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As I understand it, a converter primarily addresses hydrocarbons.

A converter won't change infiltration. 1% Carbon Monoxide is considered fatal. It's also orderless. You can pick up an inexpensive disposable CO 'indicator' at most any small aircraft renter.

Do what you want... just don't be dragging me into it

That car became the most overall capable street car I've ever owned. Anders and I worked together experimenting with different set-ups on each others M3's, essentially sharing the development costs and time. In a short period, we both ended up with very capable cars that were still everyday live-able. Not a bad way to go when you're starting fresh with a platform.

I prefer to drink IPA

Just working out the kinks. Hang tight.

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Nice Job.

Rest in peace.

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Any adjustment that adds caster and concurrently reduces camber is considered functional in the drift world?

Prove it

We aim to please

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Yup.

While Bart has been fun, quite honestly, it doesn't 'drive' all that civilly. The rear of the car is squirmish and unpredictable. The 37 year old bushings aren't helping much. The front, despite the new BJ’s and poly bushings, is darty and unstable. I’ve tried various adjustment's with some results, but it's so far from where I want to be, I've resigned myself to a clean slate... sort of. BRAAP and I have been talking about swapping in the front end of an E30 BMW. We finally got around to meeting up at a JY and taking some inital measurments. Comparing the BMW layout to the 510’s structure (and SR), it was looking doable enough to take the next step, acquiring the mock-up parts. Back to the yard we went and pillaged an E30. A nearby friend donated a wagon to the cause (thanks Aaron!). Vice-griping the crossmember in rough position confirmed that this swap is close enough to take seriously. Crossmember & front view... Steering shaft is looking yummy... The more challenging aspects are looking to be strut tower rework and capturing the rear inboard pick-up's (lollipop's for the BMW familiar). Approximate postition of the upper strut mount, netting 1.5 deg. neg. static camber and 9 degrees caster... Lollipop area... Installed in this oreintation, the geometry is very close to the original BMW E30 spec, with a bit more static camber/caster added. And the frosting?... it's looking like this contraption will fit very comfortably into the pocket between the SR's sump and bellhousing. There is one facet of this that I would like to see work out better. Track width. The BMW suspension, when used with as high a backspace wheel that will clear the strut (with 15x7 wheels), is about 2 3/4” wider (overall) than what I would like. I decided I would rather run flares than compromise the geometry (with a narrowed crossmember). I’m leaning towards ZG flares, like Anthony (Supra510) has done with his wagon... On the bright side, the 1st Gen. Miata's rear double-A arm suspension is only about a 1/2" wider than the E30 front, and the wheel bolt pattern is identical... 4x100. Hmmmmm.

Not quite what I said. Placing a major portion of your priorities on *any* single feature may not be the wisest choice. That's a bit closer to my intentions. Price, support, installation complexities, consistency, reliability, compatibility, software intuitivity (is that a word?), etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, etc, etc. My point is simply, basing a decision on *a feature or two* is not something I would recommend. Point taken. Driveability is a consideration for me, as well. Everyday driveability is not limited to sequential this-or-that. Sequential may be a contributing factor but it's not *THE* contributing factor.

My feeble mind doesn't understand your question.

No such thing as "the best". And, while sequential has merits, it certainly isn't the be-all-end all feature of features. Be careful with putting so many eggs in one basket.

Moving the inboard pick-up, on its own, has no effect on Ackerman. As stated earlier, moving the outboard pick-up (forward) does, providing the steering knuckle follows it (or moves even farther forward). What you're looking for is a change in angle between the steering knuckle pivot points and the tie rod pivot points. If you make a change that does not effect that angular relationship, it's not doing anything for Ackerman. Change that angle and you change Ackerman.

Bummer!

How BMW gets 'some' Ackerman in a front steer package (E30 M3)... I can't say what percentage the E30 has. What I can say is, a while back I CAD'd up a rearward movement of an S30 rack (around 1.25"), and a surprisingly notable improvement was made. Not anything close to 100%, but enough to warrant consideration, in my opinion.

You speak the truth. Lengthening the the TC rods increases Ackerman.