Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by gwitman

  1. gwitman

    Drag racing four-link design

    Thanks Greg, I'll measure up those locations as soon as my friend with an identical car comes back from vacation (the race car is in pieces right now with the body off the frame, can't measure it). I won't be building the suspension for a couple weeks anyway.
  2. gwitman

    Drag racing four-link design

    Greg, neither set of control arms is parallel in plan view. The lowers are at about a 10 degree included angle and mount near the hub, and the uppers attach to ears on the top of the rear end housing and angle out toward the sides of the car at around a 70-80 degree included angle. I was...
  3. gwitman

    Drag racing four-link design

    I'm new to this forum, and am hoping somebody can help me solve a couple mysteries about how to set up a four-link for drag racing. I've reviewed several topics in this forum and some books so I am familiar with how to calculate the IC location and anti-squat percentage, but I haven't found...

Part and Inventory Search