NAS 90 #407

Ash

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Don't be fooled, we're all idiots.

Rear was a little bit more of a challenge than I would have thought when I started plotting things out. The narrow frame rails make it tricky to get enough triangulation without running a shorter link. ~10 degrees per link is about as much as you can get on the uppers if you want to be in the mid-30" range. That may also be further justification for a wider axle because you could potentially be in the 12 to 15 degree range on your lowers if you've got a wide enough tube to land them on. Lots of guys say 40 degrees combined is the minimum but I'd be much more comfortable in the 50's unless you really want to beef up the chassis.

I'd plan for a sway bar up front as well, that's where all your weight is going to be anyways and with as plentiful as the torsion bar kits are these days there's plenty of parts combinations to get it right where you want. Mine runs through the front frame crossmember.
 
This might give some ideas for the suspension,

Thanks for that, definitely some interesting stuff going on under that truck, though I'm continually blown away by the poor welding that many of these Gucci builders send out, you'd think they could hire a competent welder.
 
Since I'm hanging around the house today taking care of Sam since she had surgery, I decided to play around with modeling splines.

This is a model of the Spidertrax sway bar setup, with configurations for all different lengths of sway bars, and arms.
 

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