My race car has a Panhard rod. It doesn't interfere with the exhaust, at
all. However, a Watts Linkage is the really GOOD set-up.
You have to accept that the Panhard rod moves the axle laterally, as the rod
end moves through it's arc. Now, in reality, the lateral movement is pretty
insignificant, but, Bob Griffith (several time SCCA G-Prod nat'l champ) used
a Watts linkage on his car, and others which he prepared.
Basically, a Watts link set up consists of a bracket, on centerline, behind
the dif, to which a bellcrank is pinioned. A link goes to each end of the
axle, from the bellcrank. The bellcrank set-up causes no interference with
vertical axle movement, no matter if it's one side, or the other, or both
sides, simultaneously. It halts all lateral movement of the axle, however.
Of course, it (the mounting bracket for the bellcrank) should be welded to
the roll cage bracing, in the boot, 'cause the boot floor isn't rigid enough
to make it work right.......
Bud Osbourne (maybe too much coffee, from my 400 mi. drive, today)
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of David Lieb
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:56 PM
To: Paul Asgeirsson; Spridget List
Subject: Re: Wide tires add HP?
> The wording is correct on the Min Mania site! Go take a look!
Right again, Pa. The site has it correct. Now if they would only give me
some useful information like a picture of what it looks like installed or
maybe a statement that it does not interfere with the exhaust. I like the
concept of a panhard bar, I don't want to fabricate it and I don't want to
have to move my exhaust to accomodate it.
David Lieb
1972 Midget without panhard.
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