Nice job on the rear too. Not to hijack the thread (well maybe so lol) I noticed you are using air and a emulsion shocks with out torsions. How is it working out for you? How much pressure are you running in the airs to get you to preload. My torsions are sacked out and I am considering going this route. I may or may not leave the torsions in.
thanks for all of the good coments. i guess it was worth being out in the garage everynight until midnight for months. when i do a project like this, i do alot of research on the internet, and i always end up just walking around the junk yard, looking at what i could use. You'd be surprised with what you find, if you have alittle bit of imagination,
thanks again, dave
SubySteve wrote:
Nice work! I like the use of late model everyday parts, I dont think those bearings will ever wear out.
if you like what i did with my front end, you would love my back end.
i took and made new 3x3 trailing arms with microstubs. what i used for that was, the front hubs off of a 1992 chevy 4 wheel drive pickup. i took the truck axles and busted the cv out of it, so i had a stub with a cup on it. i put the stub in the lathe and cut it down, and drilled and tapped the holes so i could bolt a bus cv on it. oh ya, when i was cutting the stub, the material was like case hardend, so i had to use ceramic tooling inserts. but once i got through the hardness, it was pretty soft so i was able to use high speed tap and drill for the holes. the tubing i used for the trailing arms was 1 1/4" x 0.180 wall dom tubing. i was able to use the front rotors off of the chevy truck, but i had to turn them down so they were 7/8" thick because i used wilwood calipers. the best part about this was when i went to the junk yard, they charged me 40 bucks for that whole spindle and axle. heres some pictures of it.
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