got it - thanks flower
The urethanes will provide a degree of insulation and movement but no where near as much as the rubber mounted cage.
Go with the shorter bottom arm and it pivoting on a line drawn forward from the lower inner arm mount. Don't forget the anti climb bars, Wisbech do a nice kit with front tie bar etc that places it all where it needs to be and you just have to make the mounts from the rail out.
The anti climb bars are especially important on a urethane mounted diff.
For though's that don't know the 59 Impala Chassis here are some details of it and how I have done the mods to it.
Hi have just overcome the same problem, in a nutshell you need to extend the line of the lower arm pivot point on the diff, the link can be anywhere on this line, to do this i took the nut off the pivot shaft and slid a 20mm solid bar with a hole up the end over it, i live in acle so not too far away. hope this helps
There are some who say that if the diff is solid mounted they are not needed at all unless you are running big horse power or a heavy body. My T doesn't have the radius rods but does have the anti climb straps.
FadT hasn't fitted them to his T either and swears they are not necessary on a light rod like his, Nick Butler only fitted them to Andromeda because of the sheer power and if I'm not mistaken I don't think that the front mounts on it are in line with the lower diff section due to not enough room. The most important bit is the anti climb straps.
As an aside to make the radius rods "stiffer" jaguar just put the front bush in the same housing but instead of having the cut outs in the rubber bush front and rear they turned it by 90 degrees so that there was a greater proportion of rubber to move before any give (all xjs's were done this way).
Hi I am in the middle of relocating my tie rods too.
Last edited by hotrod.0148; 09-05-2013 at 19:27.
Never thought about iy but most rods area bit short at the back. Bushes may need to be changed as the rotational load is going the other way so joints will be in tension as opposed to compression.
EDIT .Without spending ages looking at it ( cos it's only a theoretical question at the mo ) I'm guessing ttha it will do weird things to the tyre hook up and launching.
Last edited by kapri; 07-05-2013 at 14:00.
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