what about lowwering your front diff for 3' tortion???

[184baller]

has anyone out there lowwered their front ifs diff to do a 3'' tortion twist.
what i was thinking is if i could drop the diff about and 1' to 1.5' lowwer i should have a better angle for my cv joints. any one ? thoughts on this.

 

[nssj2]

if you fab brackets it can be done. but the ride would be bone jarring. you would feel (almost) every cigarette butt you ran over. 3" body lift would be a better idea.

 

[Doubt Incarnate]

the after market lift kits actually drop the diff. as to doing it "shadetree" style i dunno, never heard of it. you'd have to have a look-see at waht is involved with dropping the differential to do so, but it might simpler/easier just to drop the entire front end like the kits. you might have more to worry about actually getting 3" out of a TT.

 

[184baller]

i know i can get close to 3 with cranking the tortion or putting the 3' keys in . i know it will ride like **** . i just would like to do something to stop from killing my cv s . or here is another question is there an ifs diff that can be put in place that can take a bigger angle? well maybe just difrent cv shafts. my beater datsun is cranked like crazy and its ok.

 

[Turdle]

Superlift , or
Dixon brothers ( drool)

 

[gijoecam]

Do a real suspension lift... By the time you go through all the time and effort to modify the current front axle mounts, you will have done everything but relocate the lower control arm mounts. Also, there could be some clearance issues with the lower control arms and the halfshafts, plus when the suspension compresses, you would actually be putting MORE strain on the halfshafts...

There are really two options for properly lifting the front: A lift kit, or a solid front axle.

IMHO, cranking the torsion bars any amount doesn't constitute a 'lift' of any sort in my book... It's just changing the suspension preload. It's the same thing as adding stiffer coil springs on a coil spring suspension.

 

[section525]

If you think about it there's a minimum you could drop the differential. You have to account for the diameter of both bolts (stock location and new lowered location). On the drop bracket you'd need to have to mounting holes a good distance apart for strength reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if a 4" drop bracket is about the minimum possible.

 

[184baller]

yeah the more i thought about it and took a look at it there is no way of doing it less than 4' drop and by the time you do that i might as well bought a kit.

 

[gijoecam]

yeah the more i thought about it and took a look at it there is no way of doing it less than 4' drop and by the time you do that i might as well bought a kit.

I was looking at mine last night while doing my oil change... There's barely 2" of clearance between the CV joint and the portion of the torsion bar that passes through the lower control arm. That's why the suspension lift kits drop the lower control arm mount too.

-Joe

 

[Cobraguy]

IMHO, cranking the torsion bars any amount doesn't constitute a 'lift' of any sort in my book... It's just changing the suspension preload. It's the same thing as adding stiffer coil springs on a coil spring suspension.

Best advice in this thread. Well put Joe.