MadScience
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- April 11, 2010
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- City, State
- Keansburg, New Jersey
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 97' XLT
Call me nuts... Or just tell me no can do. Ive been giving some real thought to making suspention improvments to my x. My wife has used it as a daily driver since its 97 98 launch. We have been running tt + bl 31" or 32" ( depending on price when needed) for around ten years. Im junkin my van, and we have decided Ill take the X and she wants a sr8. So we can be a little more aggresive now with this mod.
Back to the point. Since I 1st considered lifting the truck Ive wondered why the cv issues have never been worked around. Doing a 4" or better TT would make your truck ride like a hardened chunk of poo. So not suggesting a bracket for that. More along the lines of limmitations placed on actual kits. Dixxon bros for example spring lift is limmited to about 4". The way I view it (educate me if Im wrong) the cv joints become the limmiter because of angle. Being the spindle is moved farther from the center the max sustained cv angle is increased from the 2- 21/4 to around 4. Same idea for costom arms. The 2wd kits that replace the spindle couldnt be used with a 4x4 bearing mounted on them for the same reason.
My present investigational direction is the wondering of why a drop down bracket for the differential cant be fabbed. If the differential was dropped an equal # of inches per inch of lift past 2". (Example: 5 inch lift=3 inch dropbracket) or even better totally equal matching factory cv angle specs (5" lift/5"drop) At that point more unique angled lower arms could be used. Or a dixxon like kit would have little limmitation. you could keep going up till the longer trackwith level out. (the base would need a bend to keep the lower ball jointlevel) Or maybe even a 2wd lift spindle with 4x4 bearings installed.
So am I missing the obvious. I keep telling myself there is a totally ovious reason this hasnt been done. I'm pretty good with math,, metal working and light engineering. If this was possible Id be a guinny pig!
So tell me am I on to something or am I am idiot.
Back to the point. Since I 1st considered lifting the truck Ive wondered why the cv issues have never been worked around. Doing a 4" or better TT would make your truck ride like a hardened chunk of poo. So not suggesting a bracket for that. More along the lines of limmitations placed on actual kits. Dixxon bros for example spring lift is limmited to about 4". The way I view it (educate me if Im wrong) the cv joints become the limmiter because of angle. Being the spindle is moved farther from the center the max sustained cv angle is increased from the 2- 21/4 to around 4. Same idea for costom arms. The 2wd kits that replace the spindle couldnt be used with a 4x4 bearing mounted on them for the same reason.
My present investigational direction is the wondering of why a drop down bracket for the differential cant be fabbed. If the differential was dropped an equal # of inches per inch of lift past 2". (Example: 5 inch lift=3 inch dropbracket) or even better totally equal matching factory cv angle specs (5" lift/5"drop) At that point more unique angled lower arms could be used. Or a dixxon like kit would have little limmitation. you could keep going up till the longer trackwith level out. (the base would need a bend to keep the lower ball jointlevel) Or maybe even a 2wd lift spindle with 4x4 bearings installed.
So am I missing the obvious. I keep telling myself there is a totally ovious reason this hasnt been done. I'm pretty good with math,, metal working and light engineering. If this was possible Id be a guinny pig!
So tell me am I on to something or am I am idiot.
