Rethinking my SAS

[KidVermicious]

Exactly. I can/will/have cut fenders. I'll cut the body up all day in an effort to stay low. The problem I face with keeping IFS is the damage to the idler arm, pitman arm and TRE's.

Pitch the solid axle then. Go to LC80 ends and build your own beefcake idler. Then work towards long travel. Have most of the go-slow flex of a leaf sprung solid axle and better go-fast stability than a threelink on coilovers.

Look at it this way - you already know you can take that IFS most of the places you want to, and the rest is just a matter of developing the right lines, so why go away from what works? My '85 axle is growing on me but I assure you there's times I miss my IFS setup, and if I had to choose one right now to use for the rest of my life it'd be IFS without question.

 

[SV_Dude]

Better love story then Twilight

You are no longer "one of the guys". You are hereby demoted to T4R slum.

 

[KidVermicious]

T4R slut.

ftfy

You should use your mad moderator powers to change his user title. "T4R slut".

 

[Footofgod]

I am 22" now. Here are the last two pics of the Minnow as an IFS and rear coil sprung runner. I'm hoping for no more than 22" after it gets built.

 

[NoHair]

Nohair

 

[Footofgod]

Nohair

Why the frown?

 

[NoHair]

Cause you are getting rid of the IFS.
The top 2 trucks O da month were both IFS, just sayin.

 

[SV_Dude]

No offense, you two have sweet rigs but two of the most capable rigs (dune bashing and going fast on dirt roads aside) got rid of their ifs. Not to say that ifs isn't capable either because we have all seen what ifs can do. But you cannot deny the added strength and articulation of a solid axle.

 

[NoHair]

I would say it just depends on what you are doing with it.
The first 4runner I built - in 2001 WOW!!! I am getting old - I did a straight axle, locker F/R, rear buggy leafs with a swivel block between the spring and axle - panhard bar was required, lots of different stuff for then, and it wheeled great - yes I had water over the wipers and used the snorkel several times - in Oregon and all.

I can tell you I built my current one to be able to drive it every day or an 800 mile trip -no trailer-, be able to beat on it and not worry about not getting home. Last trip, I had my bipasses hot enough I couldn't touch them - 45 minutes of running it hard through the desert will do that.

I think you are giving more articulation too much credit towards "More capable" and strength is added with a beefyer axle, I broke enough birfields w 38" and my 8", but was happy to keep the clearance over a bigger axle.
Look at how many KOH competitors are using IFS compared to3 years ago.

Some pix from the day I sold my 1st 4runner.

 

[92-SR5]

I would say it just depends on what you are doing with it.
The first 4runner I built - in 2001 WOW!!! I am getting old - I did a straight axle, locker F/R, rear buggy leafs with a swivel block between the spring and axle - panhard bar was required, lots of different stuff for then, and it wheeled great - yes I had water over the wipers and used the snorkel several times - in Oregon and all.

I can tell you I built my current one to be able to drive it every day or an 800 mile trip -no trailer-, be able to beat on it and not worry about not getting home. Last trip, I had my bipasses hot enough I couldn't touch them - 45 minutes of running it hard through the desert will do that.

I think you are giving more articulation too much credit towards "More capable" and strength is added with a beefyer axle, I broke enough birfields w 38" and my 8", but was happy to keep the clearance over a bigger axle.
Look at how many KOH competitors are using IFS compared to3 years ago.

Some pix from the day I sold my 1st 4runner.

Love the custom plate. haha