anyone ever do anything different with their rear suspension othe than backhalfing? i am about to put a 9" in my car and what i was thinking was using stock style lower control arm and shock location but instead of the torque arm welding two tabs off of center of rear (roughly inline with torque arm mount) then run a custom double adjustable single bar from those tabs to the trans crossmember. anyone ever seen this done or done it theirselves? thanks for any input.

 

like this?
http://www.umiperformance.com/2216?category_id=114

 

no what im talking about is using a rear that doesnt have provisions for the torque arm. like mounting a single adjustable tube mounted to the top of the rear end by two tabs

 

I've seen a car that has upper linkage that replaces the torque arm. Mounts from the top of the differential to somewhere on the bottom of the car. Can't remember exactly- been a while since I've seen it.

 

thats the way a mustang is set up. i have a friend that had one that someone had done that to and the car never made it down the track.

 

I wish folks here were more content oriented. I'm not sure what the hell you are trying to say. My guess is if you dig around a bit, you'll find some information.

Some organizations such as SCCA AS are allowed certain suspension modifications, but others are restricted. Some of these racers swap to a three link setup, the design criteria is somewhat(very) restricted by the rules, but apparently a few of them have put together rather effective setups.

By what I could tell from your semi-literate post, searching for 3-link, three link, or similar terms may just help you down the path you are inquiring upon.

As far as staying true with a torque arm setup, Ive seen a few "fox body" mustangs running a torque mounted below the diff. I'm not too familiar with mustang parts vendors. Though it was likely one of the bigger suppliers such as Griggs or MM.

Also might be worth searching through the fabrication section.

 

First off if i wanted to hear from an *** hole I would fart. And if the moderaters want to kick my *** off the site for that its fine cuz I really dont give a ****. Second I have searched and have not found anything as of yet. All I asked was a simple "has anyone ever seen this" aparently you have not so why exactly did you reply with a bunch of stupid *** comments?

 

why not just stick with what works.
torque arm and a set of lca's can go a long way.

 

i really just dont like it.

 

if it works, whats not to like?

 

Actually, I'd say he does know what you're talking about. He was the one who showed me the type of three link I mentioned in my first post. Here is what he sent me.

 

prolly a thing with the fear of the unknown. im used to full out 4link and ladder bar setups. also was kinda wanting to do something different.

 

There's nothing wrong with these suspensions. There are cars in the 9s and I beleive 8s and some very fast auto-x and road-course cars out there still running the stock torque arm/ panhard bar system.

 

thats what I and alot of people think about being different....

A well setup torque arm suspension will out perform what ever your dreaming up...You might not personally have experience with the torque arm setup but alot of people going VERY fast are using them, just look into them more before counting them out...

 

tell me how effective that is over a torque arm setup.

 

I don't know. I've not ran it or talked to anyone that has ran it. I was just trying to answer the question of the OP- yes, there are more options.
I'm sure there are some advantages or it wouldn't have been design/ built for track cars. I say advantages would be possibly less weight, more adjustability, etc. Blyth would likely know more than me as he's the one who found it.

 

ok well im sorry then. see i like that setup in the pics

 

My assumption was that he was trying to adapt a 9" housing that didn't already have provisions for a torque arm. If that was the case I could see where copying an existing 3-link setup would be easier than accommodating a full length torque arm.

With the little information he managed to provide, I was only making guessing. Seeing that he thinks I'm an *** for not spoon feeding him. I'm through here.

 

Well I didnt mean to say you were an *** just the comments made. Also if you look I did appologize