home made RTI ramp
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I think evco is mostly local with a few spots just outside of UT, but they rock as far as customer service! I'm having them make me a braided line for my OBA, cause it gets so hot under the hood I blew out the air line coming off my A/C pump!
I personally wouldnt go with any less than braided line on the brakes... just peice of mind I guess!
I personally wouldnt go with any less than braided line on the brakes... just peice of mind I guess!
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How bout you just don't post on my threads Cuase i dont need some 17 yr old cocky know-it-all posting a bunch of garbage on my threads. I absolutly hate your cocky loss poor attitude you get with everyone an i ain't bout to let you pull that garbage with me.
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Originally Posted by builtnotbought89'
I think evco is mostly local with a few spots just outside of UT, but they rock as far as customer service! I'm having them make me a braided line for my OBA, cause it gets so hot under the hood I blew out the air line coming off my A/C pump!
I personally wouldnt go with any less than braided line on the brakes... just peice of mind I guess!
I personally wouldnt go with any less than braided line on the brakes... just peice of mind I guess!
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I ramped 772 with my LA 2 door, granted i have a triangulated 4 link coil conversion in the back.
I will admit with my 4" old SA front lift I got better stuff in the front.
The spring rate on the 4" coils were softer.
With the 6" coils and LA set up I dont get as much stuff in the front.
But the 6" rear and super flexy links make a huge difference, I get crazy stuff in the rear.
26.5" under front tire will calculate to772 on a 20 Deg ramp with 100" WB.
Here is a pic of the rear at full stuff and front drooped out.
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I ramped 772 with my LA 2 door, granted i have a triangulated 4 link coil conversion in the back.
I will admit with my 4" old SA front lift I got better stuff in the front.
The spring rate on the 4" coils were softer.
With the 6" coils and LA set up I dont get as much stuff in the front.
But the 6" rear and super flexy links make a huge difference, I get crazy stuff in the rear.
26.5" under front tire will calculate to772 on a 20 Deg ramp with 100" WB.
Here is a pic of the rear at full stuff and front drooped out.
Nitro
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I don't have any pictures but my old Cherokee had the 8" Rusty's LA kit and ran a 965 rating on the RTI ramp (few inches from putting my rear tire on the ramp). Not sure on the angle of the ramp as I just went up it, they measured it and told me my distance and number.
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Thats exactly what I have and love them. There super long. Im at a 5.5" lift with way long shocks and cant unset the coil and the lines are still plenty long. I have caught then once on the road and blew them up because I did have them bent right and they were rubbing on my tires. I have them ran right now and wheel spacers and love them. You do have to grind down the ends a little to get them to fit the breaks but no biggie.
Part number are
98GMC C1500 2wd lines
Left nada pn #38620
Right nada pn #38621
I think there like $15 each. so $30 for super long break lines is a great deal. Then I just carry extra one with me
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Year: 1996
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Well I've got some skyjacker lines that i found that came with the lift that are about 6" longer then what i have and i think those will last till i get longer shocks
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builtnotbought
I ramped 772 with my LA 2 door, granted i have a triangulated 4 link coil conversion in the back.
I will admit with my 4" old SA front lift I got better stuff in the front.
The spring rate on the 4" coils were softer.
With the 6" coils and LA set up I dont get as much stuff in the front.
But the 6" rear and super flexy links make a huge difference, I get crazy stuff in the rear.
26.5" under front tire will calculate to772 on a 20 Deg ramp with 100" WB.
Here is a pic of the rear at full stuff and front drooped out.
Nitro
I ramped 772 with my LA 2 door, granted i have a triangulated 4 link coil conversion in the back.
I will admit with my 4" old SA front lift I got better stuff in the front.
The spring rate on the 4" coils were softer.
With the 6" coils and LA set up I dont get as much stuff in the front.
But the 6" rear and super flexy links make a huge difference, I get crazy stuff in the rear.
26.5" under front tire will calculate to772 on a 20 Deg ramp with 100" WB.
Here is a pic of the rear at full stuff and front drooped out.
Nitro
Must need some better (longer) shocks with that score because I could lift a tire on my old shocks to 41 inches without lifting a tire and about 45 inches with new shocks these numbers equal 788 at 41 an 856 at 45 on a ...30 degree ramp...and both hit well over 1000 on a 20 , with radius arm front and leaf rear with shackle relocation boxes and biiiiiig shackles ...I just had the rear linked , and I doubt it's doing much more travel right now since I need to redo the shocks to utilize the potential travel of the 4 link .
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Year: 1989
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this should be in chat mods must be sleeping ???? how is this fab ??? you have a nice rig man im just surprised it survived in this section so long . all you did was put a piece of wood on another truck and drive up it
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X2, flex is worthless if its not setup right and if you dont know how to approach obstacles. it does help but there is a point where it hurts as much as it helps, i would much rather be stable then flexy out the ***. When i adjust my limiting straps i can pull up on a wall 49" high before i lift a tire or unseat a coil- why do i not have it setup like that? because its far to tippy on sidehills or off camber situations. flex is not all its cracked up to be
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X2, flex is worthless if its not setup right and if you dont know how to approach obstacles. it does help but there is a point where it hurts as much as it helps, i would much rather be stable then flexy out the ***. When i adjust my limiting straps i can pull up on a wall 49" high before i lift a tire or unseat a coil- why do i not have it setup like that? because its far to tippy on sidehills or off camber situations. flex is not all its cracked up to be
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I don't see how you're lifting up 49 inches without unseating a coil with basic coil and shock set up , because with shocks long enough to travel to produce 49 inches of travel you certainly will unseat a coil ,and unseat it far enough to have it fall off the upper retainer unless you lengthen the post ...As for the lean from flex if excessive body roll then you might not have a very good roll axis on the set up , but I plan 2 cheap winches for suck down duty rather than limit my flex with straps .
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i have Acos spacers on all 4 corners with extended posts, of course it would unseat with a stock setup. my rear shocks are triangulated and dont effect flex at all, cant quit remember the length of my front shocks but they are long enough to drop my 26" coils down to the end of my bumpstops, not to mention my wheelbase is 3" longer then stock. i do have excess body roll because these RK coils are so soft and my rear shocks are triangulated. the winch concept is a great idea i have been pondering for a while, the bank account just doesnt approve! All i was trying to say is flex is great-but only to an extent. here is a picture of me flexing,keep in mind im on 35's and my friend in the photo is 6'1",compare the rock to the semi tires in the background.
You got a bad *** ZJ there I can tell you got plenty of time and $$$$ into it just from the picture .