subtle_driver Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I was considering lengthening, or relocating the front control arms on my buget race car project for grassroots motorsports magazine to increase camber. Here is a link to the project car: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=149772 But I was thinking, will I run out of threads on the steering linkages when the toe is corrected? What is the max I can get away with and have a margine of safety? Keep in mind i have almost nothing lefit in my alloted budget! heh heh. I was thinking of getting a total of at least 2 degrees more than what i have now. How much do i need to add to the front control arms or move them, to gain this camber change? Right now i have about 1/2 to 1 degree of negitive camber. The car is lowered 1 inch or so, and I slotted the strut towers, but the stock, un-modified, strut mounts are hitting the edges. I am doing this in combination with shaving the upper strut mounts, i hear this will increase the amount of slotting i can do on the strut towers. What is the best way to accomplish this? what type of steel should i use? does anyone have pictures? thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=120668 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subtle_driver Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I read that link. thanks. I still am in the dark as to how far i can extend the control arms safely. I don't have an alignment rack, so i want to make sure i do it right the first time! if anyone has done this extending with stock setup, and was still safe with the threads can you please let me know how much you extended? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Take the tie rod off. Note how long it is. The rule of thumb is you want 1.5x the diameter inside the tie rod. If you can't get that, then make a new set of tie rods as per the thread I linked to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subtle_driver Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 how much would the tie rods cost? i can't buy anything else. i have to stick with my stock tie rods, as per the rules. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subtle_driver Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I thought i would let you know, the camber trick worked so far. moved the inner lca hole out 1/2" and welded the other hole shut. after adjusting the toe, we had definitly had well over 1/2" of thread left on the inner tie rods. i dont remember exactly. With the car lowered about 1.5" we got 2 degrees of negitive camber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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