Outer Limits 4x4 Board

what OLDMATE said.

what ur mech is tellin you is silly, at work we have never unload a car of every thing like bullbars or towbar, etc to see what hight it sits at for a RWC.

oh and im goin to measure some suspention stuff on an 80's ova the next two days so ill get back to u on what i find.

i think it would be pritty unlikely that u will notice any differnece to the point that the car will be more unstable.

as in stock arms with castor plates with them?

i payed around $100 for stock arms with bushes, castor plates are around $180 NEW

i guess i would pay upto $200 - 250 for the lot, but thats just me. no harm in trying cheaper if your trying to buy them.

dan.

this sounds like an ok idea, any one got any pics? to conferm how i think its done.

cheers, dan

maybe a hilux one will work? some of them look flater, not sure how the spline size is though?

ive got a 60 and 80 series power steering box hear the drop of the 2 arms is about the same, only 3mm different if that.

im after a arm that drops lower than a 80 series.

dan.

ive see/done this type of thing to many things (if done right) ive not heard, had or seen any issue.

my stock 80 series panards are made from solid bar, are u sure yours are hollow tube?

all aftermarket items ive seen are made from thinker solid bar.

dan.

Without getting into a flex-off or flex vs lockers war, crunk81us's question was
... by removing one bolt from somewhere on the front suspension, it would act similarly to an xlink. Does anyone know what this one bolt is and what it's dis/advantages are?

I think we have achieved that.

i agree ...

ive used a light smear of permatex or sprayed hylomar that is used for head gaskets with out any issuses

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs398.snc3/24182_380606496867_696136867_3923736_878003_n.jpg

coil convertion in progress, running 80 series gear

Nice Toy ;)
Any more pics or write up...?

haha about the 10th person to ask, im getting onto the write up soone, just got to get all my ...

yeah i was just looking into them then, me removing one bolt seems to flex alot more than what i can see in the pics, but there arms should be more stable, better for all around drivin, i think i would rather just keep removing one bolt in the bush or make up a X link and running lock pins in it.

Why not look into superflex arms from superior. Easiest way for front end flex.

has any one seen them work? i cant really work out how there bolt up? do they bolt to both the origanal radius arm bolt holes or just one? if it was just one would in not just put as much spress on the one bolt as ...

ive found in my 60 series (runing 80's coil setup) it make a big differnece when flexing removing one rear bolt from the front arms, the front wheel drops ova 4'' more and the other wheel pushs up mor also. with all bolts in it puss for flex, drive about the same so far, but i would only ever do ...

coil convertion in progress, running 80 series gear

the engine loom is differnet, you might beable to patch the ls1 egine loom into whats left of the body loom to run the fuel setup and power to ECU.

i would ring up about the bellhousing cos i think the housing its self might work still? im only guessing off 60 seires and GQ hosuings ive seen run ...

im half way with runing 80s coil setup in my 60s and will start on the rear soon.

as u have a ute cab i would look at getting a rolling 80s chassis aand mounting your cab on there, if not, running the 80s setup under the 60s is in no way hard if your good and fabing up things, ive used all the ...

i had to make a new braket to fit the pump higher when puttinng a 5ltr in my 60 series also.

i agree with berad

if it is between v6 or v8 then i would run a 304, cheap, they fit in easy enough, and with a rad in the back even better.

ls1 that ive been in seem to not have as much off the line pull compaird to a 304! but rev out a lot better.

any v6 lux ive been in has no down low pull ...

what Willy Hilux said

dan.

not sure about easyest but ive seen been apart of, 22re, 18rg, commo v6, and a number of holden v8s. this is what ive found.

22re - motors seem'd to blow up all the time and get no better fuel economy, and with a little bit more power. was easy enought to covert as it was all bolt up stuff using ...

so were talking of a lux front diff?
easy option is as stated, put a highpinion centre in.
or if your caster angle is rolled backward move than stock, just roll the whole diff forward to stock castor angle and weld ur spring perchs on in that position.

then the pinion will face higher up.

dan

all the body blocks ive seen look the same, just a alloy block with a hole down the centre.

so as far as i know it would only the amount of the blocks, or the length of the bolts that might course u issues?

dan.

ok well with out reading this info before hand, ive mounted the 80s box in

1, it being newer than my 60s unit i though it might work better.
2, the housing looked better and stronger, so might be better.
3, the bolt pattern was more suted to the box tilting forward so it fitted on the chassis ...

in my 60s ive ground the outside face of the rear caliper and can fit 15x8's

NOTE, I DONT SUGGEST DOIN THIS FOR A ROAD CAR.
although were it is ground its only a solid block of cast steel, i cant see it breaking and have know of people doing this with out fault also.

ive only takin off just enough ...

what car?
what type of gas steup?
with out knowing this i find it hard for some one to help you.

dan.

tryed a search but came up with no info i needed.

im doin a 80s coil convertion into my 60s.

ill need to use a 80 series steering box pitman arm so it will clear the panard mount and so the drag link will fit on.

i need to move my steering box forward so the spring tower will fit in.
and will ...

with 35's



38.5 x 14.5 x16

soon to be coils now

ok,well ill find out were there sit tonight, when i weld the towers in

mmm so would the 105 series have the same springs? i guss ill just tack the mount n and go from there,

the springs in a bare chassis sat at 390mm in the front.

they must colapse a long way with weight then?

thanks for the info

just after some info on the hight of 80 series coil springs when in the car.

im after stock spring hight, i can just add on to that for lifted springs. but mesurments for lifted spring also will help out.

im after this so i can work out what springs and where to mount the 80 series coil towers in ...

why do u need a 16'' centre over the 15''?

u would need to get a rim to sute the 16'' centre an less its just the stud pattern u need out of the 16'' centre?

dan.