Which rear suspension?

[David Pozzi]

Originally Posted by mstennes

Ok I know Lateral Dynamics makes the best rear suspension but I just cant bring myself to cut up the rear pasenger compartment on my 69 Camaro vert.
Right now I'm running GW Cat 5 springs but I'm thinking of going with either DSE's Quadra-Link or Alstons G Bar or just leave it as is?
Thanks for the help!

Sorry I ignored this post above and didn't address it before.

The Cat 5 spring has a rate of 240 lbs/inch and has metal spherical bearings on each end, most other tuner springs are 175 and come with rubber front eye bushings. Any of those leaf springs will ride better than the Cat5. On my wife's 73 Camaro we removed Hotchkis leafs and installed the Cat5. Much rougher ride. tires make a big difference in ride quality too. With our race tires the car rode terrible on the Cat5's, with street rubber it was tolerable, still stiff but not as harsh.

David

[ProdigyCustoms]

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

Sorry I ignored this post above and didn't address it before.

The Cat 5 spring has a rate of 240 lbs/inch and has metal spherical bearings on each end, most other tuner springs are 175 and come with rubber front eye bushings. Any of those leaf springs will ride better than the Cat5. On my wife's 73 Camaro we removed Hotchkis leafs and installed the Cat5. Much rougher ride. tires make a big difference in ride quality too. With our race tires the car rode terrible on the Cat5's, with street rubber it was tolerable, still stiff but not as harsh.

David

I have replaced a couple sets of those Cat 5s for complaining customers (harsh ride) and replaced them with Hotchkis or DSE (lower rate and rubber bushings). There is a point where you get way to solid and stiff with leafs, especially for a street car.

[deuce_454]

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

I have replaced a couple sets of those Cat 5s for complaining customers (harsh ride) and replaced them with Hotchkis or DSE (lower rate and rubber bushings). There is a point where you get way to solid and stiff with leafs, especially for a street car.

Those are sensible words... too much desk top engineering will usually send teh build in a direction that might not be what you really want in the end.... id listen to frank and do a prodogy rear bar or what ever he calls it now

[The WidowMaker]

Originally Posted by markss28

I think for the money the 3 link is way over priced its atleast 1 grand higher then everything out plus you have to use a 9" so account for another 2gs on that as well

i agree that its a lot more money, but the 9" is included. its close to a grand from the other companies. if you dont need the 9", youll still spend 15+ hours cutting off the old brackets and welding on all those new brackets in the right place. the 9" is well worth the price from any of the vendors in my opinion.

Tim

[AJSZR2326]

independent rear suspension ! like a c6

[Marcus SC&C]

I finally have soem installed pics of the new Chassisworks G-Link for you guys to take a gander at. They`re not great pics and these are pre production parts so the final welding and surface finishe aren`t done but it gives you a good idea of where they`ve made changes and improvements. Check out how roomy it is now, exhaust should be a piece of cake. TrueCenter greasable delrin pivots at all 8 points. Note all the adj. holes to tune anti squat, IC location and roll steer. The LCA mounts even incorperate integral trailer tie down loops. I think that`s a really neat touch. They saved additional weight by eliminating a lot of the old tubular upper structure. The new upper mounting structure directly reinforces the unibody rails.The adj. rate swaybar is frame mounted,making it sprung weight and it`s geometry allows it to generate high rates with a small OD and less mass. It`s all very clean engineering and extremely lightweight. Note that there is still NO cutting involved at all. We`ll have better pics in a week or so. The G-Link will also be shipping by then so the pre-order pricing will be over. There`s still a little time to save a few hundred bucks. Mark SC&C

[FreddieCougar]

Actually, that is a production Chassisworks piece...those are the production finishes.
Tim

[ProdigyCustoms]

Also there are weld on lower brackets option available for a cleaner / non adapted look.

We have a few one order and will be putting one in my personal car in the next couple weeks. Cannot wait.

[ItDoRun]

Tim,
If I want to use my existing 12 bolt and not use the u-bolts provided, what provisions are there for weld on housing brackets for the lower arms?

Chris

[ProdigyCustoms]

We already sold a couple kits with weld on brackets. $50 more for weld on brackets.