Martz rear suspension

[73-TYPE-LT-LS1]

here is another post with the martz 4 setup;http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/005996.html

I'm LIL SS on that post

[Salt Racer]

My comment was towards people here in general, not you. But, try searching for "4-link" or "3-link" in archive section. You'll find answer to your question, and you'll even find how to set up 3-link properly. Lots of guys got into some hot discussions on 4-link/3-link/4-bar, etc, not too long ago (I think it was around July~August).

Likewise on leaf spring comment. TOO MANY people overlook leaf springs just b/c they've been around since the days of horse buggies. If you're in your late 20's or older, you probably remember the white Camaro Mark Stielow built. The car ran high 11s on NA 406 and pulled over 1.0G on skidpad running on DOT-R radials (IIRC, old BFG R1s) with, guess what, a pair of leaf springs. To me, that's sex appeal. I'd much rather have a car that works (especially in stealthy manner), rather than a car that looks like it works. But this is JMO. To each his own.

Anyway, my answer to your question is, it depends. If you set it up right, 3-link works great. If not, you could end up with a suspension that is inferior to properly setup leaf springs. It's all in pivot locations. Again, try searching in archive section. You'll find most of the info you'll need.

[David Pozzi]

You might ask Martz if he will build you a three link version, it should be easy to change over.
I have some doubts of his understanding of the bind problems, but he might. If you remove the upper links make the lower links level and add an upper link, you will have a three link suspension. Three link is a good way to go, but it must be sturdy and have links long enough, the Martz links look rather short.
David

[TBART70]

Err, the guy that designed that setup has been known to post on here from time to time....

sorry. have not been here that long. went to archive, found alot of his posts, wish i knew about that before, would have liked to talked to him before i bought it. even more happy about it now.