This has gone insane. What should I do now to keep up?
Hahaha. I am trying to wheel with these monster rigs getting built.
I am so far behind.
This has gone insane. What should I do now to keep up?
We will see! I’ll see what kind of travel I can get out of my short arms firstSo after the rear geometry correction, you going to join me with a 3 link front?
I get it... I think I am going for the bindless geometry in the 3 link. I spoke with Jason and he says it will be easy to have my arms done in mid length since I already have most of the joints. And good brackets aren't too expensive either. I think I like the Clayton frame side brackets because the upper mount is seperate from the lower mount allowing you to set the link separation at what you want it to be. Others, like the TMR are integrated and the separation is pretty low.We will see! I’ll see what kind of travel I can get out of my short arms first
You can get the usual 11" front, 12" rear.We will see! I’ll see what kind of travel I can get out of my short arms first
Savvy already gets you as much vertical separation as is reasonable and the upper arm clears the exhaust.I get it... I think I am going for the bindless geometry in the 3 link. I spoke with Jason and he says it will be easy to have my arms done in mid length since I already have most of the joints. And good brackets aren't too expensive either. I think I like the Clayton frame side brackets because the upper mount is seperate from the lower mount allowing you to set the link separation at what you want it to be. Others, like the TMR are integrated and the separation is pretty low.
With a 50/50 split I could see that. But what if I bias towards up travel? Just to throw out some numbers for example 7” up and 5” down. I guess the answer to that question is whether bind is the limiter or the lower arms hitting the bracket is the limit. I would have to play with it and see what’s feasible and whether Currie coils would even allow 7” up. Do you know the total collapsed length of a Currie coil?You can get the usual 11" front, 12" rear.
That's a matter of ride height. I could change mine to 7/5 right now with a 1" spacer.With a 50/50 split I could see that. But what if I bias towards up travel? Just to throw out some numbers for example 7” up and 5” down. I guess the answer to that question is whether bind is the limiter or the lower arms hitting the bracket is the limit. I would have to play with it and see what’s feasible and whether Currie coils would even allow 7” up. Do you know the total collapsed length of a Currie coil?
With enough trimming of the lower control arm mount sure.You can get the usual 11" front, 12" rear.
If needed, that's fine to do.With enough trimming of the lower control arm mount sure.
I’m just brainstorming here but maybe that would make a 12” shock fit better with short arms? For instance if you couldn’t trim enough from the lower perches to get 6” of down travel on a short arm. Like I said it depends if the control arms bind with 12” of travel or not. I haven’t cycled with the intent of finding out these answers yet. I’ll go to a savvy midarm in the front eventually if I need to. Or just run an 11” shock. But it would be neat to do a 12” shock and take full advantage of the highlinesThat's a matter of ride height. I could change mine to 7/5 right now with a 1" spacer.
But why 7" up?
I've seen and built enough on short arms that I know this isn't a problem to be solved.I’m just brainstorming here but maybe that would make a 12” shock fit better with short arms? For instance if you couldn’t trim enough from the lower perches to get 6” of down travel on a short arm. Like I said it depends if the control arms bind with 12” of travel or not. I haven’t cycled with the intent of finding out these answers yet. I’ll go to a savvy midarm in the front eventually if I need to. Or just run an 11” shock. But it would be neat to do a 12” shock and take full advantage of the highlines
Well you just saved me from some work then! Sounds like I will be in the market for either 12” shocks and a front savvy midarm, or 11” shocks.I've seen and built enough on short arms that I know this isn't a problem to be solved.
Nothing wrong with the Savvy setup. For some reason, many people think we are trying to outdo the Savvy system when doing our own mid arm... Sometimes there are other reasons for building our own. I just already have a significant investment in control arms, etc. and can build it much less expensive at this juncture. My point was that I could use the Clayton brackets and design a similar frame side separation to the Savvy setup. Where some of the others, like the GenRight brackets have a much lower separation built in and likely less desirable geometry.Savvy already gets you as much vertical separation as is reasonable and the upper arm clears the exhaust.
Don't remember the collapsed length off the top of my head, think it's in the resources section though. I run the currie 4.5" coil in the rear on the savvy Mid arm with about 8" up.With a 50/50 split I could see that. But what if I bias towards up travel? Just to throw out some numbers for example 7” up and 5” down. I guess the answer to that question is whether bind is the limiter or the lower arms hitting the bracket is the limit. I would have to play with it and see what’s feasible and whether Currie coils would even allow 7” up. Do you know the total collapsed length of a Currie coil?