Terracan - Front End suspension Lift

Just wind em up for now, you can normally get 2"s out of torsion bars without dramatically chaning your travel. Just make sure you get a wheel alignment after your finished mucking around.

I do not entirly agree with you Jeff M on the ability to get 2" out of the toision bars and still maintain correct alignment. Plus the more that you wind you the bars the less down travel you will recieve. This means if you wind them up by 1" you will lose 1" of down travel. Your best bet would be to check wha the spec hight is for your vehicle is and them re-set the t-bars to that level or maybe 1" higher, In my Terrano any higher than 1" lift via the t-bars and you can not get an accurate alignment. Not to shoot you down at all jeff, but i would be wary in doing that to any torsion sprung vehicle. (I read and just had to comment) Also regarding the lift for the terracan, you might benifit from doing some research on the web, and check out the foriegn country sites.
SantaAus

Another thing to add, the higher that you lift the IFS the more stress you put on Steering conponents, CV shafts and CV boots. Thats all I think
SantaAus

Fair enough SanataAus but it's pretty common practice around the traps to windem 2", ferozas and jackeroos I've seen it done on with no dramas. The loss in down travel is not normally a drama as it is not a heck of alot and unless you remove the front swaybar you probally won't notice IMHO.

Changing torsion bars is not going to put any less on the CV's etc. The only thing you can do to change that is put ball joint spacers in. Again, for a 2"s it's not a drama and the added stress is very little.

Oh yeah I also wound up the Rocky with no alignment dramas too, I think I went up about an inch and a half on that one, aligned it no probs.

I am only going on my experiences and what i have read on this issue, for various forums. And yes gong up on a IFS system will put added stress on the the cv joints due to te added angle of the shaft. Increasing the hight by 2" increases the angle by roughly (depending on the vehicle) 10 degrees. This angle might not be as server on a vehicle with a longer upper and lower a-arms, but undoubtedly it will cause added stress on conponents. And don't get upset, but i am just airing on the side of caution. That's all. And Gibbsy while i am here, if walk into a suspension place and act like you are wanting to buy they will help you with any question that you throw at them. This is how i gain most of my info and also of teh web and the exploroz website.

SantaAus, mate I'm not getting upset. I agree with you, ask the suspension guys. That's who origionally told me to wind the torsion bars up, severl suspension places here in Perth all said the same thing. But now I've been around IFS for longer and have a lot of friends with IFS Torsion bar setups I have seen it done time and time again with no dramas.