ECORS Race VX

[twalker920]

Awesome job! I love how close to stock it is yet can take that beating. That's two of you competitors who have gotten air in the last few days! The temptation is strong....must...resist...

[SlowPro48]

Man that is fantastic. Wish I'd known about the race. Would love to see that in person. When/where is the next one? And yeah - suspension mods are badly needed when you hang that much additional weight off the front. I think stiffer torsion bars are available and if you do that you'll need to increase the rebound damping. Actually given the weight of the tires and the limited suspension travel and the pounding to which this VX is subject, you need to increase both compression and rebound damping. But hey - shims are cheap!

[Buffy]

I've had Sway-A-Way heavy duty torsion bars on order for almost 2 months now. Unfortunately they have been on back order. They keep saying next week..... Next week..... But that comes and goes with no bars in hand. looking into installing longer travel shocks but that will require some modification to accommodate the larger body. We have a lot of ideas for improvement just not a lot of time to get it done.

[SlowPro48]

looking into installing longer travel shocks

Are shocks the travel-limiting component?

You know, after I pecked out that message about changing the shims it occurred to me that since you need to increase both rebound and compression damping, you could just go with a thicker shock oil...

[don moore]

need to pant the front corners black to match the rest of the cladding.

[Triathlete]

need to pant the front corners black to match the rest of the cladding.

Personally I think "pants" would look funny on a VX no matter what color

[Buffy]

I don't know a nice pin stripe wouldn't be bad......

Well I have the motor, tranny, and transfer case installed. The rear with all new links is in. Man those race tires look sweet under there! Next up is to finish up the 5 speed conversion and install the headers. I am also going to build a custom trans mount and do away with the factory setup. No more broken rusty bolts! I will be sure to take some pictures of that when I finish, plush the ground clearance should improve. Took a measurement and I have 22 inches of ground clearance to the bottom of the rock sliders.

[don moore]

lol you know what I ment..lol