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MK coil suspension conversion
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:49 am
by projectmkduel
Looking for some help with setting up my mk twincab ute..... wanna put coil suspension in it.... Running a worked 327 chev with a gq diesel 5 spd.... seen a thread on here a little while ago with tech drawings from a guy who did it.... can anyone help
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:54 am
by WICKED
Never seen the pics or the thread but heres a pic of my MQ Middy!
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:44 am
by WICKED
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:24 pm
by InSanE
probably easier and cheeper to get a gq chasis mate and make it fit
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:42 pm
by stokedapollo
hey wicked are the fronts still leaves???
and did you use the fron of the rear spring points as the bits for the arms?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:37 pm
by tna racing
yes it still is leaf front
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:30 pm
by Hoppy11
stokedapollo wrote: did you use the fron of the rear spring points as the bits for the arms?
They dont look like the front spring mounts
Hoppy
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:46 pm
by stokedapollo
im meaning the front mounting point of the rear springs is that wat you thought i meant hoppy
re gq chassis
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:45 am
by projectmkduel
i'm after something custom not something someone else has already engineered.... everything has its limits so i want to build something different.... if you worry about cost then you shouldn't be building cars
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:36 am
by WICKED
stokedapollo wrote:hey wicked are the fronts still leaves???
and did you use the fron of the rear spring points as the bits for the arms?
Yer, SPOA.
Nope. They are mounted to a custom mount close to the T-case.
Re: re gq chassis
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:37 am
by WICKED
projectmkduel wrote:i'm after something custom not something someone else has already engineered.... everything has its limits so i want to build something different.... if you worry about cost then you shouldn't be building cars
LOL Wish some one had told me that when I started with cars....
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:34 am
by Hoppy11
stokedapollo wrote:im meaning the front mounting point of the rear springs is that wat you thought i meant hoppy
yea thats what I meant, they look different to the original mounts, but Wicked has said that now anyway
Hoppy
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:40 pm
by Hoppy11
So do you think that that GQ diffs and suspension could be grafted onto the MK chassis.
Hoppy
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:30 pm
by RMP&O
Hoppy11 wrote:So do you think that that GQ diffs and suspension could be grafted onto the MK chassis.
Hoppy
of course it can.....but is it road legal in Oz?
you would be better off just doing custom trailing arms/links and panhard then using GQ stuff. Get a better set up in the end and likely cheaper.
GQ diffs are wider, Wicked knows exactly how much.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:57 am
by WICKED
Hoppy11 wrote:So do you think that that GQ diffs and suspension could be grafted onto the MK chassis.
Hoppy
Rear - Yes but is it worth it over a 4 link, IMHO No.
Front - Need to work out steering and Panhard mount..... Possible....
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:45 pm
by bubs
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:08 am
by RMP&O
