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bastard pack
- Thread starter kcclark
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builder
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- Yucca Valley california
About 3"'s seems to be the average, minus the donor pack overload..so with a 1" shackle 4" and so on!
MrShaft696
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- Blue Bell, PA
I dont think doubling the xj springs is going to do that much for you except lift you the thickness of the springs themselves & be alot more firm of ride, since they pretty much have the same arch. I would go the s10 route, you would probably get the same lift, using one s10 main leaf. How much lift are you trying to get?
builder
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- Yucca Valley california
Use all but the overload from donor pack and stagger doner leafs into your pack. will be right around 3". search threads on xj bastard packs..thier getting about 3" with 2 packs.get yourself a little longer shackle if it's a tad low. mj,chevy 1/2 or ford 1/2ton there all about 4.5"s long stock is 3"..
builder
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- Yucca Valley california
2" bastard pack - 
Forums -::- North American XJ Association read ,read and read more until you understand how to make it work.
Forums -::- North American XJ Association read ,read and read more until you understand how to make it work.scottmcneal
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He has built his leaf packs, not once but three times i think..It rides nice for bastard packs..Just don't let him know i said so, i'll never live it down:laugh3:
MrShaft696
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- Blue Bell, PA
I hear that, I have built these leaf packs, admittidely 8-10 times (over 3 years), until I got what I really wanted. Now I am running mostly s10 main leafs since they have the smoothest arch, 3 per side & one intermediate leaf with an s10 overload & its pretty heavy duty & measures 23" approx from center of the wheel to the lip of the fender flare. I just noticed that if you run leafs with too much arch under the man or any other leaf they want to create gaps & ive even cracked leaves before etc. One of the articles that helped me the first few times I did this,
http://www.rocklizardfabrications.com/home_brew_budget_boost.htm
builder
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- Yucca Valley california
Yes i agree with the heavily arched leafs and i have looked at s 10's and agree with you. but for 3" of lift the xj packs work really well, flex good if you use either liner or dry moly lube and radius the leafs and a longer shackle and 4" pack is doable. the s10 4leaf packs are nice.
builder
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- Yucca Valley california
don't know how much lift your looking for ,but the bronco 11 leafs are thin like xj's and have more arch.your chevy's may work . makin things is enjoyable as you already know lol!! post them up if they work with flex shots!! enjoy!!
