Lift it, Slam it, or bag it?

[PurpleMinivan]

A lifted 2wd with a turbo'd 4.3L V6??? Are ya'll kidding? He just installed the STS turbo kit for nothing then cause big tires and all the extra weight of the lift is going to rob alot of power.

[sprayedenali]

bag it. you can go either way a he flip of a switch. it can be low except when you need the clearance or anything that might be a disadvantage of a lowered truck

[DBRODS]

I vote 2 slam it!



Ok, if im thread jacking I apologize in advance. Im going to be bagging my truck real soon and plan on using a triangulated 4link but not quite sure where the bag should be mounted. I have heard that mounting it to the lower bar gives you more lift but also a lot of wheel hop. I really dont care about a lot of lift just as long as I can get a decent ride height. With that said, I was advised to run the bag over the axle to control the wheel hop better. I have heard that this gives a rougher ride. My ? to you is where would you suggest the bag be mounted to get a good ride with minimal wheel hop? Thanks.

Ok to start off, your body style truck really doesn't like a triagulated four link. The frame rails aren't wide enough to give the upper bars enough angle to center the rearend properly without some axle movement. If your looking at doing it yourself KP Components has a real nice kit, as well as Air Ride Technologies. Both of those kits are parrallel. There are thousands of ways to put in a 4link but only a few correct ways. If you fab something yourself your better off with a tapered sleave bag mounted behind or infront of the axle i.e. firestone F9000 or f9001. That will give you a excellent ride. If you mount the bags on the lower bars on a lever ratio you need to use double convoluted bags. The weight of the truck, size of bag, determines where the bag should be placed. You can also get a excellent ride this way. There is a lot of stuff involed to get a properly working system. It doesn't matter how the bags are on a 4link system, you should never get any wheel hop period. Unless the 4link it installed horribly wrong. I tried not to make it so long, and it's hard to get into great detail.

[GasGuzzler]

A lifted 2wd with a turbo'd 4.3L V6??? Are ya'll kidding? He just installed the STS turbo kit for nothing then cause big tires and all the extra weight of the lift is going to rob alot of power.

And to think I posted my thoughts in the power adder topic for this truck. The next guy that says DBTBSS is stupid.......is stupid. Not only did he figure this out, but he gets paid to lean on a shovel and watch others work.

[DBRODS]

And to think I posted my thoughts in the power adder topic for this truck. The next guy that says DBTBSS is stupid.......is stupid. Not only did he figure this out, but he gets paid to lean on a shovel and watch others work.

Kurt gets to think about things all day.....staring at the buildings next door...

[ls182]

Ok to start off, your body style truck really doesn't like a triagulated four link. The frame rails aren't wide enough to give the upper bars enough angle to center the rearend properly without some axle movement. If your looking at doing it yourself KP Components has a real nice kit, as well as Air Ride Technologies. Both of those kits are parrallel. There are thousands of ways to put in a 4link but only a few correct ways. If you fab something yourself your better off with a tapered sleave bag mounted behind or infront of the axle i.e. firestone F9000 or f9001. That will give you a excellent ride. If you mount the bags on the lower bars on a lever ratio you need to use double convoluted bags. The weight of the truck, size of bag, determines where the bag should be placed. You can also get a excellent ride this way. There is a lot of stuff involed to get a properly working system. It doesn't matter how the bags are on a 4link system, you should never get any wheel hop period. Unless the 4link it installed horribly wrong. I tried not to make it so long, and it's hard to get into great detail.

Well put. Im not doing the install myself. A guy who used to work at Chaotic and now works with his father will be doing it for me. So a triangulated 4link is not my best option then? I looked into the KP and ART stuff but for the $, the route I explained plus the compressors, bags, and everything else just seemed more economical and more suited to a performance application or so I thought. If I was to bring my truck to you what would you recommend and how much cheese would it run? Feel free to pm me if you would like to get more specific. Thanks for your insight.

[DBRODS]

Well put. Im not doing the install myself. A guy who used to work at Chaotic and now works with his father will be doing it for me. So a triangulated 4link is not my best option then? I looked into the KP and ART stuff but for the $, the route I explained plus the compressors, bags, and everything else just seemed more economical and more suited to a performance application or so I thought. If I was to bring my truck to you what would you recommend and how much cheese would it run? Feel free to pm me if you would like to get more specific. Thanks for your insight.

I'm only on for a few more minutes, so I'll shoot you a PM in the morning.. Maybe you can drop me a line and I can explain in more detail over the phone...

[ls182]

Ok cool. Is this your shop # 512-xxx-1854?

[DBRODS]

Ok cool. Is this your shop # 512-xxx-1854?

Yep thats her...

[PurpleMinivan]

And to think I posted my thoughts in the power adder topic for this truck. The next guy that says DBTBSS is stupid.......is stupid. Not only did he figure this out, but he gets paid to lean on a shovel and watch others work.

Kurt gets to think about things all day.....staring at the buildings next door...

Both of you are HATERS!!! Someone has to do it, might as well be me. I don't lean on shovels.... I might get a splinter and they don't make gloves that fit my hands. I watch from the climate controlled building all day.