My 93 nissan pathfinder build up

What happened to the Crane front Diff cover??? It was Red as well---hope you did not sell it.
 
336wheeler said:
Thats looking awesome man, but it looks like you will have some bad flex steer. Oh well... if you're flexed that much, you won't be going fast and it should be able to handle fine. Post up pics of how it does when you're running coil retainers.
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bad flex steer? It looks pretty balanced to me.

As for the Crane cover, pretty sure its going on after everything gets broken down for paint and finish.
 
Maybe its just the angle that the pictures are taken at, but the very last picture makes the passenger rear tire look like its cutting in. Guess it's just me.
 
Rich said:
Instead of using a softer spring on your primary and reducing your combined (& main) spring rate, try the next shorter size spring for the secondary.. That will also allow you to crank down on the prelaod ring, reducing your need for tenders.
Or at the very least, go down in rate on the secondary, not the primary.
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When you say secondary, you are meaning the tender, or the top spring correct? I talked with the guy at FOA today and he had mentioned a few different ways to do it, he was saying not to go a size down on the springs but to adjust the spring weight. We plugged it into the calculator I could have done either 250 over 400 or 300 over 300 to get about 70 percent droop with my setup. I am curious to hear more about using a shorter spring as that may be an option... Thanks!
 
It's probably not proper terminology, but since my first coilovers were car stuff, you had the primary spring, and the one with something like a 5lb rate whose only purpose was to keep the springs seated at full extension was called a tender.. In our app, I guess it's technically a helper.

ANYWAY, back on track, yeah, the top spring.

Basically the way I've gathered is you shoot for a good spring rate and resulting spring frequency, but if you find the adjusting collar is all the way up but you're still too tall, you can run a shorter top spring. Your spring rate is unaffected, and you get the ride height you're after.

My personal setup is a little different than most, in that I'm using a heavy primary and very light secondary (ex: front is 130/450). This makes tuning the secondary stop ring more vital, but can really open up tuning possibilities.

I relied heavily on 2 guys I've met who have been running their CO's for years and are never satisfied - one has changed the valving at least 6 times already (as an example of how much of a tuner he is), and they'v ebeen helpful in suggesting some initial valving for me to try, and also spring rates.

Long story short, I'd go for the 250 over 400. But do make sure your primary (bottom) spring is always the same length as your shock's travel, or you run the chance of the spring binding on the shock body..

Since this is my first off-road rig on CO's, I can't speak from years of experience with them, but I've been around enough road cars to be able to apply that experience to our long travel stuff..

Think of it like this- You're building a hi-po road car. you've figured out that your desired spring rate is say 500lb-in. so you buy a 8" spring, and set the car up, but the damn thing is an inch too tall. Softening the spring rate would get the height down, but at the expense of the handling. So, you get a 2" shorter spring, and crank in 1" of preload.. viola.

HTH..
 
I've seen lots of rigs flex steer...the only adverse thing I've seen happen due to it is...people on the side of the trail saying "damn that thing flex steers"...I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
BIGWOODY said:
I've seen lots of rigs flex steer...the only adverse thing I've seen happen due to it is...people on the side of the trail saying "damn that thing flex steers"...I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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My thoughts as well...


That makes sense Rich, Thanks, I'll start looking for a shorter top spring.
 
x2 on that, I've seen it happen but it really never makes a difference. If you're going that slow, the tires can just slip to wherever they need to go. Just as long as you can steer regularly, you won't have any trouble. Just noticing..
 
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