Suspension Infro ?

Looking into ordering my Ladder Bars, and needed to known how to determine how long they should be?

Thanks Bruno,

32" deal should be good.

I would probably still do a 4-link if it was a street/strip deal!

ladder bars will work just dandy............

The average "off the shelf" 32" to 36" bar should work pretty good for a lot of the cars/wheelbases out there. Available room & "packaging" does factor in the picture too. A real long ladder bar in a short wheelbase car might "work" OK. But it could make for a packaging nightmare in a low slung car, or a car where a tall driver needing more leg room can't get it because the bars front mounting brackets/frame kick-up are sitting right up behind his ass.

And not all ladder bar makers use the exact same method for determining their "advertised" bar length. This is because some measure the bar length it's self (front to rear rod-end C/L's), and some measure from rear housing C/L to the front rod-end C/L. So if someone is worried about bar length, it's always a good idea to call first before ordering a set & find out exactly how long any given ladder bar maker's bars might be.

4-links are great, but you can also go pretty damn fast with a ladder bar too. However real fast ladder bar cars really do need a real good double adjustable drag shock to get the most out of the car though.

67460 wrote:Thanks Bruno,

no problem sir

"for a long time" unless you are going to sell it ? LOL

Finally getting rear suspension done. I'm not doing it myself but it's being done by a highly recommended chassis builder. Doing a complete back half with frame rails, narrow rear end, tubs, and ladder bars, battery mounts, fuel cell mounted, nixtous mount, chute mount and tin work.
Will be complete by the end of the month. Thanks guys for all of your help.

we need some pics melvin ...you gonna make this bbf shootout

Will send pictures asap, still up in the air about the shoot out, depends on how busy my work is.