I'm only in the beginning stages of this, so I don't have any good link calculator measurements. I'm planning for links F&R in a Samurai based rig. Front will be pretty basic. Not any real questions there that I haven't found answered a hundred times. My questions are all rear related.
I'm considering a trailing arm rear suspension, solely around packaging. I don't have alot of room out back for shocks to protrude up into the rear seat area (staying 3 seater + cargo) So my thoughts are I could squeeze ~13-15" of travel out of a 10" shock. This would keep the shock basically completely under the body.
Answers I can't really find;
Are there any real downfalls to going this route for a non high speed rig (it will rarely see over 45mph)
I can get about 10° of triangulation per link, I've saw the 40° total separation goal mentioned a few times, this still seem a sufficient number to work with?
Anything extra I'm missing with running a double triangulated trailing arm setup?
Or is this just an all around dumb idea? I haven't saw anyone do it in a few days of searching. Not sure if I'm just thinking outside of the box or missing something crucial here.
I'm considering a trailing arm rear suspension, solely around packaging. I don't have alot of room out back for shocks to protrude up into the rear seat area (staying 3 seater + cargo) So my thoughts are I could squeeze ~13-15" of travel out of a 10" shock. This would keep the shock basically completely under the body.
Answers I can't really find;
Are there any real downfalls to going this route for a non high speed rig (it will rarely see over 45mph)
I can get about 10° of triangulation per link, I've saw the 40° total separation goal mentioned a few times, this still seem a sufficient number to work with?
Anything extra I'm missing with running a double triangulated trailing arm setup?
Or is this just an all around dumb idea? I haven't saw anyone do it in a few days of searching. Not sure if I'm just thinking outside of the box or missing something crucial here.