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Was cleaning up my PC pics and found some good IFS flex pics.
Not hardcore articulation but not totally useless either...............

Some more............

The second one is mine up on the forklift we worked out it's around 700 on a 20 degree RTI ramp. Just enough to get over speed humps and those tricky Safeway gutters without using the rear locker

fawk... did the pic of the white NL..... pic 3....

whos vehicle and what specs? What size swampers he running?

Yeah it's an NL or as they say in the US a Gen 2.5. A guy on Trail Talk called Angelo owns it.
It has a factory rear locker, 33" Swampers and he disconnected the front and rear swaybars for that trip.

Hi Frank,

what is the result in cm (centimeter) of a disconnectet swaybar compared with the standard factory swaybar?

wolf

Yes a disconnected front swaybar can yield 2-3" (50-75mm) in wheel travel it just alloys the full gap between the bumpstops to be utilised. Cutting down the bumpstops and or adding upper balljoint spacers can yield even more.
Disconnecting/removing the rear swaybar is also worth 2-3" in extra wheel travel.

Bitsamissin wrote:2-3" (50-75cm)

I guess you mean mm....not cm

Hehe well spotted Besty................
I should have said putting a live axle under the front will increase wheel travel by 50-75cm

Hi Frank

while my L300 takes a bit of a break I try to do a view smaler changes. So you mentioned spacers betwen the balljoint of the controllarm. Do I need spacers betwen both balljoints ( upper and lower ) . And what would you recomend 10mm or even more. I era that a bigger distance especialy at the upper joint will cause instabilty of the joint.

Wolf

Hi Frank

while my L300 takes a bit of a break I try to do a view smaler changes. So you mentioned spacers betwen the balljoint of the controllarm. Do I need spacers betwen both balljoints ( upper and lower ) . And what would you recomend 10mm or even more. I era that a bigger distance especialy at the upper joint will cause instabilty of the joint.

Wolf

Wolfe, the balljoint spacers bolt between the upper wishbone and balljoint and they are 10mm thick and usually made of aluminium.
Red Rocket on this forum has made them and installed on his Gen 2 swb he did post the drawings with all dimensions for anyone else to make.
Also the Gen 1 upper balljoints were pressed into the upper wishbone so the spacers are not suitable they will only work for Gen 2 balljoints which are bolted on.
There has been a lot of discussion about these spacers mainly from a safety point of view.

Hi Frank

the upper balljoint of my Delica is fixed the same way. I make it from stainless steel lasercuted. so it is not nessesary to do the same at the lower balljoint. This one is also fixed by screws.

wolf

Hey guys.

Dragging this thread back from the depths of the Idd.

Frank, I tried looking for the Drawing/ photo of Red rockets Spacer with no luck.

Wolf , You are saying that you have used a spacer on your Deli.

I want to use the spacer but a 25mm one & then drop/ turn down the Torsion bars again.

Want to spacer the front X menber also which will still give me the same ride height.
This will give me more travel which is what I realy want......

Have read the other threads regarding the inverted joint & the safety concerns regarding the spacer.

Failing this the only other alternative is to extend the King pin or use a longer one from another model.

Any one have any thoughts on an alternative longer king pin to use on an l300/ Delica.
I am presuming that the top Arm assy is the same as the Gen 2 paj. on my Deli.


Ps I don't think the link to Tubular is working any more or they have gone to another sight.

and where have the pix gone????

to hell with the rest of all the pics that were put on as attachments,

dean

Was only a matter of time for your Pics Dean! Ha Ha, but it does look good.

Hello,
have your more Pic´s from good IFS Flex??

Regards Basti

Overkill wrote:Was only a matter of time for your Pics Dean! Ha Ha, but it does look good.

ahhahha yeh mate, doesnt take much for me to put up pics of the paj, i find i do more of that than actually drive the stupid thing nowadays

ahh well, going in to get some work done tommorrow, guess well see the damage soon

dean

and just for you basti

Heh, Klrevo is teh new Hottiemonster

Thanks for the Pic´s
Have you ever measured the Flex (over 50cm??)

Regards Basti

M1S3RY wrote:Heh, Klrevo is teh new Hottiemonster

ahahaha just bored and wishing i was driving more

Mitsubishi L200 wrote:Thanks for the Pic´s
Have you ever measured the Flex (over 50cm??)

Regards Basti

nah never measured it, but i doubt its over 50cm or anywhere near that prob, i dunno, i rekon the shocks are litmiting it at the moment, not even the control arms, but iv never disconnected them to check, might do one day, i rekon it goes alright for a paj, if the front was the same id be stoked!

dean

Hi,
you disconnect all sway bars, right???

Regards

I still can't see Frank's pics... Did the green pics-eating monster eat them?

constapa wrote:I still can't see Frank's pics... Did the green pics-eating monster eat them?

Yes

Hekta wrote:

constapa wrote:I still can't see Frank's pics... Did the green pics-eating monster eat them?

Yes

make sure you add some pics of yours when its back stu, i know its no more IFS, but thats a good thing, hanging to see this beast

dean

klrevo wrote:

Hekta wrote:

constapa wrote:I still can't see Frank's pics... Did the green pics-eating monster eat them?

Yes

make sure you add some pics of yours when its back stu, i know its no more IFS, but thats a good thing, hanging to see this beast

dean

He has some good IFS flex pix with the 38's on it

hahahaha i bet,

the only pix i ever saw of it on the 38s, which are really like 36" arent they???, were in the driveway and the grinder hahaha good one stu,

dean

klrevo wrote:hahahaha i bet,

the only pix i ever saw of it on the 38s, which are really like 36" arent they???, were in the driveway and the grinder hahaha good one stu,

dean

Hey they arent that small!!!


Suprisingly the rear only hit on full flex and tucked up under the guard nicely

hahahhaa fair enough,

yeh i use to clear the JT2s on the mighty paj with just a 2" suspension lift and they measured 34.5" which is the same as most 35"s, and the only time they ever hit was jumping a bit at stocko,

dean