Well I think I'm officially to the point of deciding rad arm vs. 3 link, no longer based on cost, but actually preference. But i am still unsure if my understanding is correct. What's throwing me off is the fact that blitzkrieg makes that badass radius arm setup, specifically for higher speed applications. Given that they could just as easily manufacture a 3 link setup (since its swapping from leafs, so no mounts are being reused) i am led to believe that radius arms provide a superior "soaking up" in the desert racing type scenarios. Now this may just be based on durability, simplicity, etc. and i understand that its all about the shocks, but there must be some sort of advantage to going that route.

As mentioned i do about 90% street driving at this point. When i do wheel its usually pretty moderate trails.... and i would love to be able to get it (more so than now) on the fire roads and in the dunes and stuff.

So basically i guess it comes down to the road manners of the different setups. Also, side by side, same shock setup, etc. what would ride better through a choppy, pot-holed mountain road; the radius arm setup i intend to build, or a properly setup 3-link?  Might sound dumb, but I'm really not sure.