I have a quick performance ford 9" in my car and didn't have any of these problems your saying? The only issues I had was the lower shock mounts. A quick "tweak" and they are fine.malicad said:
3-link using uca 'ears'... strength?
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No problem, I'm just trying to find out if anyone has any hands-on or 2nd hand experience with the forces on those ears. We have a welder so making the brackets aren't that big of a deal, the biggest cost will probably be shortening whatever rear I would get, and mounts/brackets.
Doober check out this build in regards to the rear.
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BUILD THREAD - 86 GP 2+2~Blown 6.0
Fired up the welder And on to the clutch pedal! The John Bzdel pedal is nice but I plan on driving this car quite a bit and I am not a fan of no firewall reinforcement, no provisions for a cruise cutoff switch, ect. GSI interiors is $520 so nope. I picked up an 86 S10 pedal and found out...
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Interesting, didn't know the Blazers had a panhard bar, I did know about the 8.5", slightly considered it as an option quite some time ago.
I bit the bullet on a craigslist 8.5 a short time ago, it looks to be an '84 (true to the ad). Open 3.08, but the gears/carrier aren't what I'm really after. I plan on shortening it to stock length with G-Body shock/trailing arm mounts at the least, and if the upper arms don't work out for geometry I will be trying this 3-link/watts link setup once I get more information on arm length, etc.
I bit the bullet on a craigslist 8.5 a short time ago, it looks to be an '84 (true to the ad). Open 3.08, but the gears/carrier aren't what I'm really after. I plan on shortening it to stock length with G-Body shock/trailing arm mounts at the least, and if the upper arms don't work out for geometry I will be trying this 3-link/watts link setup once I get more information on arm length, etc.
Doober, tinkering is cool. Have fun, but keep in mind, most 3 links mount the parallel arms on the axle tube centerlines or below, not above. You're kind of building it upside down. Fays makes a Watts linkage for G bodies, which is a better design than a Panhard bar.
Tommy
FAYS2 Suspension page Watts Link page 6
www.fays2.net
Tommy
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I found the Fays2 link quite a while back.LS6 Tommy said:
3-link bars: really? Most everything I've found online shows them about where I'm considering putting them.
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I don't think I shared this sketch yet...
For the most part, this is basically what I've been finding and using for a base to the design... always 2 lower bars and 1 upper bar:
For the most part, this is basically what I've been finding and using for a base to the design... always 2 lower bars and 1 upper bar:
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