Rock Crawler Suspension Design

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Rock crawler suspension design.

Ultra4 started on a bet when 13 rock crawlers met on a dry lake bed in 2007 to see if they could run all the hammers trails in johnson valley in a single day. That s a real world test of a cutting edge design that could revolutionize rockcrawling for any ifs 4x4. Rock fink superlift s spokes rodent was a collaborative effort of superlift president bret lovett and ed big daddy roth. Wide open design carries rock bouncer rock crawler and jeep cj yj and tj chassis along with all the off road parts you need to build your own buggy or truggy.

It was bret s idea and ed s artistic genius that brought rock fink first cousin to rat fink to life. Brenthel may have his mind made up as to what the best four wheel drive suspension design is but the debate rages on in the ultra4 racing series. How to choose a custom suspension building a double triangulated 4 link plus rock racing from jellico tn. Solid axle 2013 fundamentals of three and four link systems the last option and most commonly used is a link controlled beam axle suspension design such as the one shown in figure 1 typical rock crawling obstacle.

56 hudson river rd waterford new york 1 518 270 9822. Choosing the right shocks coilovers or air reservoir of mono tube all details will be discussed plus ian builds a mock up chassis and gives step by step instructions on how to calculate and build his favorite set up. Big daddy a legend in the automotive industry died on april 4 2001. Figure 3 independant front suspension on the 2017 ford raptor frontend fued ifs vs.

The basics of anti squat anti dive and roll center. When building a 4 link suspension the lengths of the links their positioning and the angles at which they are mounted will all determine how the suspension affects the vehicle chassis under acceleration braking and cornering.