Increased suspension travel for EVO vehicles

[2.8-350TBI]

Hi to all XMF'ers
My name is Erick Garibay, and im here to show you a very easy way to increase the suspension travel on your EVO car or truck. This ends up lifting the car a bit, but that is increased ground clearance you may or may not need or want. If you dont like the tall look, theres nothing that body lowering wont cure.

Difficulty: 1/10; This takes minimum effort... That is, if you know how to cut a screw...

What you need:

Screwdriver

The screw that holds the tie rod to the knuck from the evo.

Something to cut a screw with. I used one of these:


So heres why were cutting the screw:


As you can see, the screw (right side) is longer not only on the wide, smooth, "cylinder" side, which gives us more travel, but it is also longer on the threaded side, and if used w/o cutting, WILL stop the axle stub from moving (I learned this the hard way...)

You need to use your clippers, etc, and cut your screw down to this:
I cut around 3mm off of it, but every screw will be a little different. Just try to leave as much thread as the screw that it is replacing.


Take your modified screws and replace the top knuckle screws on your evo.
Heres a pic with the stock screw on the left, and the modded screw on the right, there doesnt look to be a major difference, though there is.


Lower limit of travel:


Upper limit of travel:


I dont have any stock pictures to compare it to, because my camera is dead...

NOTE: On GPM equipped cars, you will most likely experience bind in the lower arm as it tries to travel, but the tight, perfectly cylindrical screw hole on the arm wont give it any play. The solution is simple, take out your lower arms, find a drill bit that can JUST squeeze through the screw hole, and drill AT AN ANGLE just a little bit toward what would be the inside and outside of the car. Be careful not to remove material on the very middle of the hole, drill above and below it, inwards and outwards, as you do not want to lose precision. This allows the arm to angle and not bind on the screw.

Suggestions, constructive criticism is requested.
Happy modding!