Project: Blue Rain

[Pedro]

DOOKIN

[KtmRacer419]

so i have a plan to alleviate my front bumpstop conundrum

as some know , mine explode on occasion



those can be purchased for a hefty price.

my idea, is to copy that.

get some toobing with a threaded insert on one end and somehow attatch a bumpstop to the end of some threaded rod..

stick the toobing in my factory bumpstop hole and weld around it.

BADABLING

easy, stout, adjustable

[XJLI]

sam theres a place that sells poly stops that compress really well, i remember someone calling them "a poor man's air bump" lemme fine eet.

[Bigbike]

Those look pretty cool.

[rckrdyxj]

Sam forgot to add his new wheelie option. While making tight u turns he can raise the opposing side rear tire about 2 ft in the air.

[KtmRacer419]

so through a sting of events beginning with myself mentioning to will that the offspring have a video contest going on back in spring, i now need to "5 up" my previous jumps before i was "one upping" them, but now we have hd.

so plans are changing a bit. I want to minimize breakage whilst jumping.

my dana60 in back is dookin everywhere, but i have 2.75" od tubes
my 44 in front is fairly dookin, but nothing wrong with making it dookiner.

i have some 2x6x 1/4" box steel left over from my rockers, i was going to use it to brace the rockers to the framerails, but they have held up alright so i'm gonna put those on hold for a while.

so gun' truss the axles, gusset the inner c's to the tube. and carry spare ball joints.

right now i have cracks in my frame around my steering box brace and my trackbar bracket, so something needs to be done there.




www.temper-mentalracing.net/services.htm

these should butt up against my tnt stiffeners and from there i will use a fish plate to connect the two.

[crosbike]

nice. i plan on investing in those stiffeners as well.

[HeavyMetal]

THE 5 UP IN HD

[rckrdyxj]

I too plan to install those stiffeners when i get my other stiffeners installed.

[CumminsJeep]

Dec 20, 2008 11:27:09 GMT -5 HeavyMetal said:

THE 5 UP IN HD

O...MY...GOD.

[KtmRacer419]

so, i made my 3 link upper mount.

it will be on the passenger side, the inside of the frame is plated with 3/16" steel for about 12". then a piece of 2x6 tube cut 3/4" thick to space my old rk upper control arm mount a little to clear the pinch seam. the bottom of the rk bracket is flush with the bottom of the framerail and i'm going to weld a plate to the bottom of both.

i'm sure it will be plenty strong.

79.81% anti-squat
1.30*+ roll axis angle
22.09" roll center height

god damn i wish i knew what those numbers meant.

all i know, is mah anti squat is gewd
too much antisquat and the front end of the jeep will want to lift up when accelerating, and too little antisquat and the front end will have trouble keeping the tires planted firmly and will shudder 50%-100% is considered the happy zone
and you wan't the roll axis as close to zero as possible (and im damn close)

[rckrdyxj]

That all sounds so sick, if i knew what any of it meant.

Are you still gonna do a mid arm setup?

[KtmRacer419]

i may keep the long upper and do some mid lowers, i ran the numbers and they don't change much at all if i cut a few inches off the lower arms

[KtmRacer419]

in an effort to make my dana44 stronger, i have researched that its possible to run 30 spline outer shafts

stock 44 outer vs 30 spline outer



the stockers are 19 spline and so are the alloys i run, same size shaft, so far i snape'd 2 moser alloys and one stocker, these will make them the same diameter as the inner shafts, which is definately an upgrade, but i'll be more susceptible to breaking the inners and u-joint then, and if the u joint goes there is little chance of both shafts surviving.

this would require me to bore out my spindles a little bit, which i may attempt with a hole saw.

the other thing is locking hubs run $345 for a pair (warn basically has a monopoly on them)

but my other option is drive flanges
www.polyperformance.com/shop/Poly-Performance-Dana-44-Dana-60-Drive-Gears-p-61.html

which would be nicer for dragging over rocks, if i do break a shaft, I could just pull the flange and stick the cap back in and drive home.

much cheaper than a dana60 and i will have the same size shafts as a stock 60,

[KtmRacer419]

www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=698379