Parallelagram front beam

[jcarius]

Howdy folks,

OK, well I've recently taken on yet another project. I'm gonna try and build up this older class 12 car that I've aquired. The frame is set up with a "parallelagram beam" - that is, the distance between the beam tube centers is identical to the spacing of the trailing arms on the spindles.

Since the front beam is tweaked, the question is whether to keep this arrangement, or go with a more conventional front beam.

Also, anyone got any secrets/suggestions/comments/whatever on setting up the front suspension? I live in Nothern California, and off-road expertise is durn hard to find up here...

Thanks!

Jim & Vanessa

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From what i have seen this is the most common setup in beam cars. The advatge i have heard people give is that it is stronger than the stock arrangment, but I suspect the benifit is so that you dont have a great change in caster through your suspension cycle.