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Originally Posted by gothodgie
fj60 in the front and fj80 FF in the rear ? 
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Sort of... I'm up in the air about a HP8" vs LP 9.5" front center section... but planning on the LP 9.5" center in the rear. I'm planning on running ARBs broached out to 35 spline in the rear(maybe up front, unsure as of now)... but wanting to build my own home-made knuckles kind of like Spidertrax, but I'm going to use the lower kingpin bearing from D60s top and bottom(so the bearings will need shimmed, but no spring and bushing to wear out up top) and build it to accept a Chevy 6 lug 33 spline IFS unit bearing up front. In the back since I want 35 spline, factory Toyota FF housing will not work. So it will either be semi float or I'll build it to accept redrilled F350 unit bearings(damn $$) or some 6 lug D60 hubs. Semi float is tempting since it's the lightest which is a major goal of mine. Ruff Stuff housings front and rear too.
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Originally Posted by tjrider
If the leafs work so well, why are you switching it back to 4 link? The whole thing just seems simple and easy to me with the results I'm after. The rear doesn't flex much now with the sway bar on it. It looked cheaper to leaf it than buy all the rod ends and brackets and such..... but I've never designed anything before either
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Lighter, better departure angle, better for driving at high speeds. While I know it's a pipe dream of mine, if I can build it to where I'm happy with it, it's on my bucket list to at least run the LCQ at King of the Hammers... or pre-qualify in a race around here. Running an ECORS event would be neat too. Also I have found I had a LOT more fun just building my Jeep vs wheeling it... which sucks because that's the expensive part:( So it's really just a new challenge for me. I still have a soft spot for leaves.
FWIW I have zero axle wrap which can be attributed to the traction bar.