Here are a few moreshots of the rear suspension.
This shows a mock up with the remote reservoir Penske shocks. The springs are for mock up only.
This is the Strange Engineering housing. It is part #1106A (?) for putting a 12 bolt into a third generation F-body, with torque arm rear suspension. You can see the bracket that LD made to anchor the center link. Since this is basically a prototype, there is some question as to the clearance between the diff cover and the watts linkage. That is why it was supplied with a cheap chrome cover. Also, where the bracket is attached to the upper part of the rear cover, it is shimmed with washers, for the reasons stated above.
We have mocked it up, but until the car is on the ground, sitting on it's own weight, with the links adjusted properly, we cannot know for SURE that everything will clear. Watching the video of the Bad Penny suspension sure helped a lot! It is amazing what you can see when you stand on the shoulders of giants ....
Our solution is to take a Moser diff cover, and machine the upper part to fit in the bracket. The Moser cover seems to be about an inch deeper than the current chrome pan, so it will be a tight fit. But like I said earlier, we MUST have a way of draining and filling the differential oil, without having to drop the rear suspension. And we don't want to drill and tap the flimsy chrome thing either.
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