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<p>I didn't have much time tonight but crawled under the car for 10 min with a tape measure. Unloaded the axle needs to move up from where it is 3.5-4" to set a level ride height. and this could leave about 4" of suspension travel. </p>
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<p>Yes, agreed, parallel is important and from a brief study and also scale of lower length to upper length at 70-75% of lower. I don't think I would go this route if I couldn't get it parallel and upper at right scale. At first inspection it looks like there
is room. I'm considering the triangulated 4 link with the uppers at 45 deg to eliminate need for a Panhard rod.</p>
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By the eyeball in moving up the rear end the lower link needs to be 21.5". If can't be made parallel then could put in brackets to move lower frame mount about 1" in below the frame (at the level where the weld on traction master rod attachment was). The
upper 45 attaches at the pocket to the frame side. Approximate measure is 21.5 for the lower and would need 15" laterally, at 45 deg it would be about 21" long. I think it can be done....
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<div>will spend some solid time this weekend trying to sort this out</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'daniel doornbos'; Tiger List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Tigers] Anyone built a 4 link rear suspension for their tiger?</font>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Hmmm, a comment maybe on terminology. Where I came from, a 4 link set up had brackets where the rod ends couple be alternatively placed to change things like the roll centers, and so forth. The bars were not parallel at all and
indeed the 4 link on my LSR car has the bars at an angle to each other, but in a line going forward. A 4 bar set up is a parallel system where there is only one way to connect the bars and they form a parallel system of linkages. And either case may have the
upper links in a triangular manner. I have seen them such that the upper link is a single link connecting to either the chassis forward of the diff or vice versa the single link connecting to the diff with the two other legs attached to the forward chassis
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Nothing of what anyone has said is wrong, just I am old and dumb and need some guidance on what exactly is being mentioned and to hopefully have us all on the same page. The MG set up is to me a 4 bar system with only one set of
bracket holes to attach the links. Looks good but no way to change the characteristics of the suspension system other than changing the pinion angle by lengthening the upper or lower bars lengths.
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<span style="color:#1F497D">If anyone is in doubt then take a look at say art Morrison catalog and see the different kinds of set ups. </span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">And the suspensions with the angled pair of links to the center or outbound ie not parallel with the other pair of links is a good way to get articulation and also to eliminate the need for a Panhard (and it ain’t Pan Hard) bar,
watts linkage, or diagonal bar to locate the rear end laterally. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
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<b>Subject:</b> [Tigers] Anyone built a 4 link rear suspension for their tiger?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Based on Theo's reply I got completely distracted this afternoon. I hadn't given the 4 link any thought. But with where the car is and that I'm ordering a custom rear end maybe this isn't all
that complicated. Have others done this?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Here is an MGB kit as an example</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.classicconversionseng.com/MGB-4-Link-Rear-Suspension.htm" id="LPlnk414328" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" previewremoved="true">http://www.classicconversionseng.com/MGB-4-Link-Rear-Suspension.htm</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.britishv8.org/articles/mgb-4-link-rear-suspension.htm" id="LPlnk223599" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" previewremoved="true">http://www.britishv8.org/articles/mgb-4-link-rear-suspension.htm</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Page with a 66 sunbeam minx 4 link. This one is interesting because the upper angled arms are at the same elevation as the housing (not above) <a href="http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?s=f05cbc07402be567bdae8685b14ecf78&t=332026&page=97" id="LPlnk724173" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" previewremoved="true">http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?s=f05cbc07402be567bdae8685b14ecf78&t=332026&page=97</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">here is a generic kit. <a href="https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-Universal-Heavy-Duty-Parallel-4-Link-Rear-Suspension-Kit,8984.html" id="LPlnk664481" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" previewremoved="true">https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-Universal-Heavy-Duty-Parallel-4-Link-Rear-Suspension-Kit,8984.html</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">maybe template and have your own brackets cut out? I'm curious if anyone has done this and is there any shared learning for me to take advantage of from someone else's hard work and experiments?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">thanks</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">dan</span></p>
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