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[76lxhatch]

I dont know if the steering arms are LH or UC ?
This is the view with the car sitting level. the steering rack arms look to be sitting level, If I fit the A9X steering arms will this drop the steering rack arms and put a stop to the bump steer problem ?

That is exactly the idea, getting the tie rod ends a bit lower will allow you to add the necessary caster without causing more bump steer issues. edit: just to be clear, to minimise (very hard to eliminate) bump steer, you aim to have the tie rod follow the suspension travel as closely as possible so it doesn't push or pull excessively at any point in the travel

Its always hard to tell from photos but I wouldn't be surprised if those were UC arms already. I've been wrong before though!

Edited by 76lxhatch, 17 July 2010 - 11:06 PM.

[76lxhatch]

Good luck, just remember that its still going to want to tramline with the wide tyres and negative caster alignment settings so you'll want to at least slightly tweak that

[76lxhatch]

Good to hear you got it sorted. The tramlining issue will improve if you can add some more positive caster, at the expense of heavier steering.

[ls2lxhatch]

Also abit off subject, but have you seen front sway bars set up like this before? Iam told it was a mod they did in the late 70's

Answer to an old question. Your front swaybar is a Whiteline/Shelby BHF35 front mount, they are still available. The K-MAC front mount adjustable swaybar was used on may Bathurst race cars.

K-MAC Front Mount "BATHURST" design swaybar. The mounts on the body are different to the ones used at Bathurst.

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 10 December 2010 - 10:58 AM.