Trevor,
Are you driving this car on the road? If not....Have you seen Peter's? He
lives in Melbourne. I just got some springs off him the other night, and
he's a really generous guy - seems willing to share his knowledge too. He
has actually changed the pivot point on the X-Member, thus changing the
control arm angle drematically, and also giving more camber and a wider
track width at the front end. I personally think It's a great idea to
eliminate the need for bump steer spacers, and also the need for longer
control arms. He says it works well.
Chris
>From: "Pooley, Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Front suspension for racing
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:18:40 +0930
>
>Unless you fork out $1600 for a set of 55DCO/SP Webers from DatRats (
>drooooool ). I agree!
>
>Talking about datrats. I've just recieved a set of 30mm bump steer spacers
>from Datrats (one tenth the cost of the 55's). They look real good (nice
>shinny alloy) and will restore some angle to my lower control arms after
>the
>lowering job I did last week before phillip Island. I had some minor bump
>steer there.
>
>This leads to my next question. There was some talk a little while back
>about the location of the pivot point on the engine crossmember. Apparently
>the early model had these higher up than the latter models. Can anyone
>confirm this? Also after looking at the pics of the busted cross member, is
>it worth modifying mine or just looking for a good early 1600 crossmember?
>Does the distance between the two pivot points change as well or just the
>height?
>
>Other thing I want to do is make new adjustable lower control arms to
>replace the datrally ones I am currently using. I would like to either go
>for a monoball arrangement (ie How to hotrod your datsun book) or rod ends
>where the lower control arm joins the crossmember. This would allow for
>lots
>of positive castor without stressing the pivot point. Does anyone know of a
>cheap source for these parts.
>
>I am also looking into making a rear sway bay (ie How to hotrod your datsun
>book) but that might be asking a little to much too soon.
>
>Thanks
>Trev
>
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