10 sec. 318?

needsaresto said
Are we sure it's the 4 link alone that produces consistency or the tube chassis supporting the 4 link? A good tube chassis will help plant the tires by redirecting the twisting force of the motor onto the rr tire.

I think that if I were to 4 link alone without proper chassis support I would not be very consistant.

Im also thinking that the ss cars were pretty consistant with leafs not 4 links.After all they ruled the strip for close to 10 years in thier class.But that was 40 years ago where perhaps consistency wasnt what it is today.

The motown missile had it's own special setup of course. I think the chassis plan is in the mopar chassis book but I really havent looked at it as it would be pretty outdated.

However the clowns over at mopar muscle seem to be running very consistant with leafs and caltracs. The car is a dedicated track car with an 800 hp bb wedge (recently upgraded top end)

Look under nearly any SS car these days and you'll find back halved 4 links or ladder bars. You don't need a tube chassis, a back half will do it.

All the stuff you are talking about was done before the 4 link was developed, racers are always looking for a better solution and that's what led to the development of ladder bars and 4 links. If all that other crap was so great they'd still be running it.

I can tell you I runnered up Saturday night at the track, every quick (6.50 - 6.80) car with leaf springs and CalTracs were skating on the track by the 5th round. My car went down both lanes every pass without a problem and in fact had the best 60' of the night in the final. I broke out by .007 but I screwed up because I took .03 of stripe. I should have tightened that up a bit more.