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    Quote Originally Posted by willowbilly3
    Yeah, well I couldn't get any comments from them now. I actually think many of the more knowledgeable people have drifted away from there. I still see them post but not regularly. Or I just get some half information with a smart a**ed attitude. I don't keep up with them, sell a few parts and go fishing in their pond occasionally.
    One of the reasons I like this forum, way more going on in the car sections than in the O/T, which is opposite of most boards these days.

    Thanks for the suggestions guys.
    Dave, did you run a sway bar?

    And fwiw, I have a 24 Chevy roadster with the original 1/4 elips on all 4 corners.
    Nope, spent the big $$$$ on shocks and didn't need one.... however should I build another one, I'd back off to a parts store gas shock and a good sway bar.... Even have a bar laying around that came of a '76 Lincoln Mark... Good heavy bar, would probably really work on a light car with some good links and ends!!!!
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    I have one laying around off the back of a 99 Suburban 1500 but it is just ben't wrong. I am going to try and find something basically straight without the dogleg ends.

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    Am do just about the samething on the rear of my '27 sedan, only adding split wish bones, other wise it looks pretty much like yours.Just hope it works as good as it looks. Sure turned out to be a lot more work than coil overs but yet sure is a lot cheaper. HEY, a buddy of mine and myself have a bid disagrement on my front axle. It is a 5" droped strieght. I say it needs to lean back 4-7 degress, he say's it needs to lean forward 5 degress. Who is right? ...Joe

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    Back Joe, caster will make it go straight...Dennis
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    Leaned back is positive caster and is what you want. Leaned forward is negative caster and will render the car undriveable.

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    I'll play Devil's Advocate for a minute. I think a single leaf in the bottom is too weak and flexible. If this were a full spring with 5-7 leaves it would be ok IMO, but I think wrap up and movement will be a real problem.

    Posies told us we could run their quarter eliptic setup as the sole lower control bar on the setup we used in Dan's 30, but we didn't want to trust it, so we did the fourbar routine and simply used the spring as a spring.

    Maybe you are planning to add more leaves, and if so I think that would work. Here is a picture of the setup we ended up with.

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