I am thinking that with the sliding axles, the length is immaterial since the relative length is determined by the flexing of the spring on the particular side. This is if the wishbone assemblies from the rotoflex are retained. That lower control element limits the radical negative camber that the later long axle Spitfire and GT6 cars show after they lengthened the axles in conjunction with the swing-spring assembly.
Also, I see no need for the camber compensator if you have retained the wishbones. I do have a question, however. I am wondering what is used in conjunction with the sliding axles to allow the wheel to assume the proper camber as each side goes up and down with the flexing of the road spring. I used a Porsche CV-Joint to replace the rotoflex, but some sort of joint (even a U-Joint) is necessary to allow the wheel to assume the proper camber without binding. Cheers, Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Bermudez Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 09:29 To: NASS Spitfire; Spitfire List Subject: [Spits] Rotoflex vs Early axle length Hi All, Just did what I said I wouldn't & bought another car...a '72 GT6 with some interesting things in it. It has an A-Type TR6 transmission in it(I'll be keeping that) but it also has a set of sliding axles that the PO had made years ago. Apparently, he was tearing up his rotoflex donuts so he had these custom machined. I plan on using them if at all possible. My question is since I have a MK1 GT6 with fixed axles, should I be concerned with the length of the sliding axles? I mean would the over all length of the rotoflex axles be the same as the fixed (early/late) axles? I was planning on using these sliding axles WITH the camber compensator...anyone see any issues? Cheers, Todd Bermudez #597 Cincinnati, OH '68 GT6 MK1 RHD [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
