Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear
01-13-2010, 08:20 PM
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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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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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01-13-2010, 08:48 PM
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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
you have to cut out most of the rear floor pan and back half the car
01-15-2010, 06:09 PM
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Re: Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...k+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.
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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01-16-2010, 04:26 PM
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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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Re: Thinking of doing a 4 link and 9 inch rear
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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