Couple more questions after overnight thought....
1. Is there any advantage to running "positive caster" in the back, or tipping the upright rearward? Since the wheels don't turn left/right, it seems the self-righting characteristic wouldn't matter, but then I see some Indy car pics or other...
awesome...awesome...awsome thanks for the responses Greg! A lot of the answers were "what I suspected" which is reassuring to me. I read these suspension books until my head spins, then on comes the nausea and so forth :o) The cg will be between the arms "most likely" (won't really know until...
I am building a full tube chassis Porsche 914 (mid-engine/oversteers/525HP V8 engine) and my chassis builder wants to go 5-link independent rear and I know a whole-lotta-nothing about them, so here I am.
General design configuration is (looking at one upright)
2 links pointing straight forward...
