Triangulated 4 link question

Dana67Dart said

Got it, sorry I misunderstood.

As for a single point on axle housing or body I don't see there would be much of any difference.

What is your intended use for your car.


Back in the 80's I read a lot on the subject designing a 4 link for my 56 F100, I went with Panhard Rod, I had the room.

There are a bunch of chassis tuning and building books on the subject.

By the way, there was a fast and loud episode where they built and ran a car up pikes peek and the video of the rear moving laterally was frightening. I do not recall the type of suspension other than it was a 4 link variant.

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It's basically a street car that may go to the drag strip once in a while. I know parallel would be ideal but its a street car and I don't want to loose the back seat. As you know these A bodies are so tight under the there I am struggling where to position the top bars. The lower bars are going where the leaf spring perches are in line with the frame since it is mini tubed. I don't see how I can put the top bars to the frame since that is where the brake lines, fuel lines, E-Brake cables etc... are. The real reason I am doing this is to fix a problem from when the mini tub was done and leaf spring relo was done. The rear end is not sitting square to the frame. I have confirmed the "frame"/ body is square so I am not sure if the issue is in the perches or the axle mounting points. If I am going to tear it all out and fix it correctly I can't see doing all the work just for leaf springs.