[MX145]

Started laying out the 4-link. Took me some time to get things packaged as I wanted as there's not a lot of room to work with retaining the rear seat floor and utilizing the front leaf spring mounts.

I was originally going to run a bushing end on the car side and a heim on the rear end but I found 5/8 hole 3/4 shank heim ends with teflon/kevlar liner so they hopefully don't rattle. I'm going to build aluminum bushings to center the link in the brackets so I can change to the poly bushing style link if it doesn't work out.

I'm held up a little waiting on the wheels. I need to mock this up with real parts to double check my measurements before I cut the 4-link brackets and narrow the rear end. I want to make sure I have the anti-squat and ride height I'm looking for when its said and done.

It's looking like I won't be able to re-spline the 31 spline axle's on the rearend due to the offset center section. Based on my measurements I have to narrow the rear end 4" or more each side to safely re-spline. Not a problem on one side but might not work out on the other. Ordered 18x11 wheels with 5-1/8 BS so we'll see when they arrive. I designed the suspension around a 4" stroke Ridetech coilover. My dad offered up some 6" stroke coilovers off his vette but I can't seem to get them to fit in redesigned brackets with proper stroke centering.

BTW if you're looking for CAD software Draftsight is free and awesome! The 2D stuff is a lot like AutoCAD. I haven't done any extrusions/3D modeling with it but 2D works great. I imagine they steer the 3D stuff towards products like Solidworks. (Same company). I haven't used AutoCAD for years and wasn't looking forward to the cost of buying new software to run on my Macbook.