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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Watts Link Time: Fays2 or BMR
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<blockquote data-quote="Bad Company" data-source="post: 17006189" data-attributes="member: 141815"><p>Yes it is significantly lighter compared to the Fays2 or SAI unit.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The big difference in the Watts Link versus a Panhard Bar is the Roll Center of the vehicle is constantly changing as the suspension is traveling through it's range of motion with the Panhard Bar. This changes how the vehicle is handling as the suspension moves while going through a turn, whereas with a Watts Link the rear axle Roll Center is constant regardless of how the suspension is moving making the car feel more predictable while going through a turn.</p><p></p><p>Here is a quote from CorTex's website.</p><p></p><p>"Four possible pivot location points of the center pivot, which is the rotation center of the rear of the vehicle. Moving it up or down relative to the center of gravity of the vehicle allows the roll stiffness of the suspension to be changed."</p><p></p><p>This allows you to play with how the car feels in the corner. You can adjust it to feel heavy in the front(pushing) or Neutral or Loose(tail end wanting to slide out on you). A Panhard Bar can't do this unless you can raise or lower the mounting point of the bar at the car frame or rear axle mounting point. But again even if you did these modifications for the PB it still moves the roll center as the axle moves up and down. A PB is a compromise and the reason it is done is the fact it is cheaper and easier to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bad Company, post: 17006189, member: 141815"] Yes it is significantly lighter compared to the Fays2 or SAI unit. The big difference in the Watts Link versus a Panhard Bar is the Roll Center of the vehicle is constantly changing as the suspension is traveling through it's range of motion with the Panhard Bar. This changes how the vehicle is handling as the suspension moves while going through a turn, whereas with a Watts Link the rear axle Roll Center is constant regardless of how the suspension is moving making the car feel more predictable while going through a turn. Here is a quote from CorTex's website. "Four possible pivot location points of the center pivot, which is the rotation center of the rear of the vehicle. Moving it up or down relative to the center of gravity of the vehicle allows the roll stiffness of the suspension to be changed." This allows you to play with how the car feels in the corner. You can adjust it to feel heavy in the front(pushing) or Neutral or Loose(tail end wanting to slide out on you). A Panhard Bar can't do this unless you can raise or lower the mounting point of the bar at the car frame or rear axle mounting point. But again even if you did these modifications for the PB it still moves the roll center as the axle moves up and down. A PB is a compromise and the reason it is done is the fact it is cheaper and easier to do. [/QUOTE]
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