Need options on custom building 4 link for narrowed rear.

[Strykerta]

Well its finally time to get my build going on my 63 stepper. Its gonna be a street driven truck with quiet a few horses. I have a 9 inch rear im going to narrow once i figure out the suspension. My rims are 15x14s and i have been searching for anyone who has done similar with no luck. The suspension will be inside the frame rails due to the rims being almost to the rails. Im not concerned about drop. It will be coilover. Triangulated or parallel? Any advice would be great.

[lolife99]

Parallel would be best due to the narrow frame rails these trucks have.
Has anyone on the board done this that can help?

[Strykerta]

Thats a pretty wild looking loop. Dumb question but is the panhard bar connected to crossmember or is that just camera angle?

[lowlife4life]

How long are the bars and are the fully adjustable?

[Strykerta]

Well now that this thread is full of red crime scene tape anyone else want to chime in lol.

[lowlife4life]

I'm building a 4 link right now for my 63. It is gonna be a Tt 6.0l with a 4l80. I'm using 2x2x 1/4 in. I'm going to be ordering tube adapters and forged threaded bushings from ballistic fabrication. They have a lot of different options if ya wanna build your own. The reason why I'm going so heavy is the lower bars are my bag mounts. So if your going coil over you could use a lighter. Dom tubing would probably work best.

[Strykerta]

Awesome man! I built a 6.0 and threw in my 01 trans am and once this is done its getting transplanted. I think im going the cheap route tho and grab a built th400. Ive considered building my own 4 link but really havent studied up on suspension geometry enough to brave it. I just might have to go for it. Ive got 2x4 box steel i could build a crossmember with just need the dom tubing and ends.

[lowlife4life]

I've heard good and bad on ballistic fab. Which is the same as every company. The tube adapters and bushing I need are 350 shipped to Alberta. I'm sure the Dom ends are cheaper. you want to go heim joint or poly bushing? This is my first 4 link build from scratch but then again I'm building a square tube frame so I'm incorporating mounts in the frame itself. There is a lot of good info on here about links. And even more great guys that will help

[Strykerta]

I can get the tubing locally alot cheaper than ballistic but those joints are nice looking. Im leaning towards basic heims to keep costs down. Plus i dont mind things riding hard my daily driver has all heim suspension. This truck will have some pretty large mickey ts on the back to absorb the rest ha. I guess i need to price out building vs buying a universal. So im guessing yours is going to be triangulated?

[tinydb84]

Originally Posted by Strykerta

I can get the tubing locally alot cheaper than ballistic but those joints are nice looking. Im leaning towards basic heims to keep costs down. Plus i dont mind things riding hard my daily driver has all heim suspension. This truck will have some pretty large mickey ts on the back to absorb the rest ha. I guess i need to price out building vs buying a universal. So im guessing yours is going to be triangulated?

I have looked at the prices between building and buying. If you buy Porterbuilt/Scotts/Ridetech it will be cheaper to build. If you buy AVS/Thorbros/MMW it will be cheaper to buy.

[lowlife4life]

Yes the plan is to triangulate but I like to play with the air so I need some decent size air tank and I want nothing in my bed so it might end up parrellel with a watts link. Ill be out of camp in a week and back working on the truck ill send some pics. Ill also let ya know how ballistic was to deal with.

[Snailed]

Parallel with a locating link or some sort is a bit more stable for something with some power and traction I think.

Have you looked into just using 1" .156 wall DOM and tapping it for your heims? I put in an Alston Racecars 4 link kit and welded up a 9" housing for a Nova with over 1200hp and it used links done this way and works great for him. They do look a little thin but there are thousands of drag cars done this way so it's defiantly overkill for anything with street tires.