2008 Impala, hydraulics!!!

Edited: 12/14/2008 7:03:46 PM by AON-OFFDAHOOK

I totally see your point BIG and it's a legitimate question; however the seals don't see the horizontal pressure the shaft does - and the shafts are 4130 chromoly which are also heat treateed so they can handle it.

Not a dumb question. Derek is correct though. The cylinder is plenty strong enough to react to the forward & backward forces. Macpherson strut cars are the least fun to do. There is a lot more work involved than a car with upper and lower control arms. This car needed an alignment bad. I actually found a place to do it today (Sunday). They had no problems aligning it, and it is in route back home to Vegas.

How does something like this ride going down the road. I am the same, I dont know much about juice. I had a couple buddies several years ago and their juiced cars rode like crap. I would consider doing this if I knew it was not going to kill how my new car rides. What kind of inner fender clearancing did you do to get it to sit, or is it sitting on plastic? What kind of money does a setup like this one cost?? Sorry for all the questions, you can reply by email if you want. sandog_53@yahoo.com

I don't mind responding here, thats what forums are for...

The car will ride very good after a break in period. The cylinders need a little time to "break in". Macpherson strut cars right a little stiffer than cars with upper and lower control arms. They still ride great though.

For trimming of the fenders... I cut out the top of the plastic inner liners so there are only pieces in front and behind the wheel. Not the tops. I had to trim the bumper mounts a little also. I built a little camber into the suspension so that the wheels would tuck up there nicely also. The front is sitting on the unibody structure and the rear is being held up by suspension hitting the sub frame. The rear tire also contacts the unibody also, but not as hard as the front because of the interference of the subframe. They hit at the same time.

Set ups prices are too hard to tell you. A good idea of what to spend on parts would be $2500. Too many differnt options though. How many batteries, pumps, dumps, accumulators, brands, ect, ect.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

i want a black car and hydraulics damn you derek. i'll stick to wheels.

I want 26" wheels for my titan. Ha, we can't always have everything.
Derek has a blue car anyway, but its for sale, and I bet he is looking for a black car after the lude.

hey what size and kind of tubing did you use for the hardline, and what type of fittings... im looking to hardline my setup over the winter..... but by the way thats a clean ass setup

The hardline is stainless steel .035. The fittings are steel sleeves and nuts. Derek has a stock of some, I will let him chime in on it, if you need to get some line and fittings.

i see it looks like 3/8" right?, yea some people say to use a compression type fitting and some people flare them im curious to know what u guys used

looks absolutly sick