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Old 01-13-2010, 09:20 PM   #1
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Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear

Ive been trying to see if any one has a bolt in 4 link set to put in a third gen camaro. the only thing I could find is this http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139976
its for a 1 gen camaro but I think something would work alone this line for a third gen. any thoughts???
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Re: Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear

there isnt enough room under a thirdgen for a bolt in 4 link.
you have to cut out most of the rear floor pan and back half the car
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there isnt enough room under a thirdgen for a bolt in 4 link.
you have to cut out most of the rear floor pan and back half the car
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Re: Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/fa...k+half+project (Back Half Project)

You could do an unequal length, triangulated 4-link system just to be different but it isn't a good performance setup. Some SuperStock cars have an unequal length 4-link because they're not allowed to modify the floor or don't have the room to do it but it's not a triangulated system.

The axle of a third gen sits very high up in the body. There isn't a whole lot of room to do many changes.
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Re: Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear

You may want to check into a "mini" 4 link. They talk about it on ls1tech. They get hime joints and weld tabs to control arms and axle tubes..connect them and have a lil adjustment. I would just be worried about pinion angle change upon spring compression
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You may want to check into a "mini" 4 link. They talk about it on ls1tech. They get hime joints and weld tabs to control arms and axle tubes..connect them and have a lil adjustment. I would just be worried about pinion angle change upon spring compression
thats more like a ladder bar, and very similar to lakewoods traction/lift bar setup. Not the best thing going considering the potential of the torque arm setup
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