Auto-X / Roadrace rear suspension 1969 Valiant
Thanks for spending time with me on the phone the other day. I have some more questions about the X-Gen.
My car is fully minitubbed. My wheels are 3-piece Forgelines and right now they are 8" so I will be getting the proper barrels to widen them. The first goal would be to see if I could run an 18x10 or 11 and still put the bars on the outboard side of the frame rail. The quarters are getting a flare so hopefully the lower parallel bars can stay wide. However, I would see if I could install the DSE lower bars in a frame rail pocket to give maximum room if the tire takes up all wheel well space.
The Control Freak suspension lower bar brackets put them in line with the frame. Neither company has brackets that have bar settings (multiple bolt holes vertically). Car wheel bases are different, as are weights. How do you set the Instant Center on the DSE kit? I have read a lot about how to set up drag 4-links and it is suggested to have the bars intersect slightly above the Squat Line, behind the Center of Gravity, for most forward bite. How would you set up a corner handling 4-link in regards to bar angle?
Control Freak is already set because their brackets are specific to each Mopar body style. I hope they did their research but even then A-bodies have different wheel base. If the IC was built in for a longer wheel base Dart and the kit was put on a shorter wheel base Valiant the IC would be lower.
I suppose with the DSE kit you can play with the installation since it is a universal kit. Without adjustment holes it would have to be spot on upon installation to nail the intersection of the IC on the Squat Line for a "neutral" or slightly "positive" set up? That would be a guess in my situation because to properly set up bars the car needs to have the corners weighed and race weight already on the car.
Drag race style 4-links get away with being installed on incomplete builds (not race weight) because they generally have all these adjustment holes in the axle and frame brackets. Pictured below you see all these adjustment holes on the Chassis Engineering drag race 4 link. Is there any adjustability in the DSE?
Thanks for spending time with me on the phone the other day. I have some more questions about the X-Gen.
My car is fully minitubbed. My wheels are 3-piece Forgelines and right now they are 8" so I will be getting the proper barrels to widen them. The first goal would be to see if I could run an 18x10 or 11 and still put the bars on the outboard side of the frame rail. The quarters are getting a flare so hopefully the lower parallel bars can stay wide. However, I would see if I could install the DSE lower bars in a frame rail pocket to give maximum room if the tire takes up all wheel well space.
The Control Freak suspension lower bar brackets put them in line with the frame. Neither company has brackets that have bar settings (multiple bolt holes vertically). Car wheel bases are different, as are weights. How do you set the Instant Center on the DSE kit? I have read a lot about how to set up drag 4-links and it is suggested to have the bars intersect slightly above the Squat Line, behind the Center of Gravity, for most forward bite. How would you set up a corner handling 4-link in regards to bar angle?
Control Freak is already set because their brackets are specific to each Mopar body style. I hope they did their research but even then A-bodies have different wheel base. If the IC was built in for a longer wheel base Dart and the kit was put on a shorter wheel base Valiant the IC would be lower.
I suppose with the DSE kit you can play with the installation since it is a universal kit. Without adjustment holes it would have to be spot on upon installation to nail the intersection of the IC on the Squat Line for a "neutral" or slightly "positive" set up? That would be a guess in my situation because to properly set up bars the car needs to have the corners weighed and race weight already on the car.
Drag race style 4-links get away with being installed on incomplete builds (not race weight) because they generally have all these adjustment holes in the axle and frame brackets. Pictured below you see all these adjustment holes on the Chassis Engineering drag race 4 link. Is there any adjustability in the DSE?
