Originally posted by brickman
So, may I ask if everyone in this discussion is for 4 bar or ladder bar rear suspension over leaf spring rear suspensions for high performance driving? Will you have to use a panard bar and how critical would it be for the panard bar to be adjustable?
(My opinion only) I would use leaf ...maybe... if it were a cruiser. A lot of this is personal preference. Only you can decide what ride comfort or lack of it you want.


For racing I am using 4 link. Upside it's more adjustable than ladder bar suspension
The down side is it's more adjustable than ladder bar suspension. So it may be harder to tune. Like I said in the previous post I'm learning as I go, so time will tell if I went the right direction.

I would make the panhard bar adjustable. If you raise or lower the ride height you may need to adjust the rear housing back to center. I would use a panhard bar only if you have room. It should be as close as possible to level at ride height. Don't use a short bar. It will mess up the geometry of the rear suspension and end up pushing and pulling the rear housing back & forth when the car goes over bumps. I am using a track locator because a panhard bar in mine could only be about 12-14 inches long. That wouldn't work toooo good.