Finally Finished Long Travel Rear Suspension Gen3 Runner
12-12-2007, 05:04 PM
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Finally Finished Long Travel Rear Suspension Gen3 Runner
Finally the racing season has taken a break so I could get the rear suspension finished...... errr (still need a coil that will take the travel and provide lift) I'm left with <=12" of strapped travel.
> Twisted Customs (see Dec Dirtsport MIM) made the upper/lower control arms and panhard bar. They utilized heims with their special spacers on axle end, and poly-bushings on the frame end to free up all the bind. I know there are beefier looking arms out there but these are the same as Twisted competition rigs and light. Chromolly lowers and DOM uppers/panhard.
> Sway-A-Away 2x10 emulsion shocks with high capacity remote reservoirs to keep things cool. Brian Bell, of SAW valved them to perfection.
> Light Racing's 6" Jounce controls the uptravel.
>Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers to keep things from rubbing and allows the rear to track inline with the wider Total Chaos LT front.
> Downey swaybar extender and ARB OME 891 coils
> Trail-Gear frame bracing
> Twisted Customs (see Dec Dirtsport MIM) made the upper/lower control arms and panhard bar. They utilized heims with their special spacers on axle end, and poly-bushings on the frame end to free up all the bind. I know there are beefier looking arms out there but these are the same as Twisted competition rigs and light. Chromolly lowers and DOM uppers/panhard.
> Sway-A-Away 2x10 emulsion shocks with high capacity remote reservoirs to keep things cool. Brian Bell, of SAW valved them to perfection.
> Light Racing's 6" Jounce controls the uptravel.
>Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers to keep things from rubbing and allows the rear to track inline with the wider Total Chaos LT front.
> Downey swaybar extender and ARB OME 891 coils
> Trail-Gear frame bracing
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12-13-2007, 08:34 AM
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sure https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/s...21/index5.html #118 Pictures are before the rear LT, but the ride hight is still the same (same coils).
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12-14-2007, 11:53 AM
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Links are forsale at Twisted Customs. Total Chaos is looking into doing the hoop as well. Bug them about it.
I haven't used LC coils simply because I haven't found any that give 3.5 to 4" of lift. Know of any?
Thanks
Steve
I haven't used LC coils simply because I haven't found any that give 3.5 to 4" of lift. Know of any?
Thanks
Steve
12-14-2007, 02:04 PM
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12-14-2007, 05:15 PM
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91-92 LC coils have 8 wraps and will give you 3.5 to 4 inchs
12-15-2007, 05:20 PM
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The sway bar is at full droop in that picture and is using drop extenders to allow it the movement. Down side is it does rub a little on the control arms. I have thought about doing a custom sway bar setup, but haven't designed that yet.
12-15-2007, 05:29 PM
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Ahh, I was just curious. I figured a lot of people just put quick disconnects on too. The whole thing looks like a pretty sweet setup. Very clean and well done!
12-15-2007, 05:36 PM
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Any pics of it flexing? Does the tire rub on the shocks when one side is stuffed and the other side is drooped? Very cool setup!
12-15-2007, 06:56 PM
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If my measurements are correct it shouldn't be a problem. I'll get some action shots up soon.
12-18-2007, 01:25 PM
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So, TC is thinking of making the rear shock hoop? Would that design work with second gen rear wheel wells? Also, did you lengthen the links at all? This setup is very similar to what I've been wanting to do.
12-19-2007, 09:12 AM
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I kept all the toyota geometry the same. The reason I went with treaded links (upper & lower) was so I could maintain stockish pion angle no matter what coil/lift I end up with. So yes, the lengths of the links are essentially the same as stock.
Everyone, thank you so much for the complements and positive as well as constructive feedback. It makes it a joy to share.
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Also, changed out coils to ARB's 891's, ride is 5x's better.
You can see in this pic that I still have 3" of up travel to go, but with the swaybar still connected this is as far as I could flex it w/o stressing things. You can see that the shock hose is rubbing the tire, it is protected by a thicker hose but still not ideal.:
Droop side still has about an inch before contacting frame rails:
