Question about coil overs and chassis strength

[Steve92004]

I think I stripped out the inner splines of my torsion tube, every time I take it out I lose rear travel and have to adjust the torsion bars back up
I'm tired of it and want to put coil overs
I have Fox smooth bodies now
You think my rear hoops would hold up to the coil overs if I took the torsions out?
If not, what would you suggest to reinforce it... short of building a whole new cage
Thanks!

[Ol'fogasaurus]

http://www.mooreparts.com/torsion-housing-adjusters/ (I am not pushing Moore parts but was aware that they, and others carried them)

These might be an option to do a fix if you did strip out the splines on the torsion housing.

As far as the coil overs go, I would check with Fox, King, Bilstein or any of several other companies who do make good shocks and coil-over versions. Where you mount the shock now vs. what you can get in a good coil over is the big question (length).

Lee

[Steve92004]

Thanks lee, I was going to replace the smoothies with the same size coil over, 8 1/2" travel or maybe step up to 10's which would cut out 1 1/2" of upward movement but add 4" of downward travel
I was just wondering if the shock hoops can hold the weight of the car and a little off road abuse

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Your plan sounds very reasonable. It sounds like you are doing your homework very well.

Most of the guy I know are running longer shocks and two sets of springs per shock. A ligh lbt rated spring and a higher lb rated spring to get a balanced ride for normal travel and higher suspension compression. Again, this is off-road suspension so it probably wouldn't affect what you are doing.

Lee