Brian's '96

shaner17 · Post by **shaner17** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:43 am

Awsome Yikes! Congrats!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:56 pm

Thanks guys! Not out of the woods yet. Gotta diagnose the scary noise and why the alternator isn't charging. Could be my electrical genius. The springs are way too soft. Thing is sitting 3-4" too low. Yeow! Maybe I should just put some super long shackles in the rear and call it a day.

ryan B · Post by **ryan B** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:04 pm

Nice work getting her running!

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:59 pm

You have a 3G alt correct? It is a way simple setup. Voltage sense and main output. Small photo but gets the job done:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127 ... e-alt2.jpg

convoy · Post by **convoy** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:59 am

Brian the height looks fine in the pic, 3-4" higher might be alot of lift and alignment issues. How much bump do you have right now?

funinthesun95 · Post by **funinthesun95** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:49 pm

looks great.......I may have missed it but are you talking front or rear...is to soft and low?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:41 pm

philofab wrote:You have a 3G alt correct? It is a way simple setup. Voltage sense and main output. Small photo but gets the job done:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127 ... e-alt2.jpg

Thanks Philo. My b-n-law stopped by and got me straightened out on it. I'll confess to my actions after a couple beers by the campfire at Pismo!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:47 pm

convoy wrote:Brian the height looks fine in the pic, 3-4" higher might be alot of lift and alignment issues. How much bump do you have right now?

I should have taken a picture from the front. That picture was deceiving. It was sitting at 7+ dgr's camber. Interesting enough, I put 150psi of nitrogen in the shocks and gave the coils another 1/4" of preload, drove it around for 10-15 miles and now it's sitting almost where it was before all this chaos began. I'm a happy guy! The back end was super stiff and needed a few good hits to loosen it up.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:48 pm

funinthesun95 wrote:looks great.......I may have missed it but are you talking front or rear...is to soft and low?

The front. Still a tad low, but i think I'll go a little longer on the shackles to compensate.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:49 pm

Oh...and it's officially a grocery getter and not a driveway queen anymore. WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!

bajascott · Post by **bajascott** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:56 pm

nice!

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:30 pm

Pictures dammit!

Post by **SteveG** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:52 pm

By the way,never drive on or extend your uncharged shocks. You'll need to check them for air now.

convoy · Post by **convoy** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:26 am

B,
Too much toe-in will lower the front end 2"-3" easy with coilovers.

shockseals.com · Post by **shockseals.com** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:29 pm

yikes wrote:
convoy wrote:Brian the height looks fine in the pic, 3-4" higher might be alot of lift and alignment issues. How much bump do you have right now?
I should have taken a picture from the front. That picture was deceiving. It was sitting at 7+ dgr's camber. Interesting enough, I put 150psi of nitrogen in the shocks and gave the coils another 1/4" of preload, drove it around for 10-15 miles and now it's sitting almost where it was before all this chaos began. I'm a happy guy! The back end was super stiff and needed a few good hits to loosen it up.

If 1.25" shaft every 100 psi = 123 lbs of shaft force (preload)
If 1.00" shaft every 100 psi = 78 lbs of shaft force(preload)

Easy way to cheat for wrong spring rate.

Post by **SteveG** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:42 pm

They're 1.125" shafts... so somewhere in the middle.

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:41 pm

yikes wrote:Oh...and it's officially a grocery getter and not a driveway queen anymore. WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!

Wow B, that look fantastic! I can't wait to see it run! I'm so stoked for you... I certainly know the joy of seeing all that work pay off! Congrats!!! And, well done Amigo!!!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:59 pm

BajaF250 wrote:
yikes wrote:Oh...and it's officially a grocery getter and not a driveway queen anymore. WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!

Wow B, that look fantastic! I can't wait to see it run! I'm so stoked for you... I certainly know the joy of seeing all that work pay off! Congrats!!! And, well done Amigo!!!

Thanks Tom! Hope you can make it out to Pismo.

Now for some more whoring, just to appease Nick.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:28 pm

Nice!

bajascott · Post by **bajascott** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:30 pm

drive way shots ROCK!! you shout go out and wash and take some more!

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