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94cobra69ss396
10-17-2010, 05:58 PM
I had to buy some new tires for the Explorer because the old ones were down to the wear bars. So I ran the Silverwood trail today to see how well they worked. They work great! Here's some pictures of the Explorer showing it's flex. Not bad for a home built SAS with home made springs. Sorry for the poor quality but I had to use my phone.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_002.jpg

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_003.jpg

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_004.jpg
BADDASSC6
10-17-2010, 07:08 PM
Nice! Looks like you were really working it!
blackax
10-17-2010, 07:16 PM
Im keeping my sas really simple right now just leafs front and rear....But you sure do get a lot of flex from that coil mmmmm
94cobra69ss396
10-17-2010, 09:04 PM
Im keeping my sas really simple right now just leafs front and rear....But you sure do get a lot of flex from that coil mmmmm

No coils, I used leaf springs as well to keep it cheap. The fronts are made from the stock front and rear packs from a Wrangler with one leaf from an F150. The rears are made up of a combo of F150 and FJ40 packs.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_005.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_006.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_007.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/Explorer_Silverwood_008.jpg
blackax
10-17-2010, 10:29 PM
I didnt see the leaf springs....Its looks good and a lot of flex



I have 63 inch mid 90's chevy rear springs for the rear and 55 inch mid 90's bronco rear springs for the front




http://lh3.ggpht.com/_1YDVUg9BjuM/S8PlH3vYA0I/AAAAAAAABWM/Yp1Hnb2xFjg/s800/2010-04-12%2019.28.30.jpg

My Jack toped out...I still have more travel in her
94cobra69ss396
10-17-2010, 10:53 PM
Nice. My rears are 54 inches long and I don't remember how long the fronts are but I think they were like 48. I'd like to do the longer rear leafs on the rear but I'm not sure it's worth it. I'll have some Deaver's or Nationals made before I go to a long leaf though.
blackax
10-17-2010, 11:38 PM
Deaver are some bitchen springs...But i would just coil it for the kind of money they are asking
blackax
10-17-2010, 11:47 PM
What size tire are you running? They look almost like 33's
94cobra69ss396
10-18-2010, 08:15 AM
It will be a lot less to go with custom built leafs then it will to change everything over to run a coil and I wouldn't go with a coil but instead would go coilover.

They are 33x12.5x15 and they rub just a little at full turn when the truck is flexed that much.
enkeivette
10-18-2010, 01:25 PM
Adam likes this. :bigthumbsup:
94cobra69ss396
10-20-2010, 08:51 PM
Thanks, I figured you would. See what you can do with an Explorer. Of course mine is more for four wheeling than it is for prerunning and it does okay on the whoops and it's been jumped a few times but nothing big. It will do a lot better with some better springs and shocks though.