WEll, I finally busted out the digital camera and have a few pictures that I have posted up.

SAS pictures.

Here is a little write up about the project.

Write up

This picture nearly made me lose my lunch. I got all sorts of caddy-wompus and couldn't figure out which way was up...

That's a pretty cool setup. Nice and clean - I like the way you did the rear shocks. Something I'd like to do once I get a few free weekend(s)... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Very, Very nice, man....
I cant wait to finish mine....
We are making welding the front crossmember this weekend...

i cant wait to go wheelin with ya and see it flex. Someday, someday......i will have one too

kevan

The rear shocks allow better travel that way, but do little to discourage body lean. This can be a problem on road in steep corners, or when off-camber off-road. I have 'em that way and plan to eventually change them to a more vertical orientation.

You show several steering setups -- is the highsteer the final iteration?

Randii

The hi-steer will be the final setup. Tonight I will be switching the bar back up top. But its been a battle getting there. I tried so many different axle positions switching from shackles in the rear, then rotating the offset isuzu springs (4+ inches further forward on the axle position this allowed me to clear the pitman arm with the histeer but caused my wicked death wobble problems), then changing the shackles forward.

Overall lift height as measured against a couple of different stock rodeos is 8-9" total lift over stock. Measured from top of the wheel to the fenders. (15 inch wheels in all cases (just so you dont think I am crazy in my benchmarking. I tried about 3 different stock rodeos I found in various parking lots ).

All in all its a little bumpier with the shackles up front (I did notice this). But its tolerable. As for differences in flex, I have noticed that my front end flexes fine either which way. Surprizingly the front flexes better than the rear right now. The nice part about the shackles up front was that the histeer will now clearance the pitman arm again because the axle moves forward on compression.

I doubt that made any sense to anyone but me. But I said it.

P.S. Just a note, I ended up moving the spring hanger on the chevy springs further back. To make it centered in the wheel wells you need to shoot for about 9.5 inches forward of the stock hanger location. In order to fit bigger tires you will want to move further back so you don't eat your doors. I ended up about 7.5-7 inches forward of the stock location. The single shackle in the rear needs to be about 4"-6" back from the stock location again depending on how far you move the axle back. If I had to do it again I probably would go to something like a 4" shackle (with no connecting bar to help the flex) and as much as a 3-4" block for the chevy springs. This way the springs would be nearly flat at ride height but still yeild some wicked flex. And you do not want under any circumstances to be running a 4wd 63" chevy pack. I pulled mine from a Suburban, and let me tell you those springs were STIFF. Take one leaf out and you have a pretty nice ride that flexes when you want it to.

Hmmmm that d44 with the ox cover looks really familiar, where have I seen that before... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> :sigh: someday, someday

Don't have time to read whole sas write up at the moment, but looks really good! But what the heck happened to your front bumper? You go sawzall happy?

Actually, I ran into a wall that I was trying to climb which forced my bumper back into my tires which promptly ripped off the left corner of my bumper. As for the little cuts, I went a little sawzall happy to make enough room for those shackle hangers. Well maybe they arent so little or very pretty. But they are functional. I will be making a new bumper once I get new tires. (which might be a while)