1967 Camaro Ls1/t56 Next Stage- Poor Mans DIY 3 Link Rear Suspension
11-12-2011, 11:54 AM
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1967 Camaro Ls1/t56 Next Stage- Poor Mans DIY 3 Link Rear Suspension Well seems like work on a old car is never done lol. after my conversion to a forged ls1/t56 im now deciding to do a 3 link suspension. reason being that whoever had it before me has ladder bars and coilovers on it and it rides so bad i cant even begin to explain it lol. with that being said since i already have coilovers ive decided to take on fabbing my own rear suspension. it will be a 3 link suspension with a panhard bar. nothing too serious just something that will perform well and something i can look at as i did myself. anyways lets get started
heres the original build thread
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...er-welded.html
ok heres the bars, made from dom tubing 1.25 OD With Ridetech Bushings.here they are cut to length with the ends beveled and a hole drilled to plug weld them
here it is plug welded
and welded
cleaned
opposite ends welded
finish product
Also i have designed some bottom link frame brackets and made them however i havent tested so dont know if they will work. now before u say the slotted approach wont work, i made super tight clearances and there is no slippage, also since the forces acting upon the bracket will only be forward or backward no vertical forces so i took the length the link ( 18" ) and usedthat to make a radiused slot. anyway tell me what u think
heres the original build thread
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...er-welded.html
ok heres the bars, made from dom tubing 1.25 OD With Ridetech Bushings.here they are cut to length with the ends beveled and a hole drilled to plug weld them
here it is plug welded
and welded
cleaned
opposite ends welded
finish product
Also i have designed some bottom link frame brackets and made them however i havent tested so dont know if they will work. now before u say the slotted approach wont work, i made super tight clearances and there is no slippage, also since the forces acting upon the bracket will only be forward or backward no vertical forces so i took the length the link ( 18" ) and usedthat to make a radiused slot. anyway tell me what u think
11-12-2011, 01:39 PM
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keep going I want to see the end result. I went with a Hotchkis rear leaf after looking at a ton of different rear ends. The one I always liked was the Hot Rods to Hell truck arm suspensions but they do a lot of stuff underneath....
11-12-2011, 05:05 PM
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yeah i woulda went back leaf springs but someone cut the mounts off the rear end and body for them so i just decided if i was gonna have to do some welding anyway i might as well do a one off kinda deal
11-13-2011, 07:09 AM
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thanks im gonna try next weekend to get the lowers mounted to the frame at least because i still have to see about how high the frame mounts will be off the ground so i can calculate and design the axle mounts. tues i plan on test fittin the frame mounts and ill let ya know how they work out.
