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Originally Posted by Low Elco
Yes, but T/A outboard of the rails.
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TA's or trucks arms triangualte in the center crossmember, and work very well.
What you described is a parallel 2 link, and they work fine. If cruising or profiling is what your after. Due to the bars being parallel there is virtually no twist, and it makes the truck feel stiff if you take corners to fast. Along with a excessive amounts of understeer. Since the rear end will not allow the truck to rotate.
The TA gets away with this by large bushings, and the mythical connection point in front of the truck.
So if your goals are to cruise the truck, and haul trailers. The parallel 2 link will work fine. If you want to tear up some corners. I would save for a TA set up or swap one in if you can find the donor parts.
For the parallel 2 link the longer the bars are the better they comply. So if you can get 3 or 4 foot bars in the truck I would do it. Short one make for more extreme pinion angle changes. Also a fixed trans yoke with a slipper driveshaft supposedly helps out alot. Or I set the trans slip yoke dead center to help stop binding.