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So in the rear the uppers are now 2" shorter than lowers? What is the difference in the front? What are your anti squat/anti dive numbers if you don't mind? I'm working on my first f/r 4 link and I'm curious what works good in our area.
 
Lengths and locations have a lot to do with making it all fit where it can, no two rigs will be the same. The thing to do is to get the lowers up in the chassis where they fit and then tack in some uppers where you think you have room for them. Then run the numbers and see if they are in an exceptable ball park. I think it is more important to have a minimum amount of change through the suspension cycle rather than a specific AS number. These happen to be 50% rear and 60% front static. I also like to keep the roll center a little higher in the rear than the front, I think this helps make the rig more predictable in corners. A lot of this is pretty subjective and can very by driver though. If this is your first link job I would build some adjust-ability into the uppers at the frame at the very least and probably make sure I had room to move the brackets around, front to back, if needed. I had to screw around with my first one quite a bit to make it do what I wanted it to.

More confused now? :eeek::haha:
 
Got the engine and trans mounts set up and took the rig up to ride height so that I can set the link lengths and shock mounts up.
 

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I've just been trucking along getting all the suspension figured out. The rear was easy but trying to get everything to fit in the front has been a bit of a challenge. I wanted to keep the top of the shock low so that I could retain good visibility over the hood and minimize the angle of lean back as well. I fought with that a bit and finally figured out a way to get it down behind the axle and still have room to clear the link mount. I still need to flex the suspension and confirm that it clears when the shock is leaned over but I think I've got it figured out now.

At one point I was waiting on a couple of brackets I ordered so I spent some time getting seat mounts figured out and interior panels tacked in. I took a shot from the drivers seat to show visibility, it's really good.
 

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Done yet :redneck:

No. :fawkdancesmiley:

Spent a week in Jamaica.

Last week Kevin from Fullstack came over and we swapped out my lower eyelets on the front shocks to get me the clearance on the lower control arm mounts I needed. I've been working on little **** and ordering parts.

While searching for other parts I stumbled across a bracket from stinky fab that fixes the one thing about the rear axle that bugged me. The factory rear brake brackets locate the caliper fairly low on the axle. Stinky makes a bracket that eliminates the parking brake parts and rolls the caliper way up, should save a couple pounds too.

I also picked up a set of shock install spacers, they make installing the fox shocks way easier since they hold the spacers for you.
 

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Just been ordering and installing parts.

I did some junkyard digging while I was picking up some stock tranny lines and fuel lines for modification and found an intake hat that will be a little better for modification. It's about 3/4 of an inch shorter than the factory one and points forward instead of off to the side.

Figured out the front shock mounting finally and got it to go to full flex without any bind anywhere.

Figuring out pedal mounting and shifter locations and rapidly running out of space...

Got most of my brake stuff figured out and installed. Laid the radiator in and checked it for clearance may need to raise it a little more in the front to get a fan on it. I still need to install the upper portion of the upper link mount.
 

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I'm fairly terrible at keeping threads updated so here's some progress. I've been slowly plugging along on all the little **** that doesn't look like anything. Sorting out brake lines, fuel lines, exhaust and driveshafts. I've also been buttoning up a few things on the buggy's new home so that's been eating up some of my time.
 

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Also, last weekend the buggy gained a neighbor that will be the next project.

As if i need more of those...
 

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So, yeah. I guess it has been 2 months. A couple summer vacations, hot weather and garage crap have really killed my productivity, but I got back at it hard last weekend. I have been slowly getting all the small stuff buttoned up and getting ready to tear it all back down for final welding. Just need to figure out battery placement and run fuel lines and wiring.

Pics when I get home.
 

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What is that! A rock buggy for ANTS?

How do you expect to perform magnificent feats if you can't even fit a basket ball under the belly of the frame?

Your rig is going to have to be at least... three times taller than that.
:rolleyes:
 
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