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This is not accurate Having a rear sway bar, increases roll stiffness in the rear. That will also help with front articulation. The stiffer the rear is wrt to roll the greater the articulation in the front. Three torsional springs in series; rear roll stiffness, frame torsional stiffness, and...

I love my ICE vehicles and don’t intend to switch with the currently available technology on EVs…. But this is hard to argue against. very curious where this technology will go. I struggle to keep politics out of science, they just don’t mix well. Science has no agenda and is pure, but very...

Ssssoooooo… no easy way to say this… but I was talking about all the stuff your wife is doing…. 😳

A coilover swap is not that hard if you know what to watch out for. But yeah, the stuff @SierraBronco is tackling is bad ass.

The @SierraBronco 1/2 portal rig is an easy DIY job. Check it out. All you need to do is be able to count to at least 2… oh. And remember front or rear… never mind. I guess that is getting complicated.. Very cool effort he, and mostly wife, are tackling...

Sorry. No disrespect intended. My thoughts were generically intended towards reducing wear and tear and loads on a heavy overlanding rig with RTT. And increasing longevity with reduced maintenance. I fully understand you do not intend to go that route but others may benefit.

First off. Nice rig and build. This may not be a popular opinion but it is sincere and not meant to be negative. Your challenge is all the weight you are carrying and the vehicle CG. Not an easy challenge to overcome. I would seriously ask yourself if you need 37s as an overlander with RTT...

Who says the AI revolution can’t benefit all. If a shop owner was pushing a gear swap from 4.7 to 4.88 most would be slightly skeptical and think they were being up-sold. Enter an AI search and response, now all of a sudden everyone completely buys in. Time for AI chat bots everywhere. 😬

No one is saying there aren’t benefits. But from 4.7 to 4.88 the benefits mentioned are trivial and can be quantified accurately, 3.8%. No real value gained. Negatives also present themselves for increased gear ratio in terms of pinion tooth profile and stress. Some tooth counts for common...

3.8%. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Going from 4.70 to 4.88 is a 3.8% change. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😬😬

Not needed if your Panhard bar is near level at ride height.

So then fck convention. I am gonna call it a well triangulated 3.5 link… I will meet you halfway. 🤣

Just giving Vasher some credit for being able to increase lateral stiffness using the oem frame mounts for the upper links. Getting lateral stiffness (good triangulation) out of two independent upper links has multiple interference issues. I would be curious if the increased lateral stiffness of...

Is it a wishbone 3 link or a just well triangulated 4 link? 🤔

Ssssooooo that’s why you are doing long travel in the rear… UPS lost your rear portals…

Ying and yang… always maintain good energy flow.

Bummer on not getting parts in time to build for UBB. Sssoooo if that is only a 6” travel coil over, then the swaybar link looks smallish. 🤣 I can’t wait to see how it all works back there when wheeling.

Different springs can be put on the 5100 bilstein shocks besides OEM. Spring rate is an important parameter but not the only consideration. The spring needs to fit wrt diameter, so spring ID is important. The shock should be near mid stroke at ride height, so spring free length is important...

Thanks for engaging in discussions. The level of effort on this is most definitely appreciated. Detailed scans for geometry definition, 3D solid modeling, rigid body kinematics, stress/displacement analysis. Many, many, serious hours of effort. Sssooooo many tradeoffs need to be made from...