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85 pajero spring over.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:34 pm
by myshout
HI guys. has any one done a spring over to the rear of a 85 pajero?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:46 pm
by Shorti
Is there a reason you want to do this? Remember the front is ifs and you will only get 2 or so inches out of it.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:08 pm
by myshout
i have made new upper wish bones for the front end which will give me a extra 70mm on top of the 50mm buy winding up the torsion bars alone.
Reindexing the torsion bars by 3 splines will be necasary.
My main reson for asking the question is to get some feed back on the body roll i can expect.
i have a 85 lwb pajero and will be fitting 33"mtz's so over all should come out with the whole vichle sitting approx 200mm taller than standard.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:18 pm
by Shorti
Got pics of these new wishbones? I don't think you will find someone who has done a springover but you never know.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:28 pm
by myshout
I only made them up on the weekend.
They are currently at the engineers being mig welded up.
when i get them back i would be happy to take some pics to show you.
In the meen time i can tell you that to make them required a spare standard set of upper wish bones which were basically cut in half and the section that houses the ball joint was lowered by 70mm to allow more upper bump stop travel .

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:34 pm
by constapa
pics, pics,pics... plz,plz,plz! :multi: :multi: :multi:

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:45 pm
by myshout
constapa wrote:pics, pics,pics... plz,plz,plz! :multi: :multi: :multi:
should have pics by the weekend.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:56 pm
by striker99
constapa wrote:pics, pics,pics... plz,plz,plz! :multi: :multi: :multi:
x2

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:08 pm
by j-top paj
when you say springover you mean your going to do a SAS in the front right? :) :armsup:

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:08 pm
by j-top paj
oh yeh, and i want pics too :armsup:

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:13 pm
by myshout
j-top paj wrote:when you say springover you mean your going to do a SAS in the front right? :) :armsup:
No. My question is has any one ever done a rear end spring over.(rear diff) :?: :?:

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:32 pm
by j-top paj
WHY? :?
whats the point if the front is still IFS? i lifted the rear in mine and drove around for a few hours before lifting the front and it felt horrible :x
how much lift would you gain from a springover in the rear? 4-5 inches?
and then you could get 3 in the front at best? it still fould feel like carp

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:34 pm
by -Scott-
myshout wrote:
j-top paj wrote:when you say springover you mean your going to do a SAS in the front right? :) :armsup:
No. My question is has any one ever done a rear end spring over.(rear diff) :?: :?:
You can't get enough lift from the front to match the lift of a rear spring-over. It's only really feasible if you're going SAS.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:38 pm
by myshout
fogive me but im not tipped up with all the abbreviation's.
Sas??????

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:41 pm
by myshout
j-top paj wrote:WHY? :?
whats the point if the front is still IFS? i lifted the rear in mine and drove around for a few hours before lifting the front and it felt horrible :x
how much lift would you gain from a springover in the rear? 4-5 inches?
and then you could get 3 in the front at best? it still fould feel like carp

i have made new upper wish bones for the front end which will give me a extra 70mm on top of the 50mm buy winding up the torsion bars alone.
Reindexing the torsion bars by 3 splines will be necasary.
My main reson for asking the question is to get some feed back on the body roll i can expect.
i have a 85 lwb pajero and will be fitting 33"mtz's so over all should come out with the whole vichle sitting approx 200mm taller than standard.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:44 pm
by -Scott-
myshout wrote:fogive me but im not tipped up with all the abbreviation's.
Sas??????
Solid Axle Swap - pull out all the IFS stuff, and bolt in a solid axle. Difficult to find a suitable axle in Aus, most build a custom converted Toyota axle. I'm sure we'll soon know if I'm wrong. :D

In the FAQ, at the bottom of "Suspension & Body Lifts", there's couple of SAS topics.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:01 pm
by myshout
-Scott- wrote:
myshout wrote:fogive me but im not tipped up with all the abbreviation's.
Sas??????
Solid Axle Swap - pull out all the IFS stuff, and bolt in a solid axle. Difficult to find a suitable axle in Aus, most build a custom converted Toyota axle. I'm sure we'll soon know if I'm wrong. :D

In the FAQ, at the bottom of "Suspension & Body Lifts", there's couple of SAS topics.
thanks for the tip.javascript:emoticon(':oops:')
I am pretty sure i have figured out a way to retain the original ifs but tweak it a little to give it a max of 120mm lift over standard. (see my previous posts.)
if all works out good , which my engineering mates and i are sure it will, we should be able to achieve a 200mm lift above standard on a gen 1 pajero using the ifs mod, rear spring over and 33" tyres.
I just wanted to know if any one else has done this before, but judging by the feed back it is lookin like a no.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:08 pm
by myshout
j-top paj wrote:WHY? :?
whats the point if the front is still IFS? i lifted the rear in mine and drove around for a few hours before lifting the front and it felt horrible :x
how much lift would you gain from a springover in the rear? 4-5 inches?
and then you could get 3 in the front at best? it still fould feel like carp
why?? cause i can and what else would be better than going any where the so called big boys do but with a pajero. 85 model as well.
I'd like to see the looks on their faces when a pajero goes as far or further than they can.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:12 pm
by -Scott-
myshout wrote:
-Scott- wrote:
myshout wrote:fogive me but im not tipped up with all the abbreviation's.
Sas??????
Solid Axle Swap - pull out all the IFS stuff, and bolt in a solid axle. Difficult to find a suitable axle in Aus, most build a custom converted Toyota axle. I'm sure we'll soon know if I'm wrong. :D

In the FAQ, at the bottom of "Suspension & Body Lifts", there's couple of SAS topics.
thanks for the tip.javascript:emoticon(':oops:')
I am pretty sure i have figured out a way to retain the original ifs but tweak it a little to give it a max of 120mm lift over standard. (see my previous posts.)
if all works out good , which my engineering mates and i are sure it will, we should be able to achieve a 200mm lift above standard on a gen 1 pajero using the ifs mod, rear spring over and 33" tyres.
I just wanted to know if any one else has done this before, but judging by the feed back it is lookin like a no.
If it's something along the lines of spacing the sub frame and relocating the torsion bar to the top wishbone, it's been done. ;)

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:19 pm
by Shorti
myshout wrote:
-Scott- wrote:
myshout wrote:fogive me but im not tipped up with all the abbreviation's.
Sas??????
Solid Axle Swap - pull out all the IFS stuff, and bolt in a solid axle. Difficult to find a suitable axle in Aus, most build a custom converted Toyota axle. I'm sure we'll soon know if I'm wrong. :D

In the FAQ, at the bottom of "Suspension & Body Lifts", there's couple of SAS topics.
thanks for the tip.javascript:emoticon(':oops:')
I am pretty sure i have figured out a way to retain the original ifs but tweak it a little to give it a max of 120mm lift over standard. (see my previous posts.)
if all works out good , which my engineering mates and i are sure it will, we should be able to achieve a 200mm lift above standard on a gen 1 pajero using the ifs mod, rear spring over and 33" tyres.
I just wanted to know if any one else has done this before, but judging by the feed back it is lookin like a no.
From what i've seen the most anyone has got out of the front keeping the ifs is with
-the balljoint flip
-the thai lift
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?t=28963

So i think the answer is no. Do you really need to do a springover?? Why not extend shackles and higher leaf springs?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:24 pm
by Shorti
myshout wrote:
j-top paj wrote:WHY? :?
whats the point if the front is still IFS? i lifted the rear in mine and drove around for a few hours before lifting the front and it felt horrible :x
how much lift would you gain from a springover in the rear? 4-5 inches?
and then you could get 3 in the front at best? it still fould feel like carp
why?? cause i can and what else would be better than going any where the so called big boys do but with a pajero. 85 model as well.
I'd like to see the looks on their faces when a pajero goes as far or further than they can.

I think the best way to do that is...
- Supercharged commondore v6
- Twin Locked
- Crawler gears
- 35's
- SAS

have you seen
http://carl.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?t=104000

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:26 pm
by myshout
currently dont have the money for higher leaf springs and I tried the extended shackle thing and bent the rear of the leafs when the shackles inverted.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:19 am
by OzBinder
Hey myshout, i know what you mean about the mods to your front, my mate did similar to his ( the paj from tuff truck ) before going a SAS, but he didn't go spring over in rear just longer shackles and raised leaves till he went 1/4 elliptic, but it was about the hight your thinking of and it was fine as far as body roll went with no swaybar, my scout's SOA ( no swaybars ) and it has less body roll than any coil sprung rig with small lift and swaybars.

In short you will notice a little bit more body roll but nothin that will make it feel unstable, depending on how good you leaves are of cause.

And thats my 2cents, but hope it helps.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:27 am
by OzBinder
With some trimming to the guards you should be able to fit 35's which will add a bit more width to it to help with the stability. ;)

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:20 pm
by myshout
OzBinder wrote:Hey myshout, i know what you mean about the mods to your front, my mate did similar to his ( the paj from tuff truck ) before going a SAS, but he didn't go spring over in rear just longer shackles and raised leaves till he went 1/4 elliptic, but it was about the hight your thinking of and it was fine as far as body roll went with no swaybar, my scout's SOA ( no swaybars ) and it has less body roll than any coil sprung rig with small lift and swaybars.

In short you will notice a little bit more body roll but nothin that will make it feel unstable, depending on how good you leaves are of cause.

And thats my 2cents, but hope it helps.
Your 2 cents worth is much appreciated. I have installed 2" lifted ironman leafs 12 months ago. :)

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:05 am
by constapa
Were are the pics??? :multi: :multi: :multi:
Cmon mate...

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:59 pm
by Top Cat
yeah come on mate...........whats the go

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:00 pm
by myshout
constapa wrote:Were are the pics??? :multi: :multi: :multi:
Cmon mate...
here are the pics.
you can view them at: http://au.geocities.com/alanmichellebel ... olift.html

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:18 pm
by striker99
lets see them on the car..

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:14 pm
by Top Cat
Sweet, looking good mate............when are they going on?