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Originally Posted by badmatt
Ok now my next question, Does the spring have to be concentric or can it be on the same Plain and a relative arc of motion?
Reason I ask is that my lower control arm shock mounts can be in the same line of the center of the coil spring.
Im not disregarding your knowledge at all just trying to figure out a feasible way of making this work.
But there has been one other option I Have been looking at. What Brian did with his camaro.
But this is the extreme of what I would like to do. lower control arm is a tad short on these trucks.
Or in the chicayne kit format.
Matt |
Not sure I'm understanding your comment on the control arm length... The arm could be the exact same length no matter what you do with the spring and/or shock. What you have pictured here is by far the BEST layout for what you are asking, IMO. Only thing I would change would be to extend (or redesign) the top mount to get the shock as upright as possible. There is still room left in the upper arm to move the shock out further, even allowing for angle change in compression.
Any time the shock is outside the spring, the LCA needs to be built heavier to resist the force offset between the shock and spring. The further away the shock is located (in any direction), the beefier the arm needs to be. Keep in mind I am looking at this from a pure design standpoint, NOT saying that any available arms or components "won't work"...