This is a pickup, but it is a 1956 F100. It will never see a load, other than passengers and a suitcase. I want it to handle more like a rally car than an actual truck. Otherwise I would have kept the leaf springs.
Am I looking at this correctly?
Assuming the convergence point is the same in both drawings, and the arms are just flopped the roll center changes just a few inches.
In this one, the lower arms are parallel and the upper arms converge to a point in front of the axle. (this lowers the RC...
In my design above, I have the lower bars with fronts higher than the rear. However, these lower bars run parallel to the frame, and the uppers converge.
Does converging the top bars vs the bottom bars affect roll center? If so, how?
I wish I could find a good diagram for a solid axle.
Well, I picked up Herb Adams book and Engineer to Win by Smith. Still waiting on Milliken to arrive. The Smith book was of no help. I wonder if I need tune to win instead?
Herb Adams suggests a Satchell Link Suspension is the best overall 4 link....mainly because using the converging bars on...
Let me rephrase the last comment. I am more concerned with having a well mannered daily driver than a race car. I want something comfortable to "cruise" in.
Yes this is a triangulated 4 - link.
I am more interested in handling characteristics than launching. What can I do to improve on this setup? Pull the IC down, or pull it down and back?
Hey guys, just found this forum and I am hoping I can find here what I haven't been able to in my normal "hobby car forums". As an engineer I tend to ask a lot of questions, and they are more geared to "just do this" because it works.
Anyhow I have started installing the rear suspension on my...
