2climbbig

Ok, Thought I would post my numbers... They varied from my original plan when I had to move my upper link up a bit. But overall, not bad

Ringer

You might want to play with things a bit. Over 8 degrees of roll oversteer will provide some poor and scary handling characteristics. You either want that to be zero, or negative(roll understeer).

2climbbig

Ok, try this again... Yeah, I have been doing a ton of research to see what I can do about that. Looking at that calculator, the roll angle is primarily based on link angle and toe. I can change that up a bit. I am also not sure on the COG. I have heard that its the top bolt of the bell housing to the centre of the crankshaft. I am not sure which.

It looks like the best I can do is about 4 degrees without relocating my gas tank. Better than my current 8 degrees.

2climbbig

So I am having issues with my front wheel speed sensors. They were working for a while but last week, I got a check engine light and recieved 3 error codes from the wheel speed sensors. I cleared the codes and cleaned the sensors and they worked fine for a week. Last night, the check engine light came back on and within a couple of minutes, my speedometer went out. If it turn the engine off, then turn it back own, the speedometer will work for a few seconds then quit again. Both the senors are new from ford. I split the wire leading out from the sensor into the jeep wire.

So, I know it can work, but it seems like if anything gets on that sensor, its no longer reading correctly. So, my limited understanding of electricity and how the sensor works is that there is a magnet and a coil in the sensor. A magnetic field is generated by the teeth in the tone ring. This signal will vary in amplitude and frequency which the Jeeps computer interprets and converts into a speed.

I currently have a .09 inch gap (ford design) between the sensor and the ring. The tolerance for the sensor is .05 to .1 inch. I am wondering, if I reduce the air gap between the sensor and the tone ring, will the magnetic field increase and therefore increase the signal? My alternative is to have some customer sensors made... not to expensive, but not cheap either.

2climbbig

Ok, I have figured out what the issue is with my front wheel speed sensors. To get the voltage equal to jeep you have to have an air gap of .05 inches. The sensor depth is .700 inches and the tone ring depth is .750 inches. This creates a .05 inch air gap. I played with differences and found .050 works best. Even .005 inch variance gave me problems.

Summary, you can use the ford sensor and splice it to the jk wire. Use as much of the jeep wire to keep resistance the same as mine. A change in resistance changes the voltage and thus you may have to change the air gap.

I have been on the new set up for 3 weeks with no issues.

2climbbig

Got to play this weekend and did a bunch of 4's and the ground was pretty wet so it made it even more unpredictable. Anyway, climbed up on a rock and thought I would share...





Thinking maybe I need bead locks.

Invest2m4

Is your Jeep Purple?! Or just the pictures make it look that way?

2climbbig

No, its Red Rock/maroon. The light really does something to it.

It handled really well. No hopping, not tippy, really predictable. Really happy with it.

2climbbig

Ok, I have made some modification to the jeep and just wanted to post it. First, I have removed those ugly a$$ lower control mounts for the front axle and replaced them with cleaner lines. It does move up my mounting position and erodes street performance a bit, but I can afford that.

I had already cut off the old ones before thinking to snap a picture, so hence the first photo

Pthorpe84

Looks great!