10-18-2015, 09:19 AM
(10-17-2015, 05:02 PM)Highpower Wrote: Heck of a way to have to do a front end alignment though...
Got to love McPherson struts for their simplicity but not for their adjustability.
When I was into autocrossing I would use what Toyota called "crash bolts" on the suspension of my MR2. They were replacements for the two bolts that attached the bottom of each strut to the spindle. They came in several sizes, each a slightly smaller diameter that the next, and all smaller than the originals. The smaller diameter took advantage of the "slop" that they provided in the spindle mount hole and would allow me to put several degrees of negative camber in the front and back while staying within the "stock class" rules.
If the class rules would have allowed it I would have been tempted to try adjustable plates where the top of the struts mount to the chassis. That would have allowed both camber and caster to be adjusted.
But maybe they were just trying to protect me from myself. With the camber I was able to get with the crash bolts and an eight inch of toe-out the car was "interesting" to drive down the road as it was.
Arvid