Nick,
The Nismo tops are a good simple design and one of the best apart from the
Harrop Engineering strut tops.($1300/pr?). The disadvantage of the Nismo
units is as you pointed out that camber change is at the expense of caster.
The worst part of any job like this is the setup costs for CNC. The costs
are prohibitively high unless making a large number of items where the
setup cost can be shared reducing unit costs. Sometimes the machinist doing
each job manually is still the best? Hope the books have been providing
some interesting reading.
Cheers
Feral Errol
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From: abrahamk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: adjustable alloy strut tops - Ideas
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:58
>From what I understand, the NISMO strut tops look like a good idea.
Each strut top consist of a circular plate and a bearing cap, probably
using about 5mm thick alloy, with a stepped boss machined to accept a
deep-groove anti-friction (ball) bearing.
The plates go together like a sandwich with the bearing in-between.
The top plate has a number of holes around the circumference, the strut top
bearing is located off-centre on the plate. So by rotating the strut top
the suspension axis moves closer or further away from the vehicle
centre-line. I.e. more or less camber.
If you need more camber you just undo the bolts and rotate the strut top
until the next holes line up and bolt it up again.
Advantages - 1 Cheap to make. 2 Will not lose setting when driven hard as
per slotted hole strut tops. 3 Factory tested, developed and approved idea.
4. More precise suspension control. 5 Looks less aggressive/obvious than
slotted strut tops.
Disadvantages - 1 Caster not independent of camber. 2 In reality it might
involve a lot of suspension disassembly to change camber.
I don't know how much CNC machining costs but I think that this type of
Strut Top would be a good proposition for limited production.
Errol?
Regards,
Nick.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brad HALLETT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: adjustable alloy strut tops
Bugger
I just replied to you Wardy along this vein.
As I stated though, I fully agree with you - there is a right way and a
wrong way and I think for the extra $$$ proper engineering is the only safe
alternative.
There is probably a good business incentive out there for someone with a
bit of nouseand in the business (like Errol for example) to sell proper
engineered wares through the web, if only to ensure that dodgy ideas don't
wind up on the road next to you and I. My 15 years of working on racing
machines has led me to believe that if you do it right first time it is
worth the wait and extra $$$, as you can confidently drive to the limit
without endangering yourself or others.
Brad HALLETT
Ipswich, Qld
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From: Mark Ward
To: Ozdat Mail List
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: adjustable alloy strut tops
I am to be corrected, this link was not from Brad, but CP. So I take
back any inference that Brad was involved in modifying strut tops.
Apologies,
Mark Ward
C.P., please don't take this personally, I do admire the ingenuity of
your idea, but it seems pretty shonky to me. I fully believe in freedom of
information, ideas and expression of them, particularly on the internet.
But putting a dummy bolt in, for goodness sake. The engineers at
Nissan didn't put three bolts in the mount for the sake of it. Sound
enginnering principles were adhered to and obviously three bolts are used
for a reason. Further suggesting that you might need to superglue the
plastic covers down to stop people looking under them only re-enforces the
shonkiness of the excercise.
I would suggest that doing it right the first time and getting it
enginnered (ie camber kits, factory offset strut tops etc) removes the
legal problems associated with it, and the fact that if something does
break, it won't be on your head. Particularly if you crash and kill
someone.
Wardy
----- Original Message -----
From: CP
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: Adjustable alloy strut tops
Try this. Something I just whipped up....Might be of some use....not
adjustable but real cheap to make
www.five10.com
Click on the suspension mods link....
if cant view it go here instead
http://members.optushome.com.au/amaxeng/five10/offset.htm
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--- Original Message -----
From: Brad HALLETT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:09 AM
Subject: Adjustable alloy strut tops
Thrill Seekers,
Looking for a pair of adjustable alloy strut tops to suit 240K
struts.
Thanks
Brad HALLETT
Ipswich, Qld
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