Dick I had the same issue with the Camaro.... with a 28" tire... the center
of the rear end is 14" off the ground.... The centerline of the crank was
around 8"... With the pinion yoke offset around 3" you can see that if you
set the engine level... the transmission output is below the pinion yolk of
the rear end... ( and the trans tunnel didn't allow it to be raised any
higher )
I didn't have any problem with this, once I leveled both the pinion and the
Trans and let the driveshaft run up hill.... I did however lock the pinion
angle with a leaf spring arrangement that didn't have any spring wrap up at
all.... or once I put the 4 link in... again controlling the pinion angle...
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: Setting Pinion Angle Question
> In a perfect setup the transmission output shaft and the pinion shaft
should
> start and remain paralel throughout the rear suspention travel. The angle
> between the drive shaft and either end should be less than 7 degrees.
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