Martz Road Racing Rear Setup....good?

[johnm]

I have a 1978 Trans am, I am thinking of putting the Martz Road Race Style Rear suspension under my car. I saw that it was used in a white second generation camaro in the new PHR. Anyone have any experience with this, is it worth the money. A little background, while I most probably have the skills and know how to manage to do an entire custom rear end that is "better", I really don't want to put up with the time and BS taking my car apart for that long. I am interested in this, because it is a "kit", and should be relatively easy to install. Thanks for the help.

John

[c.schulz]

Try this
http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/005996.html

[johnm]

Thanks for the thread, I talked to this guy via e-mail, he hasn't driven it yet, although he did provide some quality information. Anyone else actually use it.

[David Pozzi]

It SHOULD be terrible!
Look at the rear links, the angles should cause binding in roll resulting in a huge oversteer problem.
David

Read this post: http://www.camaros.net/forum/ultimatebb.php/topic/7/7118.html#000001

[dennis68]

What is the SVSA of this system, it appears to be very short. I also did not see a very good method of controlling lateral movement, did I miss the PHB? The links do not appear to converge enough to provide adequate control. On re-inspection I see the PHB, albeit the shortest one I have ever seen.

[baz67]

Also it looks like both links are below the axle centerline. Would that not create undo stess on the welds in both braking and acceleration?
Brian