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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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I will be getting a 93 s10 blazer soon so I can beat it on the trails but I was wondering could I possibly crank the tbar to 3 inches? I could make mounts and everything for the ball joints but I'm not sure if you could even crank it that high.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Might be possible with torsion keysbut your CV's would be toasted. What ya could do is fab up some drop brakets for whole front suspension, but that might be a ton of work.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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Crank the torsion bars as high as they will go, drive it till it breaks, then do a solid axle swap.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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^^^^^^^^^^I was thinkin it but he said it, LOL. SFA all the way baby!!!
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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Thats funny because I was originally gonna do a SFA but I was steering away from that because it would be a lot of work so I just want to tuck some big meats under it.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Then your best bet would be to install a 3" BL, cut the fenders and run 33's.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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I'm not really into BL over 2"s , but I do want to put 33's on it. Would that be possible with a 2" tbar crank and a 2" BL
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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Also can you fill me in on what the CV's are, it just slipped my mind what it means.
 
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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I think you could probably pull it off with a 2"BL and 2" Tbar crank and shackles in the rear and maybe some trimming. A CV is a constant velocity joint, it is what the front axle uses so that you can have a more car like suspension.

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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Oh ok, yeah I got ya, thanks for all of the advice. I should be getting it the next few weeks.
 
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