[eolson]

Yes, I think a 2005-2010 Mustang is more stable while cornering over bumps with a Watts Link as opposed to a pan hard bar set up.

That has been my direct experience with my car in hard bumpy corners, the car no longer skipped slightly laterally with the watts link.

So unless you have driven a car fast over the exact same series of bumpy corners over and over again with the stock pan hard bar and brace, then the Steeda Adjustable Pan hard bar and brace, then the Saleen Generation 1 Watts link(where the support arms were improperly short by 3/4") and then finally with a Techco Watts link with the proper length action arms, and brace.

After direct back to back experiences on the same corners, same tires, same basic air temps, progressively with each of these items added on to the car.

The stock Pan hard bar and brace and the Steeda replacement Bar and brace still had clear lateral deflection, slightly skipping the rear end to the outside of the turn.

The Saleen generation 1 Watts Link displayed a slight deflection of the rear, but not as much as the Pan Hard Bar set ups(action arms to short by a bit).

The Techco Watts link displayed no detectable lateral deflection on the same hard bumpy series of corners as the other items. The generation 2 Saleen Watts link also had the correct action arm lengths, but still had the weaker center bolt throughout the pumpkin, and had reported brakes or failures. The Techco Watts link has had none that I have seen reported, and mine is still working great.

What I was experiencing in my Mustang originally as deflection or butt skip was real, and I searched out and was told by numerous shops and high performance race shops, that the effect was caused by the lifting of the solid axel and the sliding on the frame of the PHB set up. Passengers in my car exclaimed while driving with me over hard curve bumps "what the Hell was that" when they felt the skip or shift in the car.

It is real and present in Mustangs. The Techco Watts Link I have, no matter what the technical explanation is, does in fact, completely eliminate this lateral deflection or butt skip. Weather it is a combination of the solid axel not lifting or effecting the tire grip as much in combination with the diagonal slide of the car on the frame with the PHB being removed as well, I don't know.

All I know is that my car, as well as many, many other drivers, reported the elimination of that lateral momentum hop to the side while in hard corner bumps that is present with the Pan Hard Bar set up. My car now takes those same hard corners as smooth and stable as many (IRS) BMW's, Acura's and other rental cars I've driven over those same exact bump corners.

To repeat, the actual real, lateral rear hop and slight slide present with the Fixed axel in combo with the PHB, is longer present in my car with this properly designed Watts link, and has been reported as being no longer present with dozens of other Mustang owners with properly designed Watts links. Thank you, Erik