Constructional Criticism Please :)

[BRIAN]

With the mods you are considering you are going to wind up losing that floor which is what I thought you were wanting to keep. Honestly I applaud your ambition to redesign but in the end what part of that set up are you using? There is about $200 in parts and tubing that you could have just bought and started from scratch. Heck an AM rear clip would probably fit your needs and HP requirements a lot better. You are cutting pan anyway and it might even go in with less cutting. The set up you bought was designed for someone who wants bolt in type application. I am sure it's limitations are due to a compromise because of this. I am just trying to save you aggrevation and cash as I have been there and in the end it is usally cheaper to just start from scratch if you are looking for one off custom set up. As you progress you will see that you are actually not using any of the parts you bought and spending more money trying to get the new stuff to fit around a set up that doesn't work for your application. Just my 2 cents and no insult meant. Hey if that is same set up for early 1st gen I might even be interested. Hey great discussion and it is your money in the end.

[Salt Racer]

Salt Racer,

I agree that with out true knowledge of where the pick up points are, you can't give me a real answer. I'm not sure I can provide that info for a few weeks, but I plan on doing just that.

I have been through that post about 5 times now. I do understand a decent amount of it and learn more each time I read it The one abreviation that I have not figured out that will probably help me understand more is SVSA.

Take your time, and try to be as accurate as you can. 1/16~1/8" precision is good enough for rear suspension. Let us know what you come up with.

One of the most important thing is roll steer. You want to avoid roll oversteer even at the expense of reduced anti-squat. Unless you're willing to go with spherical rod ends, you probably can't converge LCAs in plan view. In which case, you need to keep LCAs level or pointing down ever-so-slightly as Mean69 suggested.