[quote]Originally posted by Unity_Jon:
<strong>sorry for being ignorant but why have you 'chained the front down' ??</strong><hr></blockquote>
its not ignorant.. its a good question. when seriously hopping the car, you ut a lot of stress on the ball joint. thats the only thing keeping the upper a arm connected to the wheel assembly so each time you hop, when you lock the car out/up, all that force is applied to the ball joints, upper and lower. Thats why ball joints brake.
So, you weld a box to the frame of the car, and one on the lower control arm. Lift the car to where it almost locks out. now you install enough chain from the top box to the lower to keep all that pressure from being put on to the ball joints. So now when you hop, the chain takes all the force, and as an added benefit: Since you have the chain connected to the car frame and lower a arm, the chain kinda acts like a pulley per say by pulling up hard on the lower control arm.
Do you see it? How it works?
This is another one of those simple but useful tricks that nobody shares.
Also, if/when the upper ball joint breaks (it still can) it will stop the spring from shooting out and injuring some body. The chain is holding the lower arm up.the wheel will still flop down and get fucked, but you arent firing a spring at anybody either.......
Happy Hopping
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