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37s on a disco is it next big thing to have
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
THIS ONE HAS A 3 INCH BODY LIFT
5 INCH LIFT SPRINGS
2 AXLE SPACER
HENCE U NEED 9 DEGS OF CASTOR CORRECTION FOR 6 INCHES OF LIFT ON THE SPRINGS
HE RUNS ON 38/14.5/16
ENGINE IS 5L V8 TUNED RUNNING ON A 4.6L AIR SYSTEM
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
HE WE GO
clbarclay:
Rather than get carried away lifting the suspension until it stops catching, take a grinder and welder to the wheel archs inside and out. You will probably lose the rear doors on a 4dr but 38" tyres arn't exactly practical either.
Lifting the suspension that much puts a excess strain on other suspension components. For instance the rear trailing rams which when run at such a steep angle will try and turn under the car if driven forwards into an obsticle or the there tyres revers into an obstickle. It won't matter whether they are cranked or not as the pivots will still be in the same place.
The same goes for the front radius arm, panhard rod, A frame etc. as well as parts of the chassis like the anti rollbar mounts.
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
cant stand discos what have been chopped all over the place just to make wheel fit beside gives room for bigger ones. saw many discos on a 6 inch lift running on 35/12.5/16 the 3 inch body lift will make 38 look a mini monster truck. as for axle movement bits u can grind the rear trailer mount to gain more poivet and control it with a check stape and bumpstop hight . its ground clearence im after the lpg tank sit 3 inchs below cills which effects ramp break over angel with the added increase of apporch and departure angle
Budgie:
Another thing to think about is that as you go up in suspension height then, unless you lengthen the radus & trailing arms, then you'll reduce the wheelbase as the axles rotate around the fixing points for the arms. This also has the effect of leaving the nose of the diff up in the air and the speing seats on the axles will be out of position.
Putting caster corrected bushes on a 6" lift will mean changing bushes quite often because of their construction. They're walls are thinner on one side and the strain they will be under will cause frequent failure. Correctly made radius arms may do the trick but you'll be better off with either custom made swivel housings and lenghtened radius arms or cutting all the mountings off the axle, rotating the axle to the correct position and welding the mountings back on again.
You'll also have to do something to lower & lengthen the rear A frame balljoint so that the top of the rear axle is in the correct position.
To be honest, if you want extra ground clearance then get shot of the LPG tanks and put one in side. It'll be far cheaper, and a lot less work, than all the engineering you're looking at to make the suspension fit around the problem caused by the tanks. :wink:
Oh, and here's mine on a +3" lift, cut arches and 33x12.5x15's.
Sometimes extra height can be a disadvantage like for getting under overhanging tree trunks:
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