Watts link questions

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Watts link questions
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Originally posted by BioMax



HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!!

You should set up everything at HALF TRAVEL!!!

Not ride heidth, you guys are minitruckers ride heidth is about 1.5" from the ground, not the best place to set up a suspension.

Excuse me for being ignorant but what is half travel? And also, would the parallel/watts link be better for performance than the satchell link. thanks
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Originally posted by eksCHOSN1



Originally posted by BioMax



HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!!

You should set up everything at HALF TRAVEL!!!

Not ride heidth, you guys are minitruckers ride heidth is about 1.5" from the ground, not the best place to set up a suspension.

Excuse me for being ignorant but what is half travel? And also, would the parallel/watts link be better for performance than the satchell link. thanks



Half travel = full lift in inches/divide by 2
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Originally posted by eksCHOSN1



Originally posted by BioMax



HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!!

You should set up everything at HALF TRAVEL!!!

Not ride heidth, you guys are minitruckers ride heidth is about 1.5" from the ground, not the best place to set up a suspension.

Excuse me for being ignorant but what is half travel? And also, would the parallel/watts link be better for performance than the satchell link. thanks



Performance...This gets really hard to explain. Strangely enough a low "roll-center" or the rear of a pickup would be better for handling. The Satchell link would have a lower roll center AND the roll center doesn't move around as it would on a watts-link. Chassis Works has a really bitchin rear clip for "G-machines" that has the watts-link under the third member to get the roll-center lower, but it really limits travel and the roll center still moves around. I would run a Satchell link, limit the travel to about 6" and run some Bilstien shocks if I really wanted a good handling truck.
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Originally posted by blazedbowtie82



Originally posted by eksCHOSN1



Originally posted by BioMax



HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!! HALF TRAVEL!!!

You should set up everything at HALF TRAVEL!!!

Not ride heidth, you guys are minitruckers ride heidth is about 1.5" from the ground, not the best place to set up a suspension.

Excuse me for being ignorant but what is half travel? And also, would the parallel/watts link be better for performance than the satchell link. thanks



Half travel = full lift in inches/divide by 2

Cool, thank you.. and max, i sent you an IM