7000' s or 9000' s?

[grnova]

Just purchased the triangulated 4 link, but I think I bought the wrong shock waves. I got the 7000' s for the back half of my ' 65 nova but as I read the instructions enclosed with the product I think I might need the 9000' s because of my vehicles weight.? I am confused about the load capacity.

[darren@ridetech.com]

Nope. You will be fine with the 7000' s. That is what we use on the AirBar for that car.

[grnova]

thank you Darren for the reply. Now it is on to the installation wish me luck?

[grnova]

Darren is there a minimum distance between the frame rails for the triangulated four link? We just started the install and ran into a problem with the angle of the top bars my frame rails are 30 " apart inside to inside. I dont think I can get the right angle with this distance. Do you have any suggestions? A different kit parallel maybe.?

[darren@ridetech.com]

No, triangulated will be your best bet. Just shorten the upper bars. The ones we are using for that cars are like 9.5" long.

[grnova]

Why do you say a triangulated is the best way for me to go ? That seems awfully short to me, remember my frame rails are 30" apart. They would almost be straight across. I tried this with a mocked up bar. Well, anyway, I still went with ART just a 4 bar. Can I run a track locater instead of a panhard bar?

[SinistrV6]

Darren,

Glad to see this post about upper Triangulated 4-bar bars. I ran into the same problem but for a different reason (the 8.8 Explorer rear in my street rod has an offset center section, making a short bar necessary due to a lack of space to weld to on the short axle tube). I was torn between shortening the bars to fit them at the correct (45 degree?) angle or leaving them longer and mounting them at more like a 30 degree angle (relative to the frame rail).

I couldn' t find anyone who' d shortened the bars until you posted this. I mocked one up and the pinion angle change was about 4.5 degrees through the full range of motion (acceptable).

Have you seen ANY problems with such a short upper bar?

Thanks,
Richard

[SinistrV6]

Darren? BJ? Anyone?

[darren@ridetech.com]

Yea, pinion angle change is the only thing that you have to watch for when shortening the upper bars. 4.5 deg. is acceptable, just make sure you have good cancellation at ride height.

[SinistrV6]

Thanks, Darren. That' s the sort of " been there, done that" confirmation that I was looking for!

Thanks again,
Richard

[grnova]

Well here is the progress so far. Things are working out better. We cut the trunk out and are ready for the installation of the shock crossmember.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v135/T_N_T/art4bar/

[darren@ridetech.com]

Looks good.