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Old 03-03-2011, 05:08 PM   #1
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Cross member trailing arm's

Does anybody have any info or input ont the CPP tubular trailing arm's vs early classic enterprises square tube trailing arm's? I do want to run A sway bar in the rear however I heard that the tube trailing arm's are stout enoegh that you dont need them.
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Old 03-04-2011, 12:15 PM   #2
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Re: Cross member trailing arm's

The side-to-side body roll is going to be present no matter what trailing arms you use. The addition of the rear sway bar will help.
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Old 03-04-2011, 12:37 PM   #3
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Re: Cross member trailing arm's

SWEET7T is correct. The only thing that will lessen the body roll is sway bars. Rear sway bars are great, but front sway bars are better and of coarse front and rear are best. WES
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Old 03-04-2011, 01:49 PM   #4
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Re: Cross member trailing arm's

ECE says theirs are more resistant to torsional stresses than the tubular trailing arms. I don't have any statistical or empirical data.
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Old 03-04-2011, 07:08 PM   #5
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Re: Cross member trailing arm's

ECE say's that HMM imagine that. Ques what CPP say's!
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