Front leafs with rear 4-link?

[hot4teach]

Forgive me for being a newb, but can someone give me the reason for doing leafs up front and 4-link in the back? It doesn't seem very scale.

[Trikster]

depends on the rig. Its also a very capable setup. Look at Halfcab and Chino's Bruisers...

[chino63]

Performance! This is the main reason I do it. Pleanty of 1:1 rigs running around with 4-link rears. The second reason is that metal leafs dont last long in the rear of most scalers. You need to fabricate some type of torque arm to keep the axle wrap to a minimum. Preferably with a floating front mount (shackle) to reduce binding during articulation. In most scalers there isn't much room for one. I have built several variations of rear leaf setups but always went back to the 4-link.

[Trikster]

Good, Chino dropped by. Are you talking about the front shackle on the front leaf's? I assume so...

[TwistedCreations]

no, he is stating you need a shackle on the front of the track bar to keep it from not binding.







another reason people run leafs up front, is so that they can run their steering servo on the frame and all the articulation doesn't screw with the steering geometry

[hot4teach]

Thanks for the quick answers, guys.

Twisted, nice work on the chassis.

[Trikster]

Thanks for the pics Twisted, I totally understand now (when I didn't before at all).