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Post by 5809 on May 18, 2012 19:39:19 GMT -5
Hey guys Im new to building and driving derby cars but I have watched a lot and Im trying to increase my game. I have seen cars that get a lot of height from welding the A arms to the frame. Can you guys explain in detail how this is done. Pictures are worth a thousand words IMO cause ill admit if i cant see what your talking about I might not understand. So if you have any picture pleas post them. Thanks for any tips in advance
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Post by 5809 on May 19, 2012 14:43:41 GMT -5
or if you can direct me to a previous thread that talks about this that would be helpful. Pictures of bolting the A arms down would be helpful too thanks
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Post by derbyguyf16 on May 19, 2012 18:36:47 GMT -5
Welding A Arms is a easy thing to do, Before jacking up the front end cut the rubber mount on the a arm. Jack the car up till the a arms bottom out use a hammer and beat down the slot where the rubber mount was at. Then weld. But that isn't the max height you can get. You can get another 2 to 3 inches if you cut out the pad under the a arm where the rubber mount would rest on if it was still there. You will have to take the upper a arm off to cut this. Another thing is just put a bigger set of springs in the front. You can still weld the a arms down but it helps keep the height if the welds breaks.
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Post by 5809 on May 19, 2012 19:14:56 GMT -5
Thanks for your help! Very helpful!
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Post by redneckracing12 on May 20, 2012 20:22:40 GMT -5
like said above you can cut the bump stop tabs off the frame completely to gain some extra height and weld a piece of pipe from the lower control arm to the bottom of the frame  By redneckracing12 at 2011-10-26 |
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Post by derbyguyf16 on May 21, 2012 17:12:56 GMT -5
like said above you can cut the bump stop tabs off the frame completely to gain some extra height and weld a piece of pipe from the lower control arm to the bottom of the frame By redneckracing12 at 2011-10-26 Have you snapped any lower ball joints welding the pipe to the frame to the lower. I did it once and snapped both side so i stoppped doing it. Could be my bad luck lol |
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Post by redneckracing12 on May 21, 2012 20:32:27 GMT -5
like said above you can cut the bump stop tabs off the frame completely to gain some extra height and weld a piece of pipe from the lower control arm to the bottom of the frame By redneckracing12 at 2011-10-26 Have you snapped any lower ball joints welding the pipe to the frame to the lower. I did it once and snapped both side so i stoppped doing it. Could be my bad luck lol no sir, there was 4 runs in 3 weeks in the wagon pictured and didnt have any issues with ball joints at all. |
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Post by derbyguyf16 on May 21, 2012 21:09:55 GMT -5
Figures just my darn luck lol
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