[Fot] Mods for camber

Bill Babcock billbab at me.com
Fri Sep 10 10:08:15 MDT 2010


That would certainly work--sort of. 
On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Scott janzen wrote:

> I thought the fix to pass scrutiny back in the day was to shorten the brace that runs through the engine compartment in order to pull the tops of the spring towers closer together, changing the camber?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 10, 2010, at 11:00 AM, "Greg \"Lunker\" Hilyer" <Lunkercars at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>> that would violate the no-hole prescription--is that some religious thing?
>> Well... I guess it kinda' is for me
>> 
>> 
>>> You can do a couple of very nice things for your handling by moving the pivot arm inwards
>> Not that I'm going to do it, but I am curious - Were those type of suspension mods allowed back in the day - say 1962 GCR?
>> 
>> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
>> TR4 #314
>> Albuquerque NM
>>> 
>>>>>> If an overinflated tire makes your car handle better it's because your camber is wrong.
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> While I basically agree, please define "wrong".
>>>> My car has .5 degrees of hard gotten negative camber. It could also be put in full street trim in about 5 hours - cracked windshield, ratty interior, stock ride height, skinny wheels and all. Nothing has ever been bent, cut, drilled, or otherwise molested to prevent it from going back to the two owner, 75.000 mile street car that it is.
>>>> 
>>>> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
>>>> TR4 #314
>>>> Albuquerque NM
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