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1-4 and 3-4 eppilectic
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:26 pm
by suzi_on_46s
ive seen the use of these and from my point very affective but a few questions
1. why is it only used on the rear nto the front aswell
2. is it road legal to do either 1/4 or 3/4
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:31 pm
by chunderlicious
dont know much bout why not.
sure aint legal in QLD so i doubt you have much chance.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:41 pm
by RB zook
for the fact that being in the front it would unload verry badly climbing up a hill
and also would be sloppy for steering pourposes
Re: 1-4 and 3-4 eppilectic
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:48 pm
by Roctoy
suzi_on_46s wrote:ive seen the use of these and from my point very affective but a few questions
1. why is it only used on the rear nto the front aswell
if you put it in the front you would probably have to do some sort of parhard rod setup etc to stop the diff from moving side to side as you steer.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:56 pm
by small talk
i wouldnt think it would be possiible to do a 1/4 on the front because when braking wouldnt the front suspention be trying to unload?? and the 3/4 would have to be in kind of a "shackel reversal" setup or it would do the same. only thinking out loud dont actually know first hand about these setups.
Brock.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:58 pm
by RB zook
i reckon just go coils
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:52 pm
by suzi_on_46s
ahk k, i was lookin through some of the 2002 tuff truck pictures and looked at that zook on 37`s with 1-4 epilctic rear and was wondering why he didnt do it on the front, i would love to go coils but over in wa cant get it engineered so SPOA is good enough for me, or ill just wait till i can afford a 96 zook.
also this was jsut me thinking out loud, wouldnt actualy do it
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:53 am
by redzook
1/4 eleptic an 3/4 eleptic are way differnt setup
ive seen 1/4 eleptic front and rear
it will work nearly exact same as coils if setup right
Sam K used to run 3/4 eleptic up front on i think bazook i think it lasted a hole of a weekend
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:56 am
by roc box
the rear is definately a worthwhile exercise and is engineerable [mine is]with the spoa it works great im very happy with it ,doesnt have any weird behaviour off road at all .some people thought it might unload badly on off camber climbs but it hasnt been the case
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:08 am
by alien
if you're planning on getting it engineered you better get into it fast... end of this month / early october theres a swerve test day planned for a bunch of us going down....
next one after that will be mid 2006.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:27 am
by roc box
you gotta love nsw no swerve tests
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:41 am
by sierrajim
As said above, why not just do a coil conversion?
I do not believe that there would be much more work in doing a coil conversion than a 1/4.
3/4 is fairly simple, you will however need a locking system to disable the buggyleaf for on road use. Some engineers will also require a label to be attached to the dash stating the same.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:41 pm
by suzy
alien wrote:if you're planning on getting it engineered you better get into it fast... end of this month / early october theres a swerve test day planned for a bunch of us going down....
next one after that will be mid 2006.
who is organising it all?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:44 pm
by bazooked
were and when is this swere test i wanna go watch and have a chuckle.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:59 pm
by alien
Jack Apgare (engineer)
No details yet for time and date =)
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:41 pm
by redzook
sierrajim wrote:As said above, why not just do a coil conversion?
I do not believe that there would be much more work in doing a coil conversion than a 1/4.
3/4 is fairly simple, you will however need a locking system to disable the buggyleaf for on road use. Some engineers will also require a label to be attached to the dash stating the same.
neva set up a 1/4 eleptic but id say there would be more work in 1/4 then coils
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:56 pm
by duncan
Grahame should I just turn up for a laugh in the zook to see the cops expresions
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:24 pm
by alien
haha depends if you wanna tow it home or not i spose? =P
apparently theyre getting very happy with yellow stickers lately...
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:10 pm
by suzi_on_46s
yeh i saw one on a jacked up 80 in freo with 36`s simex et`s (it drives round loaclly with them)
where is it going to be held
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:52 pm
by nicbeer
suzi_on_46s wrote:yeh i saw one on a jacked up 80 in freo with 36`s simex et`s (it drives round loaclly with them)
where is it going to be held
Wasn't a 100 was it? i know there is a nice lifted 100 in east perth with 36's on it.
Legal 3/4 needs pining up. dont think the cops would recognise
cheers
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:07 am
by alien
ill give engineer a call tomorrow - if he can offer any info ill start a new topic on it.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:23 am
by suzi_on_46s
so i dont get it is this for the bible becoz i need to get a zuk before i can even do a 1/4 tho but sitll i aint gona do it,
nah its a 80 just off hamelton road outside a door store nice set up tho had 5 link front