Hey, that's great and all, but who's this "Jason" cat they're talking about? You told me your name was Engleburt Humperdink. Were you ****in' wit me?
Hey Killer Can you post a bigger pic of the Cad motor,,I think it has same intake I have.. That truck is going to RULE when its done.. evel
I miss my little pile of parts in the corner of my garage... well there's already another pile there, but I miss "this pile" in particular. Can't wait to get it back home... You're doing an amazing job Killer...
You aren't even kidding about this thing being built out of spare parts... Right down to the front brakes and spindles that were from the front of my 42 pickup and the tri-5 steering box from one of Jason's old cars. Too bad Killer already built a car that he called "The Leftover Special"... LOL
Wow, I am about to do the exact same thing on the "rocket queen". Thanks for the pics and lack of guesswork! ha ha ha
I am right on the verge of ***embly my nearly identical suspension so I have to ask. I'm learning so please don't think I'm criticizing. How is the spring to work with it spread so wide? I figured (and this is just my logic) the shackles should be pointing slightly down so that as the spring compresses, the shackles swing outward? Otherwise I just don't see how there will be any spring travel. If the shackles are nearly horizontal, it would seem that as the spring compress, it would grow wider and push the shackles out against the spring mounts putting a lot of stress on them.
Frank. the weight of the truck will make the shackles go to 45 degrees (there was no weight on the rear suspension in most of the pics...)
Jason, Thanks for taking the time to do***ent all of this and then answer all of our silly questions! How did you mount the heim joints at the front of the radius rods? How did you determine the length and angle of the rods? Thanks, Ed
man... you caught us... the front mounts for the hairpins aren't done yet! I need to make a drop crossmember to clear the driveshaft... and before I do that, I have to swap in the 700r4 trans.... and get a driveshaft. The length of the hairpins?? I do't think I get this question... they only come in a couple sizes... only one length for the rear! If your askin how much thread do I leave on the rod ends... bout half. I usually screw em in a bit past half way. Then build the mounts. The angle?? Most of the stuff I build is low so we're worried about stuff draggin... hairpins get tucked up as high as they can go... and not look like they're running uphill!
jason, by angle and length, i meant how much did you tilt them inward towards the driveshaft and were you shooting for any specific length perpendicular to the axle, as in maybe trying to make them the same length as the driveshaft or something. sorry if i wasn't clear. thanks, ed
The rear axle won't have enough travel to really worry about the difference in the length between the driveshaft and the rear hairpins. Just set the pinion angle at ride height and the 2-inches it might move (either up or down) won't cause too much havok. If I was running bags, I would probably be concerned, but with a transverse leaf setup it won't that big of a deal. I forget the optimum angle for the rear hairpins, but angleing them like that keep you from having to run a panhard.
gotcha. I don't know if there's any perfect angle... I put em as close to the driveshaft as possible... with a couple inches of clearance on both sides. Like ***o said.... angling them in will help with sway.
Well at my house I have 6, 2 (RPU & 53 Chevy Pickup) up at Killer's place, One (1959 F-100) out at Brian McCormick's place, One at my Mom's (1968 Chevy Short Box), One at K-Daddy's Kustoms (1962 Wagon) and that's about it... I think I have a problem... LOL
Yeah, it is pretty sad when you gotta start spreading them out and stashing them at friends houses...
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