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frontend setup

Started by _monaroman68_ , Mar 20 2007 10:16 AM

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#1 _monaroman68_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:16 AM

Gidday all just got the frontend in my sons lj coupe overhauled with new pedders shocks and king 2 inch lowered springs new bushes rubbers etc.
My problem is that i dont like the way that it drives now as in tight cornering and uturns etc.When doing a uturn the outside front wheel is on a weird angle and squeals the tire even at a tiny 2mph . Is there a recommended alignment setup to
for more performance driving rather than daily driving as this is not a daily drive and will be entered in some sprint events in s.e. Queensland.
Any thoughts or measurements that will improve this setup would be much appreciated.
Dave :cry:

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#2 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 03:22 PM

I'd be starting with +2 castor, -1 camber and close to zero toe in. Gerg ( 82911 ) runs a more agressive setup, but his car is race track only.

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#3 _rorym_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 03:24 PM

Have you dropped the front end down 1" like the XU1s by drilling lower mounting holes for the chassis? Sounds like the problem.
R

Edited by rorym, 20 March 2007 - 03:25 PM.

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#4 arrimar

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 04:15 PM

my father was a mechanic with dick johnson in the early seventies.
he remembers cutting the crossmember bushes from xu-1s in half in addition to other front end mods.

this pic is of a car running in qld historics.
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Edited by arrimar, 20 March 2007 - 04:18 PM.

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#5 _rorym_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 04:27 PM

The UCAs have been slamming the body in that pic Arri!
R

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#6 arrimar

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:31 PM

yes
seat of the pants stuff hey R.
i cant recall which car that was from last years paperclip meeting.
many were a bit worse off at the end of the day.