kyle

Hi Jon: Always nice when a mod takes an interest in a n00b's thread. The car is pretty much strictly a track car, although it's street driven to and from track days. This whole saga started with this thread at zcar.com: http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=1&i=703149&t=703149 which was an folow on to previous wonderings about getting the car to hook in a bit better. Added the rear sway bar as suggested, and that made the balance more neutral. Still not quick enough turn-in for my tastes - the Miata's kinda spoiled me that way. And now it's unloading the inside rear tire: LSD time. And it's obvious to all that I need more camber for the track... I'm trying to get there without camber plates or going to coilovers. LCA pivots is a free mod, and looks to get me the camber I want. I'm not worried about bump steer, since the car is really stiffly sprung and has big rollbars; never even gave bumpsteer a thought, truly. But if I'm drilling to gain camber, it's a good opportunity to get the roll center back up, reduce roll couple, all that good stuff. Thoughts?

Good link, thanks.... been reading a lot of past threads, and somehow that one escaped me. http://forums.hybridz.org/showpost.php?p=569246&postcount=3 suggests that moving the LCA pivot is preferable to the spacer approach... I didn't see any feedback on that one way or the other. Or is this a CLSD vs. Torsen type debate?

Thanks for the reply, jeronimo. Been driving it this week getting reaquainted with the rear sway bar; normally it just gathers dust until the next track event. Car is basically driven to the track, at the track, and home again, so street performance isn't a real big deal. Getting better turn in is the key. Did you pull a spring and set the suspension at normal height to locate the rear hole? What did you do with the TC rods? How much caster did you end up with? //edit, checked your site, still have a couple questions

http://www.analyzemath.com/Geometry_calculators/cosine_law_calculator.html .5" of tilt on the 15" wheel lip gives 2*.

Hi guys- I've been reading here and posting at zcar.com today on the subject of getting some camber. It seems that the cheapest and easist mod would be to move the LCA pivots up and out. A 3/4" raise sounds like a good choice to raise the roll center and reduce bumpsteer. My question is this:how far out should to move the LCA pivots? Moving them up 3/4" would lose some camber... and I'm going to lose some of the new camber to the TC rod as well. I'd like to get 2* as a baseline. I'll likely either put my TC ball kit back in or shim the PU TC bushings to get the caster back. Thanks for any help.