Anybody ever run a Split I beam set up?

I think the first picture posted there answers the question nicely--just look at the spindles on that mess. Do you really want your tires finding positions like that if you hit a pothole on a curve??

 

Thanks for the info guys! These were some of the same things that my buddy Sandman and I were discussing. I think one of the pics posted is of THE front end that he's lookin at, kind of funny. The plan was (is?) to build a special with an independent banjo rear. There's an article on it in an old little pages.

 

Kinda what I was trying to say...

I do a bad job of painting a picture with words. An even worse job when actually painting but thats beside the point.

You've got to have the arms located front to back. Toe in/toe out. You have to define the points that the suspension will pivot. You have to support the wheel so it doesnt radically change the camber.

I stated that a Corvette is a semi-independant suspension, because of the buggy spring! Its not an independant in the same way that a coil over, or mc pherson strut is.

Its weakness, is that their is no real upper "control arm" in the stock form. The half shaft is used as the upper locator. The spring is mounted below the lower tie rod. Thought being that the spring will keep the force applied below the pivot. Giving it enough to work against the forces that would cause the camber to change when it is compressed. It works but it doesnt...

On the vette, the Swing is not up/down. It has the axles to contend with, you cant run them at a funky angle, or you wear out the case of the differential (C clips.)

The Upper control arm (In this case a half shaft) is 14 inches long from the center of each fixed u-joint.

The lower control arm (the Tierod) is 17 inches. In length.

The half shaft goes straight over to the trailing arm, the tierod goes from the underside of the differential housing to a mount about 8 inches below the trailing arm. The mount is angled down towards the center of the vehicle. The Rear suspension is designed to be rotated UP around the half shaft... It IS the centerline.

The Different length argument doesnt work its a different package.

I'll shutup now... Obviously not gonna add anything to the discussion if it aint gonna come out right!