1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Viper engines are silly money. And i found a better one and changed the link. Roadtrip to canada would be a fun summer vacation. I wonder how well my truck would ride with 840 lbs in the bed…

kinda think id rather spend the money on turdra suspension.

 

I wouldn’t mind driving the reg cab stick shift SRT-10 viper pickup truck.

 

Ok, so we measured tonight and I have a 1” squat with the front as low as it goes. Which kind of sucks since it’s a brand new custom leaf pack. Is there any sort of hangar from archive which can give me an extra couple of inches?

Also, what about gas tank skids?

 

Yeah, but viper engines were kissed by Lamborghini

 

not a fan of blocks for the rear axle but could add a couple inches. Add a leaf would add some inches. Call whoever did the leaf pack and let them know how it turned out, maybe they can offer a solution.

 

There's no shackle lift. I can't remember your springs but I'm guessing Deaver because you are in SD. I would say add a fat ass overload leaf, but the reality is even if you get close to level, you will squat as soon as you put a gas tank back there. I'm on my third set of springs.

 

It was a custom 10 leaf Deaver pack spec’d for 400 lbs over stock and 2-3” of lift.

 

So after a week of "O-fuck" I'm confident I have my tonneau/rack setup worked out. I'm very appreciative of @shifty` for pointing out rather discretely, that I was on the road to an epic fail. Thank you brother, it would have taken me a long time to realize on my own how bad I was failing.

There is a long story about my efforts to fix my rather expensive error that I'll save for the campfire. Long story short, I mocked up the fix and I'm back on track. I need to get it operational tomorrow, so I'll post pics after.

 

oh no. I’d call em and tell em to fix that. You’re still spring over axle, right? I wonder if you could flip the shackle hanger?

i’ve lost the pic where the guy had a bunch of shackles daisy-chained together for extra droop, but while hunting stumbled across this:

 

I don't think they met those specs. Give them a call, I hear they are good to deal with. I was in the same boat and just sold them because I didn't want to play back and forth. I was lucky to get real life pics of my truck with the springs I ended up with, so it was an easy call to switch.

 

I just saw that @Sunnier liked this, which reminded me that she helped me slow my roll which I appreciate.

 

That looks like a terrible setup if you ever want to be on a highway. Might be a great rock crawler?

 

I found some highway awesomeness, too.

 

Heims, bearings, springs - oh my.

 

Yeah I have most of it - just trying to shove it away

 

IRS in a pickup running leafs through cantilevers. Impractical, but i like it.

 

Well, thanks guys. I guess it's at least one more drive up to Deaver. I'll see what they say about it. Can they bend those things for more lift?

 

Oh, and gas tank skids? Do we have any options?

 

I'm pretty sure they can. I don't know that re-arching is the ticket, but see what they say.

 

I have the Archive hangers and they don't add lift. They are stronger and allow for more droop.

 

These kinds of things in this thread make me feel like an idiot. I just look at it like



Not sure I even know what's going on here, but it looks amazing.

 

Yup. I read a lot about these and talked to Eric before getting them

Details:

-WHAT THEY DO: Noticeably improve ride quality, reduce rear sway, improve handling, improve durability and improve droop travel potential over flexible stock hangers.

-FOR Spring-Over-Axle SOA ONLY, NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SUA! SUA conversion is a very poor choice for 1g Tundra expo rigs.

-Compatible with EVERY SOA spring pack on the market.

-About 12" travel with Archive Shackleton springs/aftermarket springs, with appropriate 12" shocks, see Archive Shock Relocation

-Fits stock to fully built rigs, and does not require any other modifications to experience ride, handling, durability benefits

-Properly align parallel to leaf springs

-These DO NOT add lift

-These do not force the leaf spring into more negative arch like shackle flips do.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. I’m still learning and I guess that means taking my lumps.

 

it’ll be worth it to give em a call and let em know. They might be able to rebend em, or make you a new set. But i’d throw the hissiest of fits if i needed 3” and only got 1”.

 

Leaf springs seem to be the big mystery when they really should not be. I ate shit on that one. We need a standard measurement. I used top of the axle to the frame for what I had and what I was getting the second time around - but I had a 05 DC to compare to so it was a sure thing. The difference was close to +3", I went with TC drop shackles (-7/8") and gained about 2". Your springs were specified for +2-3 but are customs and there seems to be a lot of room for error, always on the low side. On a side note - I'm a convert. I used to think level is the way to go. It's not unless you have a cut bed pre-runner. Level means squat with a load. And bad handling with a load.

 

Out of all the shot for the mr2… the fucking thing I can’t find are reman Calipers. My Rears are seized solid. And you CANNOT BUY REMAN OR NEW. wtf. I might be dropping 2200 on a big brake kit with a parking brake.

 

No calipers? WTH?

 

Turbo Calipers are non existent. No clue why. But I can’t get them anywhere

 

Brakes are for quitters.

 

rock auto has rebuild kits