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luis2944
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| 03/25/2008 1:47 PM |
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| Hello, I have a 99 chevy Z71 a |
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webby4x4
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| 03/25/2008 6:33 PM |
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Luis - Welcome to the boards!
Cranking up your torsion bars like that is a NOT good. You're going to destroy your ball joints, and you're going to destroy your tires in short order. 1" to 1.5" of lift is about all you can safely get out of a torsion bar adjustment.
As far as stacking blocks goes, that's incredibly dangerous. The torsional load put on blocks in measured in tons of force. Stacking block will certainly fail in short order and certainly cause a catastrophic failure. 4" is about the safest you can go with a block (I err on the side of 2-3", but some manufacturers will go as high as 4"). After that, the fulcrum effect on the rear axle is too great, unless you run ladder/traction bars. You really need to consider putting springs in the rear, not blocks, especially at that height.
I'm sorry if this seems harsh or brash, but I just don't want to see anyone get hurt.
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Rick Webster
Editor, 4X4REVIEW.COM - A Tork Media, Inc. Publication
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luis2944
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| 03/25/2008 9:36 PM |
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| Rick, Thank you so much for your advise, I will lower my torsion bars to level out my truck and get an alignment, better safe then sorry, Thanks again..
Luis. |
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luis2944
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| 03/25/2008 9:47 PM |
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Rick, me again, I also just added some 37x13.50x18 MT'S on to my truck, what gears should I change to? 4:88 ???
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webby4x4
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| 03/25/2008 9:48 PM |
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You're most welcome, Luis! Something you might consider is getting a set of rear springs for your truck. They're not that expensive. If you're on a really tight budget, you can get your stock springs re-arched to the appropriate new height for cheap. The ride will be stiffer, but it's certainly a cheap, safe way to go.
What size tires are you running now?
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Rick Webster
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luis2944
Bone Stock
Posts:16
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| 03/25/2008 9:53 PM |
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I will look into that alt., I am running on 37's Mickey's
Luis |
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webby4x4
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| 03/25/2008 9:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by luis2944
Rick, me again, I also just added some 37x13.50x18 MT'S on to my truck, what gears should I change to? 4:88 ???
Your original tires were roughly 30.5" in diameter. I'm assuming that your current gears are 4.11:1. Going to a 37" tire, if you want to get back to stock, then you would need a set of 4.98:1 gears.
Obviously, nobody makes 4.98:1 gears, so your best bet is a set of 5.12:1 gears.
If you had the 265/75 R16 tires originally, with 4.11 gears, then you could get away with a set of 4.88:1 gears.
If you do ANY hauling or towing at all, definately drop down to the 5.12:1 gears - you won't regret it, and your truck will have a renewed sense of power.
On another topic, I would caution you to be careful with your front axle. The IFS front axle typically can't handle more than 35" tires on road and 37's are really pushing the limits of those CV Joints. You should be fine if you don't do much 4-wheeling (certainly nothing more than a simple trail ride). But, if you do any mudding, rock crawling or sand-dune runs, you could expect to blow a CV joint or two.
Post a picture or two of your rig, we'd love to see it.
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Rick Webster
Editor, 4X4REVIEW.COM - A Tork Media, Inc. Publication
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luis2944
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Posts:16
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| 03/25/2008 10:07 PM |
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Thanks again Rick, I will follow your advise, I am fearly new to the 4x4 world and any advise is well taken and appreciated, and sure I do have some pics of my newly baby I will post some pics shortly, also changing the sub, I just bought me a new toy (next Project) a 93 yota 4x4 very stock, I have a set of brand new 305x70xR16's NItto terra grapplers that I want to install to my toyota as soon as it arrives, my questions to you is a lift will be needed?? 3" body or susp?? what do you recomend??
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luis2944
Bone Stock
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| 03/26/2008 10:49 AM |
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Image Uploaded To Thread:
[img]http://www.4x4review.com/discussions2/uploaded/webby4x4/200832817555_2008326102052_Picture1.jpg[/img]
Here's my Rig...
Luis
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Dan Pitts
Body Lift
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| 03/26/2008 2:12 PM |
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| do a 3 inch susp lift and make it in to like a pre runner that would be cool. |
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Danny Pitts
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lift it, fat chicks can't jump |
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webby4x4
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| 03/28/2008 5:55 PM |
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Nice looking rig!
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