I have an 82 with RUF and F150 in the rear. The rears are frenched in flush with the frame so I never get hung up on spring hangers.

My question is it worth the effort to inboard the springs to help with flex or am i spinning my wheels? I wanted to as you guys because you do more of the in boarding of the springs than the guys in the regular toy forum.

thanks

Never drove my buggy without the rear being inboarded, but compared to all my other trucks the buggy has the best flex and with it being so light in the rear it doesnt leave much for options... at least cheap ones

I know that being wider than the front, it helps with body roll and my pu is very stable now. im also kinda low, 22.5 to the frame with 42 irok stickies at 10psi. I guess im wondering if its worth it. My rear with spare and tank of gas was 1140 and total pu weight is only 3440 so its rather light.

Anyone else???

Do you have fairly soft springs in back?

If you move the motor back 8", it shifts even more weight reardward.
Back of the buggy will be pretty close to the weight of the back of your pickup.
If you like the no body roll, stay with frenched stock-width leafs.
If you decide to change it, it's not much more work to do it later--compared to some things (motor placement) that must be done at build time.

I used to have rears all the way around--5-leaf packs in back and 6-leaf packs up front. Body roll was pretty bad. Now with aftermarket lift springs, body roll isn't bad, even inboarded in rear.

Ordinarily, I'd probably recommend it, but for you, probably not.

the 4.3 is shoved back and down as low as i can go. the bottom of the pan is even with the top of the front axle. the f150 seem to work well. i run the short side forward so i have almost 0 axle wrap but was thinking about switching it aroud and running the long side forward.

I guess it really comes down to how much body roll will i get and is it worth it for a lil more drop.

Back end of a buggy shouldn't be much lighter than a pickup bed--so not much weight savings.

You won't get any more drop--inboarding only helps articulation, not straight-up stuffing.
If you already like your flex, you're good, right?

Long side forward definitely helps your departure angle--when you chop your frame at the same length as the chassis.

I ment flex not vertical drop, i dont jump. i alrady bobbed the bed 20". thanks for the input, think im going to roll with what i have.

Yeah, don't lose any sleep over it! again:

If you decide to change it, it's not much more work to do it later

Even if you don't decide to jump it, you will find that the lighter, lower rig/solid feeling chassis may let you drive it faster than you were ever comfortable to with your full-bodied rig....and will therefore hit some bumps at speed that you previously would have creeped over and inadvertently air it!! :laughing: I'm not a "jumper", either, but ask me how I know!

thanks again MT...btw my rig is still full bodied and i say that loosely, as its hammered and i think about doing the ftoy thing but still have a few years left in the first gen.

maybe I will run into at KOH. there is a group of us heading down. I cant wait!

Are you going to be camping with the nw-wheelers/Longfield group?
I'll probably be closer to "town". :laughing: