mans so cool the shade follows him..

Hi Rick,


That's a great question. I'll provide the pros & cons ... then I think the question has to answered by each individual based on their criteria. A LOT of racing stuff is finding its way onto ProTouring & G-Machine cars driven on the street. This is no different, as I have a few other clients already running this set-up in their street/autocross cars.

1. Can it be driven on the street? Sure. You won't notice how it drives any different ... except when you roll on the throttle hard. It has instant grip & far more grip through out acceleration. I'll explain why later.

2. It won't affect ride quality at all.

3. But you can't run a back seat. The top link would be where the rear passenger sits on the right side of the car. So you need a raised floor or bulkhead fabricated from sheet metal & covered (or not).

4. Is it a race car piece? Yes. It is designed to provide optimum grip when the car has more power than the tires are designed for. The top link is a torque absorber. It cushions the shock to the rear tires at initial throttle application.

5. I tailor the spring rate & number of poly bushings to each application. Ron Myer's car will have slicks, so I spec'd it with fewer poly bushings & of a harder rate. For clients that run TW200 street tires ... we utilize more bushings & of softer spring rate. I have a client with a twin turbo LS that can be full throttle by corner exit on TW200 tires. Later ... if Ron Myer takes this car off the track & makes it a street car ... we'll change the poly bushings for the tires he chooses.


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Hi Bryan,

Ron Myer already had the housing. I do not think they are available anymore. When I provide housings, we use Speedway Engineering Floaters.

Ron,

Very cool build obviously, but I woulda went with a Lotus.


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That's an awesome suspension!

That's for guys like :weld:

Glad to see you're back in your old form. Only took two whole days :lol:

Thanks Tom! :cheers:

Looks like a variation of a Coleman dual action / pro link or allstar three link - very cool. I've been looking at the possibility of utilizing shock bushings with the LD 3-link but the reality is it would take some alone time with the OLC so it will have to wait a while.

Can't go wrong with support from Ron - I have to get in touch with him in the new year and see if we can't put something together with my car for the short term...

Great to see progress being made!

Yes if there is interest in the housing they can be produced still. They are complicated to get all the parts together but we can still do it. if your interested call Speedtech Performance.

Hi James,


We'll post up some progress pics next week.


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That biscuit bar looks familiar, but much nicer than mine. I recently swapped my biscuit bar out for a straight shaft/tube, because one of the multitude of joints always seemed to work its way loose after a bit of street driving/track thrashing, creating a horrifically irritating screech/vibe. Granted, I'm no skilled builder, and my tubing sizes have probably just not been containing enough thread engagement or something.

I'd like to re-enlist the biscuit bar eventually, because it very clearly worked overtime at all kinds of frequencies of axle movement--is there a secret to keeping all the threaded joints happy (with or without Locktite)?

I can see Ron's setup working its way onto a lot of future hotrods, because it's basic, strong, and has clearly included "awesome sauce" in the recipe...