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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Wish I had the Talent ya do bud....... Very Very Great Build
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
now..... Get back to the Wiring... cause I'm stronging considering picking up an 2010 6.7 Cummins For my truck (I know your not using a diesel but your running alot of wiring an my truck is an 88 and this will be a total custom truck as well) ...and I would be picking your brain on basic wiring questions LOL
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Had to bring this back to the 1st page. We need some progress!!!
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Here's what I've got for tonight.
Crazy brackets are grade 8 bolted to the frame and upper bag mounts. It took a while to get all the bolts lined up and tightened down. Panhard rod is mounted and adjusted for axle centering. I must have cycled the suspension 30 times fitting and checking for clearances. Bags need their proper bolts and air lines cut to length. Height sensors need brackets made to connect their arms to the axle. I have 3 inches of travel before I hit the snubbers. The snubbers hold the frame one quarter inch off of the axle brackets.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
keep the progress coming
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Looks great Drew
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Great work!
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Are you happy with the 3" of travel, or did you want more? Set up is nice....Jim
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
I really don't know how much travel I should have for an air bag suspension. Can anyone give me and idea if 3 inches is good or not?
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
I felt honored to get a tour of the shop and a private tour of Young Frankenstein last night. It is really hard to tell from your pictures that you are building a miniature truck... the thing looks tiny up close, who knew an 18-inch foot truck could look so real up close!
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
KILLER nice looking suspension work !!
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i dont think the length of travel matters as much as running your bags at the proper ride height to get the best ride, i have tons of travel on the rear of mine and according to ride tech my bags should be 10 inches tall at ride height for the best ride quality
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
My Firestone bags are to be at 8.75 inches at normal ride height which I have done. My question is though, how much travel will they need to hit a big bump and still not contact my snubber? I think of Baja racing trucks that hit huge bumps and float across them smooth as silk, but they have 15 inches of travel to soak it up. I just have no experience here. The bag fully collapses and rolls onto the bottom axle mount with only 2.25 inches of downward travel. When I dump it fully (3") the bag actually wrinkles up in the middle some, so it seems to me the bag only has about 2 inches of safe downward travel. It is hard for me to understand that 2" of travel is going to result in a smooth ride. These are the rolling sleeve type bags that are supposed to ride smoother than double convoluted.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
FYI
I am focusing on the rear area of the truck so I can call it done and mount the bed. That would allow me to line up the upper trim all the way down the truck and figure out where to paint the white on my fenders. When I tape up the truck to paint the white I can also do the Al's bedliner.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
hmmmmm...a question i also dont know the answer to !! i am sure someone can tell us both
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Doesn't sound like enough to me...I'd start a thread in the suspension forum....
I believe it's pressure and height together that are important and allow a comfortable ride.... ...most bagged trucks I've seen have 8-10" travel though...
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
I am only talking here of course of downward travel, my up travel over a bump would also be 3 inches or so depending on my limit strap or shock length. That would equate to 5 inches total.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Puzzle pieces.
I can't believe I just drilled a hole in my gas tank. I can fix it with A-N bulkhead fitting with a hose barb attachment. Bolted up the reshaped 72 Suburban fuel filler neck. Ran out of time before I could hook up the hoses.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Details, Details... Drew every part you add just seems like it was suppose to be there. Keep up the work.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Drew, do you think the OE fuel cap will cause a service engine soon light?
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
I'll need a 72 SEALED cap, or tune it out when I get my cat delete tune on the computer.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Looking good. I think your suspension travel should be ok. It's not like you plan on driving this thing through fields or anything.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Saturday night picture time.
I spent a while cleaning up the shop and reading the latest Hot Rod magazine, but I did get the fuel filler hoses hooked up finally. (I had to take out the inlet and cut it shorter which meant I had to weld another reducer on to fit the larger new hose) - wasting time. Then I moved on to fabbing up these crazy little brackets to attach to the axle to attach the ride height sensors to. I'm walking back out to paint them black so they will be dry to put on Sunday.
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