Does anyone know of a good way to get rid of the torsion bars and still have 4 wheel drive? I am trying to get the most amount of travel I can.

TIA

 

The torsion bars have nothing to do with 4WD. They support the weight of the vehicle. There is a way to go crosslinked air shocks that support the weight of the front end, then you loosen up the torsion bars a good bit. I haven't tried it, but it is supposed to work. I think you need to reinforce the top shock mount t run this though. Search over on Pirate about it.

 

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/air_shocks/

 

Get rid of torsion bars...... Retain 4wd........ most travel possible........ Why yes, of course you can do that!

 

Sorry. I should have been more specific. I want to keep the IFS and 4 wheel drive. I am converting the truck into a desrt racer. I know that if I get rid of 4 wheel drive, I can get loads more travel and go with something like a I-beam suspension or custom a-arms, but the problem is that I want to keep the 4 wheel drive intact. I know Total-Chaos makes a kit that allows 12" of travel and keep the 4 wheel drive, but I figure I can get more travel if I lose the trosion bars. I just don't know how to do it.

 

You can't get much more useable travel out of the IFS without lengthening the a-arms, and the torsion bars are just springs. Switching to a different spring like a coil isn't necessarily going to do anything for you.

 

On my first T100 I got about 3"-4" extra travel by building a custom front coilover and keeping the torsion bars. I stripped a set of springs from an old jeep cj, and then removed my A arms and cut out the center to fit the springs. Then I reinforced the A arms to give 'em back their strength and slapped them back on with a set of Rancho rs 5000 shocks 4" longer than the stock. I loosened up the torsion bars but kept them to help hold the load, and it worked allright. The only problem was the wear on my CV joints on my front axles, since they aren't supposed to flex that much. When I sold it, the custom fab was still working pretty well, but the guy that bought it had plans to drop the front diff to make up for the stress on the axles at full flex.

 

Here is an expensive option for you--

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/featu...000/index.html

Sweet runner!!