Synergy Race Development 1984-2004 Mustang Panhard Bar Kit - 008-005-0291
When Ford developed the Fox chassis in the mid 70s, they did not exactly
have performance in mind. Unfortunately for us Mustang enthusiasts, they
decided to leave the rear suspension alone for a whopping 25 year span of
Mustangs (79-04).
The 4 link straight axle rear suspension was designed with compliance and
NVH in mind (noise, vibration, harshness) for driver comfort, while
performance was sorely lacking. Ford named this suspension “quadrabind”,
for the fact that the 4 arms were supposed to oppose each other to locate
the axle side to side in the car. The soft, compliant bushings in the arms
did their best, but the axle was still free to roam about the car.
What does this mean? This means that when you drive your stock Mustang
hard, the chassis is moving around way more than it should be. The weight
transfer is exaggerated, the control arms are binding, and your confidence
in the car being planted is low. Worst of all, the control arms can bind up
and then randomly pop free, which is what causes snap oversteer, aka the
infamous Mustang driving into crowds problem.
So how do we fix it? We add an axle locating device. The panhard bar is an
easy to install solution to the axle moving all over the place under the
chassis. This added link takes away the job of locating the axle and also
eliminates the control arm binding issue.
The Synergy Panhard bar takes this concept a step further to reduce the
headaches of installing a Panhard bar. We have added ample adjustability to
clear exhaust systems, meaning you can keep your over axle tubes (even when
your car is super low!) Our Panhard kit also locates off of the quad shock
bolt holes, so no need for trigonometry in the garage, you just bolt it on
and align the axle side to side!
The kit includes:
For Track use only, NOT DOT APPROVED.
