Baja bus question?

crazyfiggi Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 20 Apr 2005, 5:48 pm

#340832

Hey everyone, how far can you lift a baja bus with adjusters in the beam and turned splines in the rear with notched spring plates? How high can you go before there is to much of and angle on the cv joints and the ball joints run out of travel? Im building a baja bus and want to lift it as much as possable without having to lower the box + motor and the front beam.
Thanks heaps,
Alex.

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 · 20 Apr 2005, 8:48 pm

#340970

not sure how high you can go on the front with adjusters as my old bus had a 4"plate welded in but the rear was up just one spline ,most of the lift comes from wheels and tyres

[Edited on 20/4/2005 by kombibob]

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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 · 20 Apr 2005, 9:04 pm

#340986

Ask Brad from Custom he knows a lot about that stuff

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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 25 Apr 2005, 6:42 pm

#343878

Thats a cool baja bus. Are they any good offroad, or are they just big, heavy, slow and laggy fat things on wheels. Whats the stability like on one of those?

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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Apr 2005, 6:45 pm

#344608

mynameischris88 wrote:Thats a cool baja bus. Are they any good offroad, or are they just big, heavy, slow and laggy fat things on wheels. Whats the stability like on one of those?

Yeah I reckon you nailed it on the head.............:puke

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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Apr 2005, 6:47 pm

#344609

another slow laggy fat one...

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kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 · 26 Apr 2005, 6:48 pm

#344612

that thing is so fat and heavy that its front wheels cant even touch the ground

1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 26 Apr 2005, 8:59 pm

#344752

A simple "no" would have been fine, but anyways.

What engine do u slap in that? U need to really have some power to do that? TELL ME HOW!!!!

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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!