smog rods elco laied out on 22" updated 8-12-13

[91hrdbdy]

well im never any good at posting currect projects but i thought id show a little update on a project we have been working on.

its a 78 Elco. owner wanted it bagged and wanted to keep it current 22" shoes. and those are some tall shoes. well here are some pics.

here is the drive shaft cross member

we had to cut out cut a bit of the box under the bed to get the proper length link arms here a is mock up picture of the cros member before we *ss the links and upper support arms.

after we got the links tacked in

here is where is sits now

its will have a true cantilever bag setup using out cantilever kit along with our big brake will wood kit for the front and rear.
here is a photo of our cantilever arms that we will be using.

ill post more as i get it done.

 

[jlcustomz]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

Pretty serious stuff, I'll definitely be following this thread . I'm interested to see this cantilever setup.I,ve seen them on bikes & race car suspension. Also curious how this will ride & handle. I know the long lower control arms are a proven thing for the better .

I have the elco in the steel ground effects thread , which I just purchased front shockwaves for & f9000 rear bags . I won't need to drop as low with my extended bodywork, but I'm worried I won't have as much lift range as I would like, extra lift would be handy just for maintenance & cleaning.

 

[91hrdbdy]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

re did the upper wishbone was not happy with how the other one looked.

here is how the mockup came out.


here is a shot fo my tube notch all done by hand with a grinder. takes a little while but a good fit make for e a much better weld.

 

[91hrdbdy]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

Pretty serious stuff, I'll definitely be following this thread . I'm interested to see this cantilever setup.I,ve seen them on bikes & race car suspension. Also curious how this will ride & handle. I know the long lower control arms are a proven thing for the better .

I have the elco in the steel ground effects thread , which I just purchased front shockwaves for & f9000 rear bags . I won't need to drop as low with my extended bodywork, but I'm worried I won't have as much lift range as I would like, extra lift would be handy just for maintenance & cleaning.

your f9000 will provide about 11" of lift it should be more than enough. that is my preferred bad for a over axle set up on all most every customer car i do. i have them on my personal malibu. that ride is pretty good and its a time proven quality bag. you'll like them. on the front your only going to get about 7.75" of lift with the shock wave the strut has about 5" of under load and about an 1.75 in more due to the LCA geometry

 

[boatshoes]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

UMmm yes please 8)

I love this, that should be obvious. Super cool stuff, if you need any ideas this thing is pretty cool >> http://youtu.be/MlYElEz59f8

Keep up the good work, love me some bagged elco's 😀

 

[91hrdbdy]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

a little progress update last night i got the canti arm tacked together and mocked up so here is a photo. well be able to get about 16" of lift with this set up more than enough to clear the 22s

 

[jlcustomz]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

Thanks for the info. After first seeing you canted setup, I googled & saw a few examples. While the bed is no longer work truck worthy, the mechanical look can't be mistaken for anything other than awesome looking.Do you generally use single or double adjustable shocks to control ride quality?

PS I'm doing a pretty odd setup myself for air control. Setting up ball valves attached to a distribution block with return springs between the fill & release valves, a lever with roller between each valve set to activate with a push or pull of a knob. Will sit under front seat. Has a 5th push only lever for my navy ship horn. Simple , but complex at same time, like your suspension setup.

 

[91hrdbdy]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

got some more work done on this project this week


I really like doing one off stuff and makeing custom fit parts for stuff so i busted out these bag plates on the waterjet.
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few fold here and a fold there
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and you have this


these wrap aroound the cross member and will fit right up against the crossmember.



and here is a mock up photo ill do the other side and full weld tig it all together with my new tig machine i just bought..

 

[91hrdbdy]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22"

here is how it look all put together. ill have some video up later this week of it working.

 

[jlcustomz]

Re: smog rods elco laied out on 22" updated 6-10-13

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