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Rick:

I have a tube chassis '66 Nova which weighs 2450 lbs. It has a small block Chevy (608 hp on dyno) and a powerglide, A-frame with coil-overs on the front and four-link with coil-overs in the rear.

The left front of the car raises more than the right and the right rear wheelie wheel is the only one that touches the track. This is my first try at tuning a four-link and I found that the right lower four-link bar had loose jam nuts.

If I lengthen this bar, will that pre-load the left front of the car to let the front come up more even? Where can I get instructions on adjusting a four-link?

The car leaves straight and has sixty-foot times of 1.32 to 1.38.

Rick Bewley

Dear Rick:

Both bottom four-link bars MUST be square in the car. (If the four-link brackets are welded on straight.) This controls what we call rear steer. Your housing must be straight in the car. Use your top passenger side bar to set pre-load.

Once you get your housing square, NEVER change the length of your bottom bars.

It also sounds like you need a torsion bar on your rear suspension to control body roll.

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