Beefing up my 2000 Crew Cab 4x4 combined with load characteristics

ezfriday · May 2nd, 2005, 10:10 PM

I have added custom spings to the rear and Air bag suspension with an onboard compressor for improved load handling, and I have had the front stuts raised to even out with the new rear suspension. I have had no wandering of the front end when loaded at all.

I have mostly set this truck up for pulling my boat throught sandy beaches at Elephant Butte Lake. So my interests in upgrades have combined 4x4 motivations with load characteristics. The suspension handles the weight great! Much better than I had expected! It pulls surprisingly strong but I would like to increase the torque and/or power. I am concerned that if I take the wrong aproach given the weight that I am pulling (8000lbs) I might blow something up ... that would really suck!

Thx

**88pathoffroad** · May 3rd, 2005, 12:06 PM

Cool, but your truck doesn't have struts, it has torsion bars and shocks in the front.

ezfriday · May 4th, 2005, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 88pathoffroad

Cool, but your truck doesn't have struts, it has torsion bars and shocks in the front.

I admit ... I don't know Jack about suspensions or much about modern vehicles. My automotive abitlities went by the wayside with adjusting points, cleaning out the fuel filter, and setting the spark plug gap (guess that puts me up there in the Goerge Lucas generation!). I was told by one of the mechanics that it had adjustable struts (I'll stay away from that guy next time).

Thx for letting me know.

Have any good advise?

ez