Cascade Crew

blue89 · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: Falken drift camaro writeup

http://hotrod.automotive.com/22732/hdrp-0602-team-falken-1969-chevy-camaro-drift/index.html

Have you guys seen this car? I've seen it in person and it rocks. The reason I'm asking though, is there any real advantage to the rear axle setup? I've never seen this on a car before, has anyone else? The front is pretty cool too. It's completely open under the hood too.

Dewey316 · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject:

It is a truck-arm setup, they run a similar style in Nascar. It has some advantages, like everything else, it has some disavantages.

Red Bird · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject:

I saw it at FormulaD seattle a couple of years ago. i dont think it made it to the top 36 and it had a different paint scheme i think it was dark blue. still parked with all the falken rides, and still a viscious beefcake beast!

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

how odd...

I was just reading about the options for eliminiating the Torque arm on TGO, and this type was mentioned. Nice to be able to see what they're talking about.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject:

If you have control arms strong enough and mount them in two places at the rear you can eliminate the torque arm. Still need a panhard. Not worth the work. Ever.

blue89 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:47 am Post subject:

I saw a kit for the double mounted lca a while ago and may have posted it here somewhere. It didn't seem like the best design since the arm would be super short and cause pinion angles to be weird.

iansane · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:05 pm Post subject:

I remember a thread awhile ago that showed a kit to get rid of the panhard bar. An OLD kit from someone that replaced the lower control arms and Y'd out. Kind of like 4 wheel drive lift kits that do the longarm conversion. One pivot on the body side and two mounts on the axle using the same LCA. The thread I remember had the guy showing pictures of the LCA cracking in half because it rusted out from a crack or something in the powdercoat/paint. This was awhile ago though.