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if you build aluminum carriers that you make them more than stout as they take a lot more load than a sprint car. as in many diff directions and a pounding from all the bumps in offroad.
BrianThe width of your car should be maintained to what the door opening in your car trailer is.or as wide as the front tires. If your opening is 90 inches then you want to be able to drive your car in so keep the width at say 86/88 with paddles on. That way you don't spend a lot of time changing tires going to and from the dunes. Many people do not but Fast's advice on that is very,very good advice from a convenience standpoint, if convenience is at all important to you ,follow it. I don't know where you got the infore on the axle measuring but it's way off. From where you are at in the build you need to determine how wide you want the car, then you need to find your true travel of the suspension which is limited by the cv max anglebefore you can determine the axle length. You pretty much need the suspension all hooked up to the car so you can then cycle it up and down to get the axle length. Yup!What you will want is at full droop the axle will have about a quarter of and inch play back and forth. Then at the middle of the travel the same and then at the top the same. Some people like to start at the mid way point and work up and then down. That is a goal that may not be attainable due to many factors but there needs to be at the very least 1/8 inch axle end play throughout full suspension travel.You can take into account cv plunge when doing this also .It would be best if the cv plunge is limited but many times full plunge will be needed. This masument will come from the bottom of the cv cup on the wheel to the bottom of the cup on the transaxle. use and old broom handle and cut and trim as needed then when you get where you want to be then mausere what you have and order up a new set or just bring me the long ones and I'll cut them down to fit. Now that's an offer that shouldn't be left unused!!Brian if you ever need help or want to talk about it just ring me up 316-655-3162 Ask for Glenn. I need to add that all this this time you need to keep the angle of the axle at what the cv manufacture wants the cv's to be maxed out at.