Thread: 5-link B4
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Old 14-05-2008
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Originally Posted by Chrislong View Post
Its an impressive piece of work.

But don't take offense, I can't see the point, yet. Have you done it for performance or for own curiosity?

For both!
The point is this: I've always found anti-squat to be a huge compromise. Very little anti-squat is good for accellerating through bumps and sideways traction, but lots of antisquat is good for absorbing bumps off-power, and on-power traction. And it's a fixed value; you set it, and you're stuck with it.
With a 5-link suspension, the two forward links allow the same kind of flexibility and tunability for anti-squat as you have now for roll centre, it's almost limitless. Anti-squat varies throughout wheel travel. That, and you can make the rear wheels move back in bump. I've always wanted to test that, but with A-arms, you'd have to use a massive amount of anti-squat (like the AERO, possibly more), but then the shocks don't work properly anymore...
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