Those are nice, but what good is a panhard bar on a leaf spring suspension? I can understand a coil spring solid axle rear, but not a leaf.
For most use the leaf springs do a fine job of locating the rear. Under hard cornering leaf springs deflect and affect handling. They were used on the TransAm Mustangs back in the day. Kinda the same reasons some sort of traction bar is needed for hard acceleration.
Correct, although traction bars are designed to prevent axle wrap and keep the leafs from loading under hard acceleration.
The panhard bar is designed to reduce or prevent lateral movement.
I can tell you first hand that adding the panhard bar and subframe connectors, was like night and day in the handling.
Not sure if you read my previous comments that started the thread, but I wasn't expecting such a drastic difference and I certainly wouldn't recommend if it didn't make any difference or even very little difference.
Panhard bars have been used in racing for years with great success in leaf spring cars. And with bigger cars like ours, where they are able to have a longer rod, they work very, very well, as I can attest to first hand.
It may not be for everyone, but one hard turn in hard acceleration our even in deceleration, I was a believer and really blown away.
I drive my car hard everytime I get in it. If it breaks, it gives me something to fix and make better! We have some really nice twisting roads that go on and on through the hills here in Nothern California and I utilize them every chance I get. This last run made me smile for a few hours after.
Night and day, that's all I can say brothers!
Looking forward to acing the 15" BF Goodrichs and getting some nice 17" Bridgestone's on there and then seeing what's really going on!
