Who had March 14th?

[bcolman]

4 core brass, the guy said it was cooling a cammed 460

was it an RV cam?

[Hot Pocket]

The front will be going up 4"

I don't have any parts to lift the rear. How can I lift it as cheaply as possible, but still have a truck that is reliable to drive on the street? Options?

[Sharpe]

Shackle flip.

[agjohn02]

The front will be going up 4"

I don't have any parts to lift the rear. How can I lift it as cheaply as possible, but still have a truck that is reliable to drive on the street? Options?

4" zero rate springs

[stx4wheeler]

A shackle hanger flip will give him around 5-6" depending on where he remounts the brackets.

An add a leaf in the rear will make it sit level with 4" coils in the front. At least that's what matched on my 79 bronco.

If it doesn't you can simply invert the current rear shackle hanger and gain another 1" 5/8 or 1 7/8". I can't remember which one of the two it is.

You could also just buy a rear lift block.

[TdmayfieldIV]

add a leaf will make the springs stiff as hell though. The sky manufacturing shackle flip kit gives a 4 1/2" lift. With your saggy old springs that should make it about right.

[85cj7]

sense you are all about cheap and lets face it, you are hotpocket so we have come to expect a certain quality of work, I would suggest blocks.

[Eckert]

Stacked blocks...

[Shaggy]

i have the lift springs you need in my garage... and if you want to go the bad way and use blocks... well i have a set of those too

[bcolman]

for ease of install i would go with wither lift springs or blocks, but with the shackle flip you should get the best flex

[Eckert]

honestly, get rid of the stock 3" blocks and do a shackle flip.

[colman]

i would suggest lift springs so you can replace the 40 yr old stock ones. even if they are a little stiffer. i bet tate will give you a decent deal. also your going to need new u-bolts (and new springs will have new bushings)

[Hot Pocket]

Going with colman on this one.

I've done some searching on FSB and talked to some 79 owners. I'm planning on going with Tate's procomp springs for the rear. JBG has some ubolt retainer plates and ubolts for less than $100.

I'd like to save up the coin for some Bilstein 5100s. I don't know which model number to use for my application though, since every website I go to only lists shocks for 80-96 broncos. Help me out here someone.

For the front, I'm planning on using the coil springs, radius arm drop brackets and bushings, and drop pitman arm I bought from Clarke... Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but all I need is the track bar drop bracket (JBG has one for $30,) the retainer plates and ubolts, the shocks, maybe some brake line extensions to complete the lift.

I'm ordering these parts next tuesday, my goal is to have it lifted by the end of the month.

[Shaggy]

your gay if you spend that kind of money on shocks and then act all broke to me when you are buying springs.... that is all

[Hot Pocket]

your gay if you spend that kind of money on shocks and then act all broke to me when you are buying springs.... that is all

Actually I'm buying them used from a guy on FSB who is going from a 4 to 6 inch lift and is considering switching to coils in the rear. He's only had them for about a year so they'll be costing me less than a set of new shocks. So far everything I've bought for this suspension is used because yes, I am broke and I'd like to get it all finished before the end of the month without it being a complete and total hoopty wagon.

That being said, if you still want to sell me the springs, I'd really appreciate it.