Has any one moved the the top pivot point(wishbone) down to help make the front ends handle better
regards fatboy
Yes.
I have done this on the HR front end that is going into the our FE van and also on the HT front end in our Vette. It is a lot easier on the HT as all I had to do was drill holes 25mm lower on the shock tower. On the HR I cut the whole tower off and and trimmed 25mm off the bottom and welded the tower back on.
I used a camber/caster gauge to locate the tower before I tacked in place. This way I have 0 degree camber and 3 degrees postive caster with only a couple of shims. The down side is you need shorter shocks but HQs are shorter and you may need to trim the y frame a couple mm as the top wishbone is now located where the YFrame is spotted together. If I remember properly I have now got a better:
- roll centre location
- postive caster
- negative camber curve and
- increased tyre to mudgaurd clearance
Hope this helps.
regards
Nosferatu's darker side (John)
Thats excellent just need to no if you took any pics of before and after .Are you running a front or rear mounted rack
regards fatboy
Er duh - before pics (if I'd taken any) would look like a standard front end! ::) ;D
The car is currently being mocked up with a V6 chev and as soon as it gets blown apart for painting components I'll post some pics for you.
It's running a rear mounted rack with LC LJ Torana steering arms. To clear the chev starter motor I've pushed the motor back through the firewall a couple of inches - except for putting chassis rails in, this means a small block chev would actually bolt straight in.
John