Dylan Ford
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Linking my truck in the next few months, not the smartest or dumbest guy any and all tips, tricks, angles would be appreciated
in reality its going to be a million times better than leaf springs no matter which goemetry ques you take.
You’re right about the lower mounting in front of the axle putting a great load onto the uppers which wears out your joints and can cause parts to fail. People talk about how technical it is and all these different variables that are scary and quite confusing. I approach it as, these Link arms being long, really dumbs down the technical aspect and the weight needed to get it to perform dumbs it down even more to where I don’t even consider Roll center, anti-squat, anti dive type things. I work on my 7 principles that I know take a stronger effect on what I’m doing instead of these, whacked out theories that don’t apply much after I have the right weight.I am curious about number 2 and 4? I know newline (camburg stole their goemtry) SI and such mount the lowers off the front of the links to move instant center infront of the truck, and not in the middle... When i linked my ranger back in the day, i looked long and hard at your geometry and SI geometry... I decided to split the difference. lol My thought was instant center out in front would keep the truck planted in the whoops, which to me seemed to ride good, but also didnt want to put all the torsional load of the rear end on the uppers like you mentioned in 2. I think i put mine like 20-30% off the bottom... Also my thought was off the bottom means the links sit lower and more apt to hit shit.
I will also say depending on the truck you link, the upper inner mounts will likely only be able to go in 1 location. I know on rangers you can only get them so high because of frame and cab, on the toyota i linked we put the mounts right ontop of the frame. Both of these trucks had the front lower mounts just below the frame. both seemed to work decent. I found most people get so scared about the geometry, but in reality its going to be a million times better than leaf springs no matter which goemetry ques you take.
Anti squat is the geometry built into a suspension design that resists the squatting of the rear end upon acceleration. Basically there are simple designs that will squat, but this effect can be negated some by how/where the links are mounted on the axle, frame, and relative to each other.Have a question I am just learning i dont like to assume what are you guys referring to when you say antisquat ? Thanks
Easiest way to think about it goes back to good ol Mr.Newton.Have a question I am just learning i dont like to assume what are you guys referring to when you say antisquat ? Thanks