michael hurd
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The axle moves in an arc set by the front spring eye, and the length from the eye to the center of the axle gets very 'slightly' longer as the spring compresses and flattens out with weight.
Adding those will force the axle to try and pivot in two different arcs... the one set by the spring eye and then the other set by the length of the so called 'traction' bar, they will 'fight' each other.
Those would be fine if you chucked away the leaf springs and went to a coil sprung rear, but you would also have to have a panhard bar or a watts link for lateral restraint, and a third top bar for torque reaction.
See 'Race Car Vehicle Dynamics', [ Milliken & Milliken ] Chapter 17 "Suspension Geometry"
Adding those will force the axle to try and pivot in two different arcs... the one set by the spring eye and then the other set by the length of the so called 'traction' bar, they will 'fight' each other.
Those would be fine if you chucked away the leaf springs and went to a coil sprung rear, but you would also have to have a panhard bar or a watts link for lateral restraint, and a third top bar for torque reaction.
See 'Race Car Vehicle Dynamics', [ Milliken & Milliken ] Chapter 17 "Suspension Geometry"