Guest DISCUS Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Just finished install on the new rear adjustable control arms from ModernMotorsports. Install went very smoothly with a very simple switch! Off to the alignment shop and set-up on the machine! We played with the adjustments to get a feel for what changes occurred per turn and as we adjusted the car ride height as well! Found out that my control arm pick up points are not exact side to side! Assured by the tech that they rarely are in older cars where parts have been on and off the car several times etc. Nice to have the adjustment to allow for that! Four hours later, off to the road for a spin. Could not believe how easily the car responds now! I have driven this car for over thirteen years and barely recognised the handling! Must make a huge differrence when the wheels are actual lined up and adjusted properly! I have chosen a slightly higher ride height for this alignment and for highway travel. Need to travel approx 1,000 miles to the next autocross in Vancouver BC next weekend! Will drop it and increase camber for the track! If any of you are interested the car will be shown Sunday September 11 at the Vancouver Show& Shine held at Waterfront Park! It is a 1973 LT1 240Z painted in Brickyard Red (2003 350Z color) Would be happy to meet anyone from HybridZ at the Show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Motorsports Ltd Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Great to meet up once again as you got into town tonight DISCUS! Looking forward to driving the car tomorrow in the Autox Temporary cure for torque deprivation, this is one sweet ride guys! ....it won best modified 'old school' car in THE big Edmonton show (like a good guys event/but Canadian ) and easy to see why. Great to hear more feedback on our new rear adjustable control arms, install shops love 'em and customers are greatly enjoying the improved handling and improvement in steering effort reduction apparently from getting their car's setup truly square! AND one does NOT haver to pull their spindle pin for the installation......less than a minute with a sawzall to cut one OEM control arm end link free from the OEM control arm frame, then slide OEM frame and cut link off and install our end links/slide them through our frame, bolt back up/align and enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 AND one does NOT haver to pull their spindle pin for the installation......less than a minute with a sawzall to cut one OEM control arm end link free from the OEM control arm frame, then slide OEM frame and cut link off and install our end links/slide them through our frame, bolt back up/align and enjoy! I'm not following this bit. IME the spindle pin gets stuck in the middle, not on the ends. So you cut through the pin and pull the strut away from the control arm. Then you install the new control arm and... you still have to get the middle of the spindle pin out of the strut housing. I don't see another way to do it. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 You actually make one cut right through the control arm near the pin. So, you take the nuts off the pin, cut the control arm, slide the piece of control arm you cut off, slide the other side off along with the rest of the control arm, and viola! Destroys a good control arm, but you don't have to fight with that damn spindle pin. !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Ah... got it! I was thinking about cutting the pin itself since I had to do that once. Makes sense now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerware Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 would love to see pictures of your ride DISCUS with the contoll arms on. And just pics of the whole ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.