Project suiSUKi

[suisuki]

Sweet, looking forward to better braking!


OK here's what I got done last night, motor mount's and fishplates are fabbed and tacked in place and made some good progress on the t-case mount (I'll take pics when done).

The mounts are made from some 3" x 3/16 flat bar and will receive an additional center gusset once the motor is out.

There's also one of those weld holes between the two mount plates so the fishplate won't deflect away from the frame there.

Due to the beveled edges the 3/16's looks thinner than it is, but I believe more in structure than strength of materials. e.g. use a thinner plate with better structure less weight rather that just using 3/8's tabs every where.

 

[suisuki]

Christmas came early!

Oh boy look what the UPS guy brought today

4) 18" travel Sway-a-way RaceRunner Air Shocks
a nitrogen regulator, hose/chuck, precision pressure adjuster, and oil scringe.
I also went to Praxair today and picked up a small nitrogen bottle.

 

[suisuki]

Well I got the T-case crossmember all tacked up tonight, I've found in the past that when* running tall T-case gearing the mounts are subjected to alot of force and since at some future point I may want to put a gear set in my rear case (giving me a t-case reduction of 10.2:1) I decided to make this a little extra burley.I'm using FROR's t-case plate. I took some 1.50 x .120 tubing, drilled 8 holes in it and sleeved it with some 1.25 x .120 tubing, then plug welded the holes, check out that 1/4" cross section after notching it. Then used some more yj spring bushings and made some mounts. Made 3/16 fishplates for the frame* and some 3/16 tabs for the crossmember to mount to. Pulled it out to weld and I'll also add a gusset to the top of those tabs.

 

[Kiel]

Sweet gotta dig those spine type t case mounts. Looking good

 

[suisuki]

ok got the t-case mount all done including the gussets.

The motor and stuff is now all mounted

Well that makes it official I now have 10 pounds of s#!t in a 5 pound bag.

 

[suisuki]

I got the throttle hooked up, just used the sami cable looks like it will work fine.

Installed the clutch master cylinder, modified the clutch pedal and ran the lines so now I have a hydro clutch.

I had to cut a hole in the floor so the clutch fork could opperate. The space I cut out was under the gas pedal and wasen't being used. I made a cover for this area then I guess booger-weldin-brad came in and welded it on I didn't see him but I know he was here 'cause I couldn't have done that. There will not be a pic of this cover. This is a pic of the gas pedal all the way down and the clutch depressed.

 

[suisuki]

since the pedals and shifters are all hooked up now I couldn't resist bolting up a seat and doin' a little garage wheelin'

I sat there shifting gears and and making noises
it was fun

seriously though the pedel hight of the clutch is good and the erogonomics of the shifters is real nice good reach and clearence on the knees.

Starting to feel like I'm getting somewhere with this thing.

 

[suisuki]

I got the trans tunnel all finished and the seats back in.

I modified and used the factory toyota floor boot for the front shifters and made the entire rear section removeable (screws down) so I can get at the t-case bolts easily if they ever need to come out.

 

[suisuki]

started working on linking the front, I'm using a 3-link with pan hard style.

Upper link and pan hard are 1.5x.120 Dom, lowers are 2x2x.250 square, I've heard good things about the strengh of square links and the flat bottom gives me a good place to mount some ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) white plastic so they should be nice and slippery.

The lowers are 36"s long and have quite a bit of trangulation, front axle steer thru the range of motion is ~2'' each side , pinion angle stays almost the same ~3*difference from compression to extension. Panhard is kinda short which is causing the axle to move left-right a bit (I'll try to make this longer)

Cycled the suspension and found that my tire and steering gear want to be in the same place doh! Looks like I'm going to need a forward throw gear box like one for an FJ60 anybody got one? None of the links bind though and there seems to be lots more movement in the heims.

Also my tire and hood want to be in the same place too, may need to reduce uptravel which is now at 8"s or narrow the hood.

Man these 18" shocks give a ton of articulation, and no those aren't my permanent upper shock mounts.

 

[suisuki]

Here's a pic of the jig I used with a p-cutter and circle cuting guide to make the link brackets. I used a 3" radius so the tabs fit the axle just right.

Hey guys please let me know what you think I have no experience with link suspensions and I'm a dummy when It comes to this stuff.

 

[suisuki]

Here's an overall pic so you can see the stance.

What do you think? Is it too tall @26" belly

 

[O'neal]

Here's an overall pic so you can see the stance.

What do you think? Is it too tall @26" belly

I would like to see a side shot and What size irock's you running?Height look's good but buiding them as low as you can help's also.
I'm looking at redoing my suspension with the 3link style also,I'm not digging my radius arm setup in the front.

 

[Kiel]

how are the angles on the panhard and draglink?

 

[suisuki]

They are even with each other.

 

[suisuki]

Drag link goes thru quite a range of motion but it looks like the ends will handle it.

 

[suisuki]

Here's a side shot sorry its out of focus an those are the mock-up lower's

They are 39.5" IROKs

 

[Herzog]

Wow those look huge on a that.. but good. If it were mine, I'd bring the ride height down more but if you like it and feel comfortable with it, run it!

 

[suisuki]

I would like to see a side shot and What size irock's you running?Height look's good but buiding them as low as you can help's also.
I'm looking at redoing my suspension with the 3link style also,I'm not digging my radius arm setup in the front.

What don't U like about it?

 

[suisuki]

Wow those look huge on a that.. but good. If it were mine, I'd bring the ride height down more but if you like it and feel comfortable with it, run it!

The overall height of the rig is only 6'6" so it's not tall just far from the ground. I'd like to see it about 2"s lower but as it sits now I'll have have to notch the frame for the steering for the 8" up 10" down combo. so I don't know what to do I guess I could notch the whole frame out but at full bump my panhard is like 1/4" from the oil pan now.

 

[O'neal]

What don't U like about it?

Brake dive on the front,pull's abit to the one side,seem's to lift the front way high climbing off camber's(could because i'm running QA1 #150's ride is soft),the RRO link's are weak,35's rub on them NOT at full lock and I want to go bigger in the tire department.
They seem to work alright wheelin and I'm sure the short wheelbase dont help climbing,I just want to change thing's up abit to make it better