CJ POWER

[CJKarl]

http://www.patriotjeepers.com/images/events/2004/tech_candy/DSC00008JPG.html

 

[XJ-Maki]

Is that Lou's jeep?

 

[CJKarl]

I don't get it?

I didn't think a CJ could flex like that. All is not lost.

 

[Josh]

anything built right can flex like that even a vw beetle :lol:

 

[pyagid]

revolvers front and rear, It doesnt look like the front springs are doing much work there, I cant see the rear passenger side though.

-Paul

 

[re-run]

I saw on another site somewhere. Kinda makes you wonder if coils are worth the extra cost :lol: :shock: :lol:

 

[pyagid]

 

[re-run]

:shock: :shock:
I gotta take that route with the YJ, looks like better flex than a lot of the coil sprung rigs I've seen in action. But are they running just revolvers or those z box things too. I dont know if i trust the z boxes, :roll: I cant really picture how they work from the pictures at tera's website :?

 

[CJKarl]

Whats with the outboard shocks? And is that a panhard bar attached to the axle?

 

[jeepgod]

i think that is a ladder bar to control axle wrap?

i heard shocks outboard of frame offer more flex but i don't know how that works?

hmmmmmm

 

[CJKarl]

I think if you mount the shocks outboard it's easier to go with extended shock hoops.

 

[CJKarl]

So what's a "panhard bar"?

 

[cjshloman]

Pitman arm....Bull.

 

[CJKarl]

Pitman arm....Bull.

?? :roll: ??

 

[pyagid]

in those flex pictures he did not have the shocks, or theTraction bar hooked up yet. He said he lost a little movement once those were attached but not much. He is running 7 leaf Wagonner springs Shackle Reversal up front and Revolvers in the rear. The only thing he disliked about the set up is the Revolvers, I think he ended up taking them out, He disliked the way there were unloading on him.

The Z boxes work very similiar, and i have been told the dont have a tendency to unload as much. "MIKE" on the board was running z-boxes in his YJ, i am not sure if he still is.


Karl, a pan hard bar i belive is similiar to a track-bar on YJ, TJ, XJs etc.....CJ's dont have them, and that is always the first thing to be removed from any YJ i have had, I dont htink they are necessary with leaf springs, with Coils you definelty need them

-Paul

 

[re-run]

that is always the first thing to be removed from any YJ i have had, I dont htink they are necessary with leaf springs, with Coils you definelty need them

-Paul

How does it ride\perform without it???? I was thinking on doing that but I dont want to screw with anything under there until I know if I need it or not.

 

[pyagid]

Better than stock, better offroad it is really only 2 bolts to get each one out, so if you felt they were neccesary you could easily put them back in.

 

[Erik S.]

I wanna know what he has on the front edge of his rear springs in the pic Karl posted. Looks like both ends of the spring are allowed to move away from the frame.

They did that in one the magazines, and used a 4-link with it. Flexed awesome, and they said it rode really well over everything.

 

[re-run]

He is running z-boxes on the front of his rear leafs. It allows the spring to drop out at both ends. They are a great idea but they seem like more of an off road only type of thing.

By the way thanks for the info on the track bars. I had thought about taking them out but I wasn't to positive. If it's that simple than maybe i'll give it a shot.