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Old 06-15-2014, 09:29 AM
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I have a MWC 9" with kooks TD and I'm lowered 2 ".. All my clearances are pretty good, but my panhard bar is in a fairly drastic angle. Is there anyone who makes a bracket to straighten this out, or am I making my own? I already have the founders relocate on the passenger side which is necessary, but makes this angle worse.

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I could be wrong, but I think that Jegs sells (or used to sell) a PHB relocation bracket.
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
I could be wrong, but I think that Jegs sells (or used to sell) a PHB relocation bracket.
They still do.
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I strongly suggest to not relocate the mount on the rearend. If you need more clearance or a better setup with the duals then you may look into our Watts link package.
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Many, many people have lowered both sides of the panhard rod with great success. In fact, many of the best handling f-bodies around have lowered panhard rods. It lowers the rear roll center which has handling benefits. The downside is the rear spring rate will need to be increased slightly to compensate.
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Originally Posted by 79_T/A
Many, many people have lowered both sides of the panhard rod with great success. In fact, many of the best handling f-bodies around have lowered panhard rods. It lowers the rear roll center which has handling benefits. The downside is the rear spring rate will need to be increased slightly to compensate.
I am about to do this very thing.

I bought the UE lowering brackets and 200lb/in rear springs. I have a 21mm solid bar to go on the back.
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I've been asking one of the big 3 (UMI, BMR & MWC) to build something to straighten out the PHB and nothing has come yet. The watts link was not a option for me and still looks the same way with the new ride.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...re-please.html
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Originally Posted by SmokedOutZ28
I've been asking one of the big 3 (UMI, BMR & MWC) to build something to straighten out the PHB and nothing has come yet. The watts link was not a option for me and still looks the same way with the new ride.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...re-please.html
Unbalanced Engineering and Jegs both makes brackets to lower the panhard bar.
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
I am about to do this very thing.

I bought the UE lowering brackets and 200lb/in rear springs. I have a 21mm solid bar to go on the back.
Nice, if I could do it again I would ditch the watts link and go to a lowered panhard rod. Cheaper, lighter, simpler, less rod ends to buy when it needs servicing, not to mention the watts doesn't really have any advantage over a lowered panhard. Yes, a panhard rod does move in an arc, but these cars have such little suspension travel in the back that it's really not an issue. Not to mention the bar is pretty damn long, decreasing any side to side movement.

I guess I will just drop the propeller down some more and toss some 250lb springs in there. The 150's are too soft.



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