Zabeards SAS Thread
Originally Posted by firefighterjosh
Looks good! JUst in time for the snow lol
i know im hoping for a snow emergency tomorrow night, no school and more time for the truck!!
btw call me when you wake up tomorrow and you can come over and see it!
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It looks good Zach! It seems you might want to move your rear arm mounts forward a little bit. The axle looks like it is sitting closer to the frame than it will at ride height, meaning when it's further down it'll travel along the radius of those arms and put your coil buckets a few inches behind your upper spring mount. I'm just going on what I can see, but in my mind's eye you've got a little bit of finangling still.
um you kind of lost me kyle.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
Originally Posted by gatorblue92
man you sure dont mess around with your mods... one day ill do this to my truck but its not gonna be as pretty as yours 
ever since I messed it up at the dunes, i made a decision to keep the truck and not get a new one. when i did that i dont second guess my mods as much any more and just do them.
so far its worked out. lol
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Originally Posted by zabeard
ever since I messed it up at the dunes, i made a decision to keep the truck and not get a new one. when i did that i dont second guess my mods as much any more and just do them.
so far its worked out. lol
so far its worked out. lol
thats the way to do it... always over build it
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Originally Posted by zabeard
might seem that way to you but how many engines have you pulled out of your truck?
. Honestly.. I've pulled 4 and teh dealership has pulled 1 from *my* truck. then again I've done a 3.0 to 4.0 conversion and a 347 into a 99xlt ( prior 3.0 ).
I'm going to try and do some on it tonight. Ran out of wire for the welder so i had to get some today
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Originally Posted by zabeard
um you kind of lost me kyle.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
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From: dalton,ga.
Originally Posted by zabeard
um you kind of lost me kyle.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
but that coil mount is directly above the coil mount on the axle. that last pic just looks funny.
the lower arms have 4.5" of adjustment in them and the upper arms have 3.5" so ive got enough room to mess around a bit.
also we managed to move the back mount area up a few inches further than that white truck.
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From: Wilmington DE
I'll let Zach give the real answer, but it looks like the upper control arms would be getting very close to the frame if you were only 3-4" above stock. As it is, I'll probably be taking off my body lift when completing my lift so that I'll still fit 35" tires and will be able to use as much lift (hence axle clearance) as possible.
Originally Posted by gatorblue92
zach- could you run a similar setup to what you are building but only be about 3-4 inches higher than stock?
doubtful frame clearance is not much even for me and the top of the hood is at my shoulders and im 6 foot tall.
