Whitesnake 3/4 ton build

[Lake_v2]

The tires right now at compression are 1.5" from fenders with 37 tires i can maybe gain 1" compression moving shock mounts considering it...

If i can i will take some more measurements tomorrow perhaps i will redo shock mounts to have 5-6" uptravel rather than 4-5", and make the dshaft more survivable

[Desert Dog]

Yep, I would shoot for 5-6" of uptravel with those 14s. 8" of downtravel is plenty and lets you haul ass to the trailhead.

I ripped the gas tank, battery, some tube, and everything off the back of the Caddy today. I have the air bumps for you in my garage. Then when you get your shocks right, you can install those.

[Lake_v2]

Reset ride height tonight and did a ton of measuring, now at 6" uptravel in rear, 22" belly, rechecked shock mounts, to gain any more uptravel would have shock mounts in passenger area

Im going to lower tcase in skid by an inch or so to gain better dshaft angles

Jeep sits exactly level with the 6" in rear and 7.5" uptravel on front

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[Lake_v2]

So tcase drop to gain a bit of downtravel then will remeasure to see if still need a limit strap or not

[Uncle Cracker]

strap it in the center. and i'd dump that double carden

[Beck*A*Poo]

Get that rolling..... i want to go play

[Lake_v2]

Got it back together dropped tcase an inch and put in a center limit strap.

Gonna end up changing drivelines when i put in v8 later this year, so didnt make major changes yet

Weird part is the rear shocks got same pressure in both and shaft showing but when turning left have serious body roll and hardly any when turning right

May end up draining oil and nitro and refilling oil in both to stock then retune both.

[Lake_v2]

4700Lbs....

Thats with all gear and two kids, and 3/4tank, only thing ididnt have was spare tire

Gotta add a few feet of tube to cage and aluminum top, so another 50 on top of that plus 100 for spare, and another 50 for cooler...

Basically 5k lbs loaded... time for a diet...

[abendx]

I was telling ya.... we should have pulled my plasma and just went to town on all that useless sheet metal!

[Lake_v2]

Well loaded up everyone and headed up to Gorman for the test run redux.

It worked great, did the climbs in training area first, put a couple scratches on fresh lower link paint.

Next was the flying w trail. Started hitting the whoops at decent speed, hit around 40mph before the front end started banging somewhere.

Had zip strips on all shocks, was 2" left of travel on all 4 no matter how hard we hit them.

It felt lightyears better than 2mo ago with rear leafs on same whoops.j

Then we let alexis and dylan drive around, alexis loves the gas pedal lol...

[robnoxious1]

Cool, sounds like youve got it all worked out.

[Beck*A*Poo]

[abendx]

[quote="Beck*A*Poo"]:suprise:[/quote]
That's one flexy bitch!

[Lake_v2]

Found the banging in the front with dales assistance the steering box is kissing the diff cover

[Lake_v2]

Working on roof panel and door bars before calico

Also just ordered spanking new pitbull maddog 39x14.5r17's.....

[abendx]

[quote="Lake_v2"]Working on roof panel and door bars before calico

Also just ordered spanking new pitbull maddog 39x14.5r17's.....

[/quote]

COngrats.

[munepit]

Sweet!!!!!!

[Desert Dog]

So....do you miss your leafs yet?

[Lake_v2]

They were cheap, worked ok for being what they are....but hells no dont miss them.

[Toy4xchris]

Man it looks good. how are you liking the air shocks?

[Lake_v2]

I am loving the airshocks, simple, effective and work great.

Calico trails feel a ton smoother than last year on same trail with leafs in back.

No super crazy unloading surprises like i had read about on the internets...went down same ledge as last year where the rearend is airborned and it landed softer and was much funner.

Still going to add bumpstops in rear for just in case factor but eben when dropping off the ledge the shocks didnt bottom

[Lake_v2]

It never ends does it...

Doorbars and roof panels in

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[Uncle Cracker]

hey sunshine,,,,, did you figure out why it was running like shit
coming down rancharia?

[Desert Dog]

[quote="Uncle Cracker"]hey sunshine,,,,, did you figure out why it was running like shit
coming down rancharia?[/quote]
Wasn't that Becka's Jeep?

[Beck*A*Poo]

[quote="Desert Dog"][quote="Uncle Cracker"]hey sunshine,,,,, did you figure out why it was running like shit
coming down rancharia?[/quote]
Wasn't that Becka's Jeep?[/quote]


Chris we took matts up there monday to help get roshy out , on way up matt jeep was running like he ran out of gas , he checked it and fuel cell has a 6 inch crack . We made it to top and help winched and tryed to make it back to trailer which we had to stop a lot but we got it back to trailer and matt is getting new fuel cell warranty