Raceanything
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This thread is NOT about lifting to get more bump travel or too much about controlling it with shocks or bump stops.
What we are looking for here is get greedy and find every last 1/8" of room for the axle to go up no matter where you start from
We all want to go fast and keep the CG low so let's compile all the tricks here;
Have you cycled your front axle up? Can you show (specifically) where/what hits first and second and third and can it be clearanced?
UCA / motor mount notching? show us
Oil filter relocation, modifications? show us
Track bar mod?
Raised motor? do tell
Does the Artek truss hit before other stock parts
Oil pan? They apparently changed to steel in late '21 for more room but didn't shorten the bump towers
Is there room inside to dent or notch the steel pan for more clearance?
How much taller did they make the ExRecon towers and why, what else changed?
Have you shortened your bump towers without ill effects and without changing anything else?
I'm starting with the cheapest 392 in North America. Built in 8 of '21 it has the cast alum pan, stock everything but 35"s, a cheap winch and RSE steps that don't work.
130K and the front springs are 11" tall at ride height, 1" to the worn out rubber bumps, 2.5" metal to metal, OEM Fox shocks are shot.
I intend to research and frugally cheat my way to the best crawler, DD, and still go fast 392 on portals I can make. I'm not talking about desert go fast just bombing between trails and snow wheeling without losing fillings or being two stories tall.
Thanks,
Jeff
What we are looking for here is get greedy and find every last 1/8" of room for the axle to go up no matter where you start from
We all want to go fast and keep the CG low so let's compile all the tricks here;
Have you cycled your front axle up? Can you show (specifically) where/what hits first and second and third and can it be clearanced?
UCA / motor mount notching? show us
Oil filter relocation, modifications? show us
Track bar mod?
Raised motor? do tell
Does the Artek truss hit before other stock parts
Oil pan? They apparently changed to steel in late '21 for more room but didn't shorten the bump towers
Is there room inside to dent or notch the steel pan for more clearance?
How much taller did they make the ExRecon towers and why, what else changed?
Have you shortened your bump towers without ill effects and without changing anything else?
I'm starting with the cheapest 392 in North America. Built in 8 of '21 it has the cast alum pan, stock everything but 35"s, a cheap winch and RSE steps that don't work.
130K and the front springs are 11" tall at ride height, 1" to the worn out rubber bumps, 2.5" metal to metal, OEM Fox shocks are shot.
I intend to research and frugally cheat my way to the best crawler, DD, and still go fast 392 on portals I can make. I'm not talking about desert go fast just bombing between trails and snow wheeling without losing fillings or being two stories tall.
Thanks,
Jeff
