? and what where your link lengths for the bottom two and top one? How the steering treating you?

Yeah the axle was moved forward I think 3.5 to 4.0 inches.

The length of the arms are 54.7" top and the two bottoms are 40.25" -- all figures are from "eye to eye". Those are the calculated values though. Tomorrow I'm going to re-assemble the links so I'll try to remember to measure the actual values -- but as I remember, the actual values were very close to the calculated values. The upper link is adjustable to adjust for proper ride-height pinion angle. Also, keep in mind that the lower links are "angled out" at the axle-end about 6 degrees.

The steering is fine I guess. I mean I haven't experienced any downside to it yet. Its just steering Well I take that back, I wish i was running hydro-cylinders/rams

 

[Burns]

Wow it looks as good in a pic as is does from a computer drawing lol nice

 

[IZwack]

You're intro for Monday night Football is great. I saw it on 'The Daily Show' last night. I think Samantha Bee would like to get to know you better too...

I saw that too. I dont really dig Samantha Bee, she comes off as a little .. obnoxious :

 

[FROADER]

You're right, but I'd still throw it in.

 

[IZwack]

zhanxy - you glistening little baby boy -- I got the measurements. Seems like I cut those figures down by about 2-inches. So..

The lower links are 38" eye-to-eye.
The upper link is 50.25" eye-to-eye.

Again the upper link, unlike the lower links, is adjustable so 50.25" is not a fixed number but thats where mine is set right now.

 

['97 V8]

Hey Iz, i was skimming through the thread looking for what type of tubing you used on your front bumper. Could you tell me, i wanna order some tubing.
Thanks

 

[IZwack]

Hey Iz, i was skimming through the thread looking for what type of tubing you used on your front bumper. Could you tell me, i wanna order some tubing.
Thanks

No need to order big boy Its just pipe from the local HomeDepot -- bent on the el-cheapo HarborFreight bender


So for future [unfortunate ahah] readers running the 16" Fox 2.5 AirShocks on the front of 4dr Explorer: I rebuilt both shocks last night after finally recieving some replacement parts from PolyPerformance and I put about 710 cubic centimeter (aka milliliter) of 5-weight oil in the shock and 250 psi of Nitrogen. Seems to be riding pretty good so far -- a lot better than the 240 cc I had before (in the video) .

 

['97 V8]

No need to order big boy Its just pipe from the local HomeDepot -- bent on the el-cheapo HarborFreight bender

Oh ok. Do you know what diamater it is?

 

[IZwack]

Oh ok. Do you know what diamater it is?

Pipe is measured weird (I think its ID instead of OD) and the tolerances are disgusting -- but having said that, I think I got the 1.5" pipe -- which comes out to be almost like 1.875" ('one and seven eights') OD -- so just slightly under 2" OD.