Art, I quess you were just joking about QRE. :->
The Stinger with its 4-link probably predated any other factory 4-link
cars. It apparantly came with a 4-link with the secondary ahead of the motor
and had a chapparall in it.
There were also a number of Z-19s and Red Devils that were converted in the
1980's to 4-link.
Nothing innovative nor difficult about it.
Not that anyone would care, but I was probably one of the first people to
realize that KBS had antisquat on one side and squat on the other with the
2-link on the LHS and RHS belt/arm arrangement. That setup still has at
least one advantage over a 4 link since it has consistent belt tension and
allignment in roll.
The KBS RHS geometry actually could have been changed by moving the single
chassis pickup point to match the 2 link instant center on the LHS. Could
have had the same geometry as a 4-link.
Don't know why Mike Kierns did it the way he did except maybe as an attempt
to tune the chassis more to the usual clockwise-run US tracks. People like
Chico who drove both versions say they could not notice any differnce at
all-so who knows?
The 4-link is probably cheaper to manufacture and maintain since no special
RHS castings or fabrications are required
Chuck
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:29:02 -0400
QRE is responsible :-) for the 4 link. How fast we forget :-).
Art
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KBS probably did not pioneer the 4-link and secondary ahead of the motor
arrangement in F440. The brand name escapes me now but these cars were
already old garage displays in 1989 and used the motor that the Kawasaki
replaced. Jim Elder's dad had one up on a shelf in his garage in West Palm
Beach.
Chuck
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>Subject: RE: [F500] KBS MK THIS AND THAT
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:21:30 -0400
>
>I am not a KBS historian....that being said.
>
>The KBS MK 5 went into production approximately 1989 and it's
>performance with it's 4 link rear suspension was a virtual revolution
>in the handling of F440 cars. The MK 5 was followed by the MK 7 in
>approximately 1992 which had revised rear suspension geometry. The MK
>6 was a DSR car produced in 1993, of which I believe only one was
>produced. The MK 8 had revised front and rear suspension geometries
>and it was further updated to MK 8.5 status I believe it began
>production about 1997. The body work from MK 5's & MK 7's is
>interchangeable. The bodywork for the MK 8 & 8.5 gives a similar
>appearance to the MK 5/7, however the MK 8 bodywork will not fit the
earlier editions.
>
>There are also earlier KBS editions, I have seen MK 3's and MK 4's and
>while I have never seen them I suspect there were MK 1 & 2 also.
>
>
>Chuck McAbee
>SEDIV #16 - KBS 7
>
>
>
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>Richard Schmidt
>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:33 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [F500] KBS MK THIS AND THAT
>
>Can someone set me straight on the KBS MK thing. I see reference to
>MK7 and
>MK8 without any reference to the year it was manufactured. Are there
>MK 6's and MK 9's ?
>
>Were the MK 7's and 8's manufactured over several years ?
>
>and if so is one MK 7 different from the next ?
>
>Richard
>
>
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