Experience with truckarm (or centerdrive) style rear suspensions??? - Lateral-g Forums

atomicjoe23 · #1 01-04-2007, 08:37 PM

Does anyone out there have any experience with a truckarm (or centerdrive) type of rear suspension. . .especially as compared to a 4-link or 3-link setup using a panhard bar or Watt's linkage and also compared to IRS.

I have a '67 Pontiac Firebird 400 that I'm getting ready to start a Pro-Touring build with and I'm trying to decide what I want to do with my suspension. The truckarm seems to have some pretty good pros to it from what I have been able to dig up and the price is much less than an IRS or 3-link and Watt's linkage and almost exactly the same as a 4-link suspension.

I haven't had a whole lot luck finding many opinions on the truckarm suspension thought besides from Hot Rods to Hell who make the system.

Thanks guys.

3kidsnotime · #2 01-04-2007, 09:18 PM

Give Kip Valdez a call at metalworks performance in denver co. he is the only person I know with actual time and testing on this system and the truck arm set up I have seen them build are quite nice.

novanutcase · #3 01-04-2007, 09:30 PM

Call Steve at Hotrods to Hell! This guy has been putting truck arms in cars forever!

http://www.hotrodstohell.net/

JOhn

3kidsnotime · #4 01-05-2007, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by novanutcase

Call Steve at Hotrods to Hell! This guy has been putting truck arms in cars forever!

http://www.hotrodstohell.net/

JOhn

The kit Steve has looks good. Wonder what a A body kit costs....

atomicjoe23 · #5 01-10-2007, 04:18 PM

I have been in contact with Hot Rods to Hell and I have written to Metalworks Performance (I'm waiting to hear back from them on the availability and price of their kit. . .on the website it is still listed as coming soon). I was hoping that perhaps some individuals who were not associated with either place might have driven (or actually have) a truckarm equipped vehicle and I could get their opinion of how the car handled. I have heard that HRTH has a test car that they are more than willing to let individuals drive to test out the truckarm suspension and they are located in Burbank which is only about 2-2.5 hrs North of me. . .guess I'll have to start saving my money now and go up there to drive the test car when I get enough saved to buy one!

Thanks for sharing the info though.

69Camaro · #6 01-10-2007, 05:32 PM

http://hotrodhomepage.com/?p=45

http://hotrodhomepage.com/?p=70

Videos off the Hot Rods to Hell website... looks like it handles ok....