just got a new truck

[lifted 75 k5]

me and my dad just bought a 78 chevy two door short bed truck for fifty bucks trucks nice but no motor or trans i will take pictures of it and post them when i get back but i want to know whats the best way to get the most travel out of it for jumping or off road racing i do know i want to do the fenders front and rear also full cage bumpers front and rear but also a nice daily DD if anyone has pictures of a completed truck or any ideas how to do it it would really be appriciated

[Ds86C10]

sounds like a tall order man. good luck

[lifted 75 k5]

ya just a project truck somethin to do after school to keep me out of trouble

[hotrodhomi]

jumping your truck and off road racing don't usually pair well with a daily driver. you are going to need to decide whats more important.

[Fraser Beatty]

I agree with hotrodhomi...jumping+offroad racing do not = daily driver. I would think it's going to have to be one or the other.

[Prerunner1982]

Is it a 4wd or 2wd?

[Rollinsqrbdy]

KOOL SCORE BUD. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. HEY CAN U POST SUM PICS OF THE BLAZER IN UR AVATOR? GOOD LUCK WITH THE TRUCK

[lifted 75 k5]

2wd and no serious jumping but something that can handle minor off road trips to the desert maybe the sand dunes and just so more of a dd than a race truck

[streetstar]

Originally Posted by lifted 75 k5

i want to know whats the best way to get the most travel out of it for jumping or off road racing

You need some custom tubular A arms for the front. --- widening the track width at the same time will help as well.

[Prerunner1982]

For good/real offroad/desert ability you will need widened control arms as already mentioned by streetstar.. and coil over shocks instead of coil springs. You would need to remove the spring cup..

The stock set up does not allow a good range of motion especially if the suspension is lifted at all. The upper control arm bottoms out on the upper coil bucket not allowing much droop in the suspension, which is needed for a properly tuned suspension.

[lifted 75 k5]

do you know a good site that would sell the wider a arms i am thinkin about four linking the rear for sure and fox or king shocks all the way around hopeing to get about 17 inches of travel at each tire if possible but if i could at least get 10 that would be good for me

[84 400]

A member on here named Prerunner had a lifted 2wd.

sounds like a cool project/

[smashingchuck]

Step one:
Throw all the stock suspension in the garbage.

step two:
read, make contacts, and look at other trucks that you know can do what you want to achieve.

Step three:
Build a new frame or at the bare minimum box the stock one from front to rear.

step four:
Build the suspension around the coil overs, and remember the higher up you put the upper mount the better it is going to handle.

[lifted 75 k5]

i have been reading doing research taakin to my dad and i think i have decided to just lower it and put it on bags because the family theory is 4wd put them in the air 2wd drop them to the ground so i think i will stick to that

[Prerunner1982]

That will require less custom work since that mod is more common than making a baja truck out this body style. Good Luck

[lifted 75 k5]

here is the picture of my truck in my avatar