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How short can you make a chassi on a Series 3 88"

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Henry Webster:
Hang on a second, you were saying that you didn't want to lift it or put big tyres on it because you were worried about stability!

Now you are talking about a spring over axle conversion!!! :roll:

That is a big, big lift and potentially very unstable.  :shock:

As I said personally I would go for the big tyres, see what you think and then go from there.  I think you will find 7.50s are adequate.

If you do spring over axle then you will want to fit at least 900x16 (101 size) or it'll look strange! :wink:

Take Jim Willy up on his tyre/wheel offer and see what you think.

H

Miniman:
All good advice. The only reason I said that the axels under spring is the way to go is that it was sad by alot of people that there is no problem with stabilty on a landy ok so silly Idea. Yes 750 is one thing I am going to do. Also take the the 90 diffs out and put the original series diffs in. This will help with the power thing. I do at some stage want to get parabolits but not at the moment..... I cant take jim willys Idea up as it means I will have one axel running faster than the other and that would mean diff wind up....

jimthelandyman:
If your going to be giving it some stick off road i would consider getting some stronger half shafts or buying a spare set of em. Nothing worse than hearing that snap and then traveling nowhere. If your putting some bigger tyres on i would also put some wheels on with quite a big offset so that the wheels aren't inside the wheel arches like with the standard wheels on the series landys.

ukmudmaster:
Been reading with some interest!! I would use larger Dia. tyres as the first step, I have 235/85 16 Colway MT's and the difference is drastic!
If you can run to parabolics as well you will have a capable offroader, good luck with it.
Also heard Woodlands are Taxed motors only...........

James.Harwood:
Lengthend spring hangers are the cheapest option, you could find some heavy guage steel and fabricate some under body protection as well, If you are playing on silly angled side slopes i think the best thing you can do is get a cage fitted before you have a slightly lower roof and headache.

I found no noticable difference in stability when i fitted the longer hangers, but if you do get some procomps and remove the check straps if they haven't already rotted as this will help axle twist as well, double bonus.

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