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Independent Rear Suspension Forum » Noobie with some noob questions » 11/03/2011 12:43 am

DVSLUX
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Hey Guys, thank you for the warm welcome and the very quick replies.

Ralphy, thank you for that link, the subframe, arms and hubs are exactly what Im using.

Daze,  I will be keeping the lower arms, this setup uses CV shafts that wont handle the stresses of being used as a control arm as well. As for how the upper control arm sat at ride height origionally Im not sure at all, being from the soarer/SC400, it came out factory with airbag height adjustable suspension (which is a similar setup to what Im going to run)  so I would have to assume its desgined for multiple ride heights.

I know what you mean about the "this was how the factory did it" mind set, I have came accross this and have also thought it myself, I mean the manufaturer spent a lot of money and time designing this system to work correctly, but as you say, its no longer sitting in a soarer.

Yes, the way Im doing it I can pretty much set it up how ever I want it.

Jem, I think I do need to do your suggestion of using a long stick etc on the hub and find out exactly what is happening throughout the suspension travel.

Now how important actually is it to have anti squat? if it ends up with nothing at all what side effects am I going to have from this?

Independent Rear Suspension Forum » Noobie with some noob questions » 11/02/2011 2:17 am

DVSLUX
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Hey everyone, My names Ben, Im an automotive engineer and fabricator, My background is from being a dealership mechanic to building rollcages, engine conversions etc. But my suspension setup knowledge is rather limited.

I have a bagged Toyota Hilux/pickup (not sure what you call them, Im from NZ),  I have a Toyota Soarer IRS unit that I want to graft into the back, I want to narrow the origional subframe and then use it to build a jig for making the control arm mounts in the new RHS rear clip similar to this one



Now I have a couple of questions, I'll post a pic of the setup Im using below



In the pic the vehicle would be travelling to the right, so the right of the pic is the front ofthe setup. Now what Im wanting to know is why the upper control arm is angled the way it is? is it to do with antisquat? and if I put this setup into a ute will I need to copy this angle or will I be better off running the arm pivots parallel?

Also is there any other issues you can think of that I might need to keep an eye out for?

Cheers
Ben

Independent Rear Suspension Forum » Hey Ralphy, take a look at this IRS(we have seen it in several posts ) » 11/02/2011 2:12 am

DVSLUX
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But I would need some really small airbags to go were those coil overs are haha.

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