well i''m new here, i have enjoyed playing with trucks my whole adult life, and am curently building a new mud racer for 2009.it is a 19?? eb frame with a bronco ll body with a lot of modifacations 302 bored out 40 thou,race cam holly 850 shaved ported and polished heads custom 2 link rear suspention coil overs ford 9 inchwith a locker and the front is a open dana 44 2 linked aswell 37 inch buckshot mudders high performance 3 speed with masive clutchfull interior cage stainless fuel cell race seats hers some pics a the pics of last summers fun enjoy ufospy1's photos and albums on webshots

 

ive heard of 3 links and 4 links, but never of 2 links...
Care to explain how they work?

 

I'm curious too. I've heard more about 3 and 4 link

 

2-link = radius arm mounted backwards? That's what the pics look like

 

from what i have seen in my quick researching, the links attach to the axle near the brakes.
Then they go along the axle and up to meet near each other
doesn't make much sence and seems like it would be a whole bunch of issues, i will do more reseach and report with what i find.

 

That rear suspension is a standard radius arm and coil spring with a trac bar.
Does not look like a bunch of travel by the amount of stroke available from the shock.
Shock only looks like it cycles a few inches.
Regardless, the two link still has to have some support to prevent the pinion from climbing, this is what the third link in a three link does.
Cool looking little truck.
Hope to see more of it.

Does the rear hop like mad when the traction is up?

 

There's a guy out here that runs and EB with the rear suspension like that. It holds it pretty well for straight line mud racing, but there's no adjustment like a 4 link or even a 3 link. For a cheap low cost project it works great, and you get the same amount of flex as you would from a front coil spring/radius arm setup. The biggest limiter is the spring stiffness and the shock length. And since this is gonna be a mud bogger and not a trail rig/rock crawler he won't need that much flex, just a way to keep the axle from wraping like typical leaf spring setups do.

 

What Karl said. I have the parts sitting in my garage waiting to do this to the rear of my bronco whenever time permits, btw Karl.

 

ok off the start it launches like a rocket if i was to go trail riding it is very limited but in the pits and drags it is 1 of the best i have in a truck there is no rap of the rearend and it actually likes to dig in and then jump out of the mud. all in all it is a good setup. i would do it again and may improve this 1 with larger srings and shocks , no wheel hop at all the spring absorbs all and the radius arms keep the axles strait

 

I wasn't knocking it. I would have gone that route on my ranger if the class rules I run would allow it. So the next best thing for me was to use the ranger main leaf with spring sliders and then use a ladder bar/coilover setup for the actual suspension. I can take the leaf springs out and there would be no difference, they are merely there for show and to keep me in class rules of a "stock style" suspension. I thought about the coils/radius arms and was told no unless I jumped up.

 

yes i know you were not knocking it, i was agreeing with you