Some updates! Back half and axle all welded, shock mounts done and sway bar almost finished. Got the trans and transfer case in, plus installed the double stick kit. Next is limit straps, bumps and start the interior. I'm sure I am missing stuff, but time for pictures. Need to get different springs ...

Ok so the lowdown on sway bars is the larger the dia the higher the resistance to flex. Most recommend buying full diameter at say 31 splines or whatever and test it, turn it down on a lathe, test it... Repeat till it's the way you want it. I called currie in the past due to the affordability of th...

Thanks man! I got some more stuff done tonight. I'm going to order a sway bar for it this week to, but not sure what one to get. I'm going between the Currie anti rock kit or the kit that ORW sells. I have heard good things about the anti rock kit holding up great for ultra4 racing, but I am afraid ...

Got a lot done yesterday. Got the rear shocks all done and its a roller now. Just need to box and gusset all the shock mounts and they will be all done. My buddy helped me yesterday and mounted the brake lights and started on the fuel filler splash shield/mount, and other little things like that. Pl...

Got some stuff done tonight. Rebuilt/re-valved my front bypasses so I could use them for rear mock up, and started coming up with the upper shock mounts. Hoping to get more done tomorrow night also. http://i58.tinypic.com/21jxi5i.jpg http://i58.tinypic.com/i6vwwo.jpg http://i57.tinypic.com/k2fe3o.jpg

Are you planning on running a rear sway bar? Is it possible to run the shocks outboard of the frame? I guess will the tires clear with shocks outboard? It almost seems like setting up a truck for desert racing is easier than the well rounded ness of this class. I mean flat fast and stable is wide a...

Take a piece of 1/2x1/2 square rot iron ( my mock up material of choice because its cheap) and tack or clamp from frame rail to frame rail, ideally inline with the link pivots, then tie a string from that bar to the axel housing on each side. This string would represent the link pivot plane. Then p...

Been re-working the shocks today. I'm actually going to run my 16inch bypasses, but convert them to 14s by putting a spacer in them to make them class legal. My buddy works at fox and is going to get me spacers made this week. Here is what I came up with today. http://i62.tinypic.com/wsl6o8.jpg http...

Yeah I am going to mock up some long tabs like you are talking about and see what kind of results I can get. I want to push that rule all the way to the limit to get some more travel.

Thanks man I am really liking how it is turning out. Going from working on the bronco at a buddies shop to having my own shop at home has really been great! I will keep you posted on the shock mounts hoping to get working on them again soon. Thanks for all your help and ideas, just trying to figure ...

My advise would be take the truck to full tuck, set up the shock to be perpendicular in the x and y directions. So at full tuck it should be 90 to the axel crossways and 90 to the axel front to back. I'm betting the end destination on the frame side will be very similar to what's pictured. Also not...

Here is the poison spyder rig that use to race in my class. It has lots of lean on the shocks.

Well on the broncos under the bed style the shocks are at a pretty steep angle. Not sure if its quite 45 but its gotta be close. I was more curious about the shock tabs idea. Meaning can it come off the front edge of the axel or has to be mounted over center? If you put them on the leading edge and...

Its hard to tune the shocks but it does work. However I'd worry about the possibility of shock temps at speed for an extended length of time if your only running on shock per corner. You'll need to up the compression and rebound quite a bit in comparison. I forgot to add the truck will have bypasse...

That's crazy. I had forgotten your forced to work within class restrictions. I first thought was why the hell isn't he using the bolt holes in the lower links then I remembered. So are you only limited by the lower mount being on the axel? I wouldn't worry about the valving as much as the biggest t...

RuffStuff Specialties has sway bars. Not sure how they stack up against the others: http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/SWAY.html Was at their new facilities last week and they really have a nice setup now. First time they have moved into a new place that wasn't already to small. Warehouse,...

I would run Motorcraft mercon v, but I am a trans tech at ford so I am biased!

That thing is nearly finished huh? I wish still have a lot to do. Mount pedals, build the floor, shock mounts and the list goes on haha. So plan is to get the rear half of the car done so it can sit back on all fours again. After the rear back half is complete I can focus on shock mounting and a sw...

Here are some updates. I have been super busy lately, but have been getting some work done. Installed the new c6 and started getting the back half all done. Hoping to start doing the shock mounts this week if I have time. Also getting my ruffstuff truss all set up! http://i59.tinypic.com/24niijk.jpg...

Been working on the bronco quite a bit lately. Got the boat sides all tacked on last night and decided to start over on those due to lack of room for the exhaust. Got the rear axle off for clean up for trussing and shock mounts. Just trying to get the cage work all done so I can start the interior a...