Savvy Mid Arm Questions

[RockyTopTJ]

That's one way to do it and it's common
From what ive seen when I went to the strip in my jeep (for shits&gigs) I've seen guys that run big amounts of antisquat,So when they launch their cars they don't really squat much when launching! And as the car goes down the track the rear end of the car is about 6 inches off the ground,So the ass end is up,front end stays down.
However yes,There is cars that also use that style of suspension you mentioned too! Longtravel front with low rebound and a soft compression on the rear end so that it'll squat,But not too soft on the back because if the coilover or shock gets fully Compressed it could cause the wheels to spin because so it's no longer applying any true pressure to the tires

I can't explain it all to well,But I learned and understood some new things ! Mainly learned the most on cars that were running crazy antisquat

That's mostly on radial tire cars. Try a super high anti squat on a slick car and the tire crushes and is no longer a tire.

 

[mrblaine]

If you ever want to bang your head against a wall, listen to drag racers argue about anti-squat and continually call suspensions a 4 link when there's clearly more than 4 arms.

We are generally no less guilty of applying misnomers to our suspension. We typically refer to the stock front suspension as a 4 link when it is a 4 link with a panhard/track bar. The mid arm is a 4 link, or 3 link with a panhard/track bar. Since the question has come up again as to why the mid arm is called a mid arm, it has to do with simple numerical spacing.
I looked at the stock 16"ish arm length, the 36"ish RE long arm length and figured at 26"ish, that fell mid way between stock and the long arm. 16 + 10 + 10. No mystery or magic, just looking at commonly known lengths.

 

[Weasellee]

We are generally no less guilty of applying misnomers to our suspension. We typically refer to the stock front suspension as a 4 link when it is a 4 link with a panhard/track bar. The mid arm is a 4 link, or 3 link with a panhard/track bar. Since the question has come up again as to why the mid arm is called a mid arm, it has to do with simple numerical spacing.
I looked at the stock 16"ish arm length, the 36"ish RE long arm length and figured at 26"ish, that fell mid way between stock and the long arm. 16 + 10 + 10. No mystery or magic, just looking at commonly known lengths.

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