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Old 01-06-2012, 05:25 PM   #9
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Re: Triangulated Vs. Parallel Vs. Pro- Street 4 Links

[QUOTE=phipp13;5104623]straight, triangulated 4 link is not that important to me. when i think of hooking up i think of weight transfer which IMHO is more important. 4 links are by nature are short, Ladder bars are slightly longer.

This statement is not true. The four link bars are short, I agree. But they are short for packaging into a car. You must continue to draw lines through your uppers and forward, and through your lowers and forward to find your intersect point. That intersect point will be your instant center. Some pro stock and promaod cars are running instant centers as far out as 60+". Can you imagin how that ladder bar would feel going through your back, and abdomen to package a 60+" ladder bar in most cars. We do have the luxury in these trucks of having much more room. But you will never have the adjsutment options with a ladder bar, triangulated 4-link, as you will with a traditional parallel four-link.

That being said, I still run factory trailing arms, but with Coil-overs, and an anti-roll bar. At this point in time, I do not need the misery that comes with more adjustment holes. I have been 1.24 60' on a 29x10.5 tire. I just did not want a misunderstanding of how things work, to turn into other being misled. I hope all this helps. If I were not contained by rules that state stock-suspension, my choice would be parallel 4-link for the long term future. Paul
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