Whiteline / Suspension mods.

[Ken Abraham]

List members, I have had a look at the whiteline web site and have a few comments and questions.   Why don't more people 'cut-and-shut' their front transverse arms? I would have thought that it would be at least as popular as slotting the rear X-member - when you consider the benefits It is not something that most people should do by themselves though (unsafe). Errol, is it something that you could do?   Whiteline makes a big thing out of the caster angle, they seem to think the more the better. My understanding is that more caster means more steering feel and effort and a slight amount of neg. camber on turn-in. I certainly feel that my car needs more caster, but >6 degrees? Why do you think they recommend such drastic angles, and what does a modern RWD car run?   They also made a very good point about a stiff front sway bar limiting diagonal weight transfer, i.e keeping the inside rear wheel in firm contact with the road when you are going around corners. The R31 sway bar is slightly wider than the standard 1600/Stanza/etc.. version and it is also pretty thick (mine is approx. 20mm). So if you lengthen the transverse arms as mentioned above the larger R31 bar 'should' just bolt in. SWEET Probably not as good as a LSD, but no wet weather drawbacks, and very low cost by comparison. No more embarrassing wheel-spin coming out of round-a-bouts. Has anyone got a big front sway bar on their car? If so, what is your traction and handling like?   Regards, Nick 1978 Datsun Stanza   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------