Maximum Motorsports Panhard Bar
The MM Panhard Bar eliminates the
Mustang’s unstable and unpredictable behavior while cornering near its limit.
This feeling is caused by the rear of the car steering itself without any input
from the driver. Rear end steering is caused by the sideways movement of the
rear axle.
The Panhard bar is a lateral
suspension link between the rear axle and the chassis, and is the best method to
control the side to side location of the axle relative to the chassis. The
Panhard bar is in a direct line with the cornering load, and acts through
spherical rod ends, therefore no bind is induced during cornering. By nature of
its design, a Panhard bar does a better job of locating the axle than the
Mustang’s four-link suspension.
Maximum Motorsports' unique Panhard Bar:
MM's Panhard rod is the longest possible at 38"
between pivot points. This minimizes the amount of rear axle movement associated
with the arc of the rod's movement. The longer the rod, the larger the radius.
The larger the radius, the smaller the sideways movement.
Slots on the MM chassis mount allow for
vertical height adjustment to keep the Panhard rod level at different vehicle
ride heights. A level bar reduces the effect of the rod's movement arc.
Beefy 3/4" rod-ends are mounted in double shear
at both ends. If a rod-end mounted in single shear fails when the rod-end’s ball
separates from its body, that end of the Panhard Bar will become completely
disconnected from the mount. The result could be catastrophic as the Panhard rod
will no longer provide any lateral control of the rear axle and may even drop to
the roadway. If the same failure occurs to a rod-end mounted in double shear,
the rod-end body will still be contained within the mounting brackets by the
bolt and the two plates of the bracket. Some lateral control of the axle will
still be maintained.
Both the unique design and quality materials
used make the MM mounting brackets strong enough to not break and stiff enough
to not flex under conrning loads of over
1 G.
The boxed axle bracket virtually encloses the
rod-end for a rigid, non-flexing mount.
The MM chassis bracket mounts to the rear
subframe of the car (not the flimsy trunk floor or spare tire well)- using the
exclusive MM frame inserts to prevent collapse of the subframe.
The MM Panhard Bar is designed to clear the
factory tailpipe routing.
The Panhard rod is mounted as low as possible
to lower the rear roll center height (typically at the same height as the rod).
The Panhard rod is available in lightweight
aluminum (either natural finish or polished). The identical item is used on
NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars.
Compatible with T/A rear differential cover
