Scott Mock's rear suspension

[GrabberGT]

How does this system handle real world driving? Steep driveways and such? My Dad has been looking at building a suspension around these and I've been talking him out of it until now.

[jamesinark]

I know I am very late commenting on this,but I'm still looking for suspension ideas.So far I've been contemplating a torque arm setup or 3 link.I just don't think the 3 link is the way to go for me as there are too many variables in setting one up.Seems like you're on to something with the simplicity.Any installed pics yet?

[David Pozzi]

This system would turn your rear axle housing into a huge anti-roll bar placing a LOT of stress on the housing perches & up-down forces on the Johnny Joints which is not the best way to apply load to them, it should be push-pull, but they are probably beefy enough to not bend. Roll-bind would be a big issue with this design. When the car rolls in a turn, one front eye goes up, the other down, trying to twist the axle housing. I really hate to say anything negative about someone's product that they have worked hard to produce. I nearly didn't post this but felt I had to put it out there.
David

[millertime179]

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

This system would turn your rear axle housing into a huge anti-roll bar placing a LOT of stress on the housing perches & up-down forces on the Johnny Joints which is not the best way to apply load to them, it should be push-pull, but they are probably beefy enough to not bend. Roll-bind would be a big issue with this design. When the car rolls in a turn, one front eye goes up, the other down, trying to twist the axle housing. I really hate to say anything negative about someone's product that they have worked hard to produce. I nearly didn't post this but felt I had to put it out there.
David

David your totally correct, that is alot of the reason we took it out of my camaro. We knew it would have alot of roll bind and if your going to drive the car hard this is not the way to go. When i built the car I didnt have much money to throw at it and thats why we went with this rather than the four link. We were going to re work the two link to fix the binding issues because it actually worked fairly well until I pushed the car hard enough it unloaded the inside rear tire (wheel hop). But we decided to go with ridetechs 4 link and i have been super happy with how it has worked in my car. For normal street driving the two link works okay but has its limitations and binding issues when driven hard. Scott and i both try to point everyone towards ridetech when asked what rear suspension to use because we have been really happy with their components and they are super nice guys.

thanks,
kevin miller

[David Pozzi]

With a few more parts, a torque arm could be made. When I started autocrossing, I had home made traction bars that were clamped to the mono leaf springs at the forward ends. I had inside wheel lift & it felt nervous on higher speed corners. Eventually the right rear spring pad tore off the housing.

I drove the RideTech 48 Hour Camaro at Del Mar last weekend & I loved it!
David

[millertime179]

thats awesome! the 48 hour camaro is a cool car and im sure its a blast to drive. hope to get the chance to meet you and mary at some events next year.

take care,
kevin miller

[David Pozzi]

Kevin, You are doing Awesome and making the right steps with your car.
David