Hee hee, well the ramps I deal with are just over a jeep in lenght, so if I build a fullsize to ramp 1000 or better, I should be able to run off the end of it.
My plans for the coils and four link in the rear were done a long time ago, the templates are made, the measurements are marked. I started building, but my problem came with rod ends. I wanted to use Johnny Joints, but it was getting expensive, around $60 each, if I went with good joints at one end and rubber bushings at the other end I was still into about $300 in joints and bushings. A bunch of heavy wall DOM for my links, plus misc. plate steel and fasteners, I was getting into $600 total, plus welding wire, cutting blades, etc.
So I went shopping the spring shops. My custom made 90" long rear leaf springs are costing me $450, bolt them in and go. No work involved.
I figure I can put the leafs in and its on the road and driving. Theres nothing stopping me from building my four link, welding my brackets on, etc. I can take all the time I want that way, as I can afford the parts, and then once I have everything its a matter of a quick swap from leafs to coils.
It was kind of funny. Ordered my springs, he said they'd be done in a week. I went back two weeks later, and he says, uh oh, good news and bad news.
The good news was he could still make them for the same price, the bad news was he has to wait for the special order spring stock. Everything he could get locally was 80" long, and theres was no way he could get the arch I needed with the center to center I wanted out of 80".
Hee hee, 60 inches spring eye to spring eye, should get a decent ride out of it.
Dan.
