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I figured I’d make a place to post progress updates for those of you who care to follow along on my little ls400 “BattleCar”/python hunter build.
I picked her up for $700 a couple weeks ago and she’s pretty beat up... interior is all ripped apart, no reverse, a good amount of CEL codes and everything else you’d expect of a $700 car but she should be fun while I have her.
I was too ambitious with my first attempt and lifting the car... went for 6” but should’ve started at 3”.
Here’s a bit about that and how it turned out.
Then, today, I fabricated up a little 3” lift and it worked perfectly. The next step is the front end. I haven’t taken a look yet as to how much lift I can safely get but I’m hoping for 3” as well.
I could see how it failed initially with 6" lift, it cannot handle the articulation angles, it would have been cool if it did work, nothings ever that easy though it seems. This is interesting in its own way. 35's are tall I'd be more comfortable with 33's but hey why not go for it with 35's. So it seems it going to be sort of a pre-runner concept I guess right. It's probably for the better it didn't work as lower c.o.g. is preferable 3" is fine. If you can keep the body lower on taller tires that's better. These engines are powerful enough so it should turn the 35's decent. I think it'll handle ripping straight through okay for a while but try not too go too heavy into corners too often maybe see how it reacts to it. 35's are definitely more capable than 33's. I would just keep cutting upwards until it looked right and articulated right. Draw some lines and cut away. You might need to push them wheels out a bit not sure just depends how much room the wheel-wells are going to accommodate the 35's utilizing wheel spacers.
Plus the 1999 has really good suspension seats so that's good for added absorption. And these cars have thick steel and are built well, they are strong so that's good. Well certainly from an engineering perspective you will putting this car through the test and maybe figuring out how to shore up future mods making it work better.
08-02-20, 03:02 PM
Build thread
