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May 3, 2006
3rd Link, Night Two
The A1 Racing Panhard Bar Adjuster arrived today, for the front of the third link. The QA1 XMR 10-12 rod ends should arrive tomorrow, which leaves just the tube and tube ends. Tonight I cut the access hole for the third-link through the rear firewall. The Cummins nibbler wasn't even up to the task of cutting through thin sheetmetal, so that's going back. After messing with the anti-squat numbers in the spreadsheet, it looks like the 20" link I planned will need to be as short as possible - 12" would be ideal, but 15-17" will be necessary. This is due to the very short 19.25" lower control arms that are on the 82-up Camaro/Firebirds. The 20" long arms varied the antisquat % by nearly 100% over 4" of suspension travel, while a 12" link varied only 30%. Some long lower control arms may be in my future...
Posted by Z28tt at May 3, 2006 1:07 AM