sdxrunner619
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This was the moment of truth, after a relatively painless install and alignment job...it came time to finally see how much angle i gained over stock by cutting out a section of my outer tie rod mount, too decrease turning radius, increase steering angle and possibly help reduce bump steer.
Here's some before pictures...of max steering angle with my OEM rims on and OEM knuckles.
before anyone asks...the artwork on these rims was done BY RatRod at texfest and .no, i dont drive around on these with this tread life, i just brought them for mock up and something else i will go into later...>**<
Picture of the OLD vs New knuckles. Old oem ones are the one caked in mud...:laugh:
Some pics of install and what not...
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OK...
results....now, before i get asked 1000 times for pics of new angle vs. old...i completely forgot to take reference photos of after install. :ahhhhh:Infact, i only now just remembered while making this thread... I was so freaking ancy to take her out for a spin, i just buttoned everything up and took off for the nearby parking structure to do some figure 8's and possibly diagnose any issues. Next week, ill put her back on the rack, and take some reference photos. :top:
...but...id have two videos of testing, and one does show the new angle during a quick walk around. *Fair waring, i'm working on about 3 hours of sleep, as i couldn't fall asleep last night due to anticipation...so i took two NOS energys to wake up.. Grumpy, Torspd and Toon know what happens when i combine lack of sleep and 500+mg of caffeine, think TRD blower install @ tex-fest. :laugh: So i do ramble a bit in the videos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQvbY98TRc&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYFMVEatjw&hd=1
The technical specs will be kept quite...as i'm gonna try and market these to any potential 2nd gen, 5 lug Tacoma drifters. :top:
I will tell you this much..
>> bump steer is all but gone, (with me at SS/XII track drop level).\ (when you lower thse trucks, the tie road angle gets fe'd up) There are threads on this isssue, im too tired to dig it up...
>>Steering effort has increased by about 20%.
>>I will get some exact measurements on how much my turning radius diameter has decreased by.
>> I wanna find a stock XR, find its max steering angle then measure mine (not 100% sure on how to do this...), to get an exact number on before/after results. Thoughts?
** back to what i was saying earlier... When i had designed these, i had built them around the fact that i was going to rock a narrower rim and tire up front. Have 1" H&R spacer up front, FYI. Down to a 18x9, +24 w/ 245/45s.....compared to 18x10 +22 on 275/40's
well, once the truck was properly aligned and what not...i checked my clearances and found i have some serious room left to increase the angle EVEN MORE!!! get this, nothing rubs, even with my massive 275's up front.:blurock::rockon:
and what do you know????... i have a second set of knuckles if i ever so please to take her to the next level.:crinklehair:
...And before everyone asks for drifting videos...im going to hit ADAMS motor sports park next week. Thursday night drift event. :rockon:
I'm going to take my truck out tomorrow and do more testing, and look for any signs of fatigue in the metal/welds. Hit up some bumpy roads, un-even surfaces, corners...etc... I'm 100% sure that the amount of work that went into welding these things up (guy who did this, has been welding since i was in diapers), is way above over kill and i wont have any issues. But, better safe then sorry. My friends Nissan Hard-body drift truck, i copied his method (more or less) and he's had many thousands of trouble free miles. :top:
~~~~~~if anyone has any questions about what these do and how/what they fix, post in this thread, or my build thread, and i will answer them to the best of my abilities. :rockon:
Here's some before pictures...of max steering angle with my OEM rims on and OEM knuckles.
before anyone asks...the artwork on these rims was done BY RatRod at texfest and .no, i dont drive around on these with this tread life, i just brought them for mock up and something else i will go into later...>**<
Picture of the OLD vs New knuckles. Old oem ones are the one caked in mud...:laugh:
Some pics of install and what not...
____________________________
OK...
results....now, before i get asked 1000 times for pics of new angle vs. old...i completely forgot to take reference photos of after install. :ahhhhh:Infact, i only now just remembered while making this thread... I was so freaking ancy to take her out for a spin, i just buttoned everything up and took off for the nearby parking structure to do some figure 8's and possibly diagnose any issues. Next week, ill put her back on the rack, and take some reference photos. :top:
...but...id have two videos of testing, and one does show the new angle during a quick walk around. *Fair waring, i'm working on about 3 hours of sleep, as i couldn't fall asleep last night due to anticipation...so i took two NOS energys to wake up.. Grumpy, Torspd and Toon know what happens when i combine lack of sleep and 500+mg of caffeine, think TRD blower install @ tex-fest. :laugh: So i do ramble a bit in the videos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQvbY98TRc&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYFMVEatjw&hd=1
The technical specs will be kept quite...as i'm gonna try and market these to any potential 2nd gen, 5 lug Tacoma drifters. :top:
I will tell you this much..
>> bump steer is all but gone, (with me at SS/XII track drop level).\ (when you lower thse trucks, the tie road angle gets fe'd up) There are threads on this isssue, im too tired to dig it up...
>>Steering effort has increased by about 20%.
>>I will get some exact measurements on how much my turning radius diameter has decreased by.
>> I wanna find a stock XR, find its max steering angle then measure mine (not 100% sure on how to do this...), to get an exact number on before/after results. Thoughts?
** back to what i was saying earlier... When i had designed these, i had built them around the fact that i was going to rock a narrower rim and tire up front. Have 1" H&R spacer up front, FYI. Down to a 18x9, +24 w/ 245/45s.....compared to 18x10 +22 on 275/40's
well, once the truck was properly aligned and what not...i checked my clearances and found i have some serious room left to increase the angle EVEN MORE!!! get this, nothing rubs, even with my massive 275's up front.:blurock::rockon:
and what do you know????... i have a second set of knuckles if i ever so please to take her to the next level.:crinklehair:
...And before everyone asks for drifting videos...im going to hit ADAMS motor sports park next week. Thursday night drift event. :rockon:
I'm going to take my truck out tomorrow and do more testing, and look for any signs of fatigue in the metal/welds. Hit up some bumpy roads, un-even surfaces, corners...etc... I'm 100% sure that the amount of work that went into welding these things up (guy who did this, has been welding since i was in diapers), is way above over kill and i wont have any issues. But, better safe then sorry. My friends Nissan Hard-body drift truck, i copied his method (more or less) and he's had many thousands of trouble free miles. :top:
~~~~~~if anyone has any questions about what these do and how/what they fix, post in this thread, or my build thread, and i will answer them to the best of my abilities. :rockon: