Thread: 37 ford open driveline split wishbones

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Thanks Dave, I thought the same thing about the single heim. I don't know why that company would even sell such a thing. Now you know why I cut that setup off that 27.

I don't plan on alot of HP, I have a 302 that will be plenty for what I'm doing. I'd really prefer to run the V8-60, but I think that's pushing it.

It will have the transverse leaf, so no lateral control will be required.

The recommendation of the urethane bushed ends is what I used on that 27. Speedway sells them. They look like heims but have urethane filled ends. Those looked to me to be able to take twist a little better than the regular urethane bushed rod ends.

The torque rod would be affixed to the front end of the radius rod itself so no binding would occur at the rod ends. (there would be only 2 rod ends total, not 2 per side) .
If I weld on the axle tube it will be tig welded and I'd make a bracket that had a large footprint so I would not have to weld it as hot and warp the tube..

I was not really concerned with body roll from a handling veiwpoint as much as I was not wanting to stiffen up the rear end by creating a triangulated truss by coming off the banjo housing and ending up at the front end of the pair of wishbones.

I know that with ladder bars or hairpins on a rear end it is usually the bars that twist when the car leans, as the axle housing can't. Going from the banjo to the wishbone end would make that stiffer than it needed to be, wouldn't it? I would think that I'd start breaking bolts and brackets.

Yes I have considered 4 bars. Those are too new. I am fully aware of the advantages of them. I'm trying to do this without going "street rod", I want a more traditional type of build. ( not ratrod, I'm not building a cartoon.)

What did guys do in the 60's when they'd need to go to an open driveline?

BTW, check out the car I'm currently working on.
http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/..._side_view.JPG

I did some cutting on that one.
It's in my gallery here, I'm not sure how to post a link to my photo album tho.


Thanks for reading,
Mikey