I've recently decided to take my car's suspension set up from a street car that I take to the track to a track car that I drive on the street. It isn't a daily driver but I drive it most weekends in the summer. Its a '94 Mustang.
My current set up is strange 10-ways, TeamZ rear springs, hpm megabyte Jr lowers and single adjustable uppers. After watching videos if my car at the track, you can clearly see the ass end lift on launch and zero weight transfer. (I'll post videos when I get home)
I took all my 4 link measurements a few weeks ago and at my current height and set up my car has an anti-squat value of 183% and my instant center location is 26" in front of my rear axle. Clearly less than ideal.
While messing around with numbers, I found that by doing the upper control arm mounting point on the axle side by 2.5", it would give me an AS value of 100% and instant center of 47". I know there is no golden rule where to set it but it's a good place to start.
Due to these findings I decided I was going to make a relocation bracket similar to the teamZ/baseline but one that would lower my mounting point. The more I thought about it, the easier it seems to just put some brackets on my axle tubes right by the carrier and run a parallel upper control arm configuration.
If I were to run the upper arms in parallel, how would I keep the car stable on the street? Would a panhard bar work in a drag racing configuration or would that hurt my launch even more?
I guess I'm looking for any kind of insight or advice to get my rear set up correctly for the track. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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