02-15-2013, 11:36 AM
#110
(02-15-2013, 11:17 AM)Simpler=Better Ah, I missed the spring chop. I'm all for a crazy lifted van don't get me wrong, just trying to poke holes before you flip it
there are drop spindles also that will fit this van. How about a body lift and drop spindles on the same chassis.
As the girlfriend has pointed out, all this work, and in the end it will still be a tired beat looking old minivan.
EDIT-
here is what I might use for spacers. 6 pallet jack front wheels would make perfect 3.5 inch spacers for the subframe. They are constructed of 1/2 inch cast iron with a 1/2 inch hard plastic outer cover, and they have provisions for bearing stops, so I was going to glue in some fender washers like in pic #2, and they would be centered around the bolt
The big question is shearing force on the bolts. Im reading on astro forums about what people have encountered. I won't be going off road, and two of my bolts are huge, the center ones, but I will have to see. Other options are to weld on a pipe spacer and use the stock bolts
with a fender washer dropped in the bearing hole, fits almost perfectly, just needs to be enlarged for the bolt-
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van