Thread: Four Link Specifics Required

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Further to my introductory post in the "Members Sign in Forum", I require some specific information about four link setups for my project.

The car will be primarily for street use, and I don't really have any intentions of drag racing. Just your regular old spirited drive or cruise to events and shows etc. I'm hoping to achieve a well handling car with a comfortable ride.

I'm thinking that the best kind would be the parallel four link, with two pairs of links one on either axle, one link above, and one link below the axle, like this:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1201738124

This means, I would cut out two long sections of the floor up to the crossmember, and brackets would be welded to that crossmember for the links to swing off. Something like this.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1201738705

Also, what would be the best way to locate the setup laterally? I was thinking a long panhard bar, attached virtually central on the axle housing, and extending on and angle and mounting to the opposite chassis rail, like this one here:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../RearSusp6.jpg

Now for a coilover question. I had thought of running a cross brace between the two rear rails of the car above the rear axle, and having the coilovers mount to them, as well as central on the axle housing. Is it best to have the colovers angled, or straight up and down?

There is not a lot of kick up in the rear of the car, so I'm not sure if that theory will be successful, I may have to mount the coilovers in the original rear shock absorber tower, which will mean it will need to be made bigger. Like this:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1201738980

Also, if I were to sucessfully mount the coilovers to the central, rear side of the axle housing, would I still be able to run a panhard bar? It would mean that I need to make a bracket off the axle that extends past the coilovers, and then run the panhard bar from there to the opposite chassis rail.

Anyway, I hope some of that is understandable, I think I've basically blurted out my theories, and want somebody to tell me whether I'm on the right track!