link bar mounts?

[thetoystore]

ok i'm having alot of issues try'n to make a customer happy. and my question is can i mount my top link bar mounts to the front of the axle tube instead of the top? i've seen people do this and am just courious of how this works and what are the disadvantages of this?

[Rhino]

What sort of suspension design is this? I'm assuming either a 4 bar or triangulated 4 link?

There are two potential down sides I can see. (1) The upper bars will have to be engineered much heavier. (2) If the mounts are in front of the axle, it makes it much more difficult to get a proper top link length without intruding into the passenger compartment.
If you can engineer the mounts/bars to hold those stresses effectively with the same geometry it shouldn't be too big of an issue.
The nice thing about this design is that the lower top mounts could make it easier to design a lower roll center into the suspension while still providing a minimum of roll steer.

There may be a whole lot I'm missing, I think most of us are here absorbing as much as we can.

EDIT: AME was designing a rear clip for the first gen Camaro that placed the top links near the front of the axle. I'm sure there is good reason it was designed this way. Here's a link to a few pics.

[thetoystore]

it is a satchel link. and i got the idea from an art morrison rear clip. there tri bar has the top mounts mounted to the front of the axle tube i figure there know what they are doing

[silver69camaro]

The main reason for that is a lower RC. With a 9" axle, there's a bunch of flexability with where the brackets can go due to the all-steel housing. Also, this provides excellent clearance for exhaust, something that is usually overlooked.