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wheel to wheel travel? What the hell does that mean? Wheel travel is measured at the hub - the distance the suspension will allow the hub to move up and down.......wheel spacers will not increase wheel travel as described. All they do is make the track width wider, and mess with your geometry and increase load. But ya, im the retard huh? Stfu junior.
travel: Verb: To go from one place to another.
(wheel to wheel travel): The distance from one wheel to another wheel. Go back to elementary school m&d
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Actually spacers will increase suspension travel. Not by much but they will. It is the same as increasing the length of the a arm. A longer a arm will increase wheel travel. Track is the measurement of the distance between the wheels from side to side. And adding distance between the wheels is called increasing the track. Wheel base is distance between the front axles and the rear. Actually the measurement is taken from the center line of the axles.
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Actually spacers will increase suspension travel. Not by much but they will. It is the same as increasing the length of the a arm. A longer a arm will increase wheel travel. Track is the measurement of the distance between the wheels from side to side. And adding distance between the wheels is called increasing the track. Wheel base is distance between the front axles and the rear. Actually the measurement is taken from the center line of the axles.
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Didnt I ask you to stfu?
It is NOT the same as extending a arms. Try it out with a tape measure THEN tell me what you find. Its basic geometry. If you drew an imaginary line where the a arms pivot at the spindle, they pivot on a circle basically. The shorter the a arm, the smaller the circle. The longer the a arm, the bigger the circle which means less drastic change of angle at outer pivot points = more travel. With spacers you are not changing pivot points, only widening the track width. You may gain a negligable amount of travel, fractions of an inch, but you also get the negative effects of increased scrub and leverage.
It is NOT the same as extending a arms. Try it out with a tape measure THEN tell me what you find. Its basic geometry. If you drew an imaginary line where the a arms pivot at the spindle, they pivot on a circle basically. The shorter the a arm, the smaller the circle. The longer the a arm, the bigger the circle which means less drastic change of angle at outer pivot points = more travel. With spacers you are not changing pivot points, only widening the track width. You may gain a negligable amount of travel, fractions of an inch, but you also get the negative effects of increased scrub and leverage.
Last edited by M&D; Jan 10, 2011 at 03:13 PM.
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Show me another person in the history of autos who's used the term "wheel to wheel travel" lol. Good Lord.
Last edited by M&D; Jan 10, 2011 at 03:14 PM.
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Didnt I ask you to stfu?
It is NOT the same as extending a arms. Try it out with a tape measure THEN tell me what you find. Its basic geometry. If you drew an imaginary line where the a arms pivot at the spindle, they pivot on a circle basically. The shorter the a arm, the smaller the circle. The longer the a arm, the bigger the circle which means less drastic change of angle at outer pivot points = more travel. With spacers you are not changing pivot points, only widening the track width. You may gain a negligable amount of travel, fractions of an inch, but you also get the negative effects of increased scrub and leverage.
It is NOT the same as extending a arms. Try it out with a tape measure THEN tell me what you find. Its basic geometry. If you drew an imaginary line where the a arms pivot at the spindle, they pivot on a circle basically. The shorter the a arm, the smaller the circle. The longer the a arm, the bigger the circle which means less drastic change of angle at outer pivot points = more travel. With spacers you are not changing pivot points, only widening the track width. You may gain a negligable amount of travel, fractions of an inch, but you also get the negative effects of increased scrub and leverage.
"You may gain a negligable amount of travel" haha just prooved my pointt
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Last edited by M&D; Jan 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM.
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Actually spacers will increase suspension travel. Not by much but they will. It is the same as increasing the length of the a arm. A longer a arm will increase wheel travel. Track is the measurement of the distance between the wheels from side to side. And adding distance between the wheels is called increasing the track. Wheel base is distance between the front axles and the rear. Actually the measurement is taken from the center line of the axles.
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ok i got an 03' fx4 with a leveling kit that i want to put 33 x 12.5's on and i want to know if i got 16 x 10's with a 4.5" back space 25mm off set. will it rub if i dont trim? i am thinking bfg km2's, goodyear duratracks or wrangler mt/r w/ kevlar.