Mad Hatter
Gotta go Faster
Seeing that a Panhard setup has a lot going for it. Would it be worth upgrading the stock Panhard support bar to avoid flex?? I saw BMR had one (RED 
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About Panhard bar supports....
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Save the money. You could seam weld the mount it you really want to. Only ever had one that got tweaked and that was from a right-rear wall impact. Since the panhard bar couldn't bend from that hi direction, it yanked on the mount, but even still it was pretty minor movement for the impact. The poly bushings probably saved what could have been more damage.
@ajaquilante did you relocate the mount point on your panhard bars on your race cars similar to what Kenny Brown and Maximum Motorsports do? For drivers not using a watts link that seems like a good option. Maybe you weren’t allowed to relocate the mount per the rules?
Matt, a can of spray paint would be a lot cheaper.
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No.
1. a. not allowed, b. just another thing to break, get bent, or just cause other problems.
2. To me this just adds more variables that are hard for most people to keep track of.
3. Something as easy as that: Why didn't Ford do it to begin with? They had what 10 years to make a change, so why didn't they?
#3 is an excellent point.
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Mad Hatter
Gotta go Faster
Number three is becoming a reoccurring theme it seems!
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There's another recurring theme, when you curb something do you want to bend a panhard bar, or rip the strengthened brackets out of the subframe?
I've always been of the opinion that certain suspension parts should be designed to fail at some point.
That's another reason I don't care for the "W" thing..where does it bend..when you rip the bolts out of the rearend housing?, the center bushing?..There's something to be said for pulling a PHB out, putting it into a press and throwing it back in...or if you're queasy about that, keep a spare.
I've always been of the opinion that certain suspension parts should be designed to fail at some point.
That's another reason I don't care for the "W" thing..where does it bend..when you rip the bolts out of the rearend housing?, the center bushing?..There's something to be said for pulling a PHB out, putting it into a press and throwing it back in...or if you're queasy about that, keep a spare.
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