More front caster

[SHOZ123]

I wonder if you could take the front control arms, cut 1/2" to 1" out of them and reweld them to get more of a castor angle. Do you think this could be done safely???? :corn:

 

[nik97]

Sounds possible. Of course, there would be a slight compromise to the - camber and track width. Perhaps you could compensate by adding some length to the rear of the arm... A full custom fabricated LCA is somthing I've always been curious about.

 

[Ict_Lx]

What about cutting out almost all of both of the outer arms and welding an adjustable section in? That way you wouldn't have to be stuck with whatever camber/caster you measured and cut/welded. I wouldn't think that track width would be compromised all that much.

 

[dmjarosz]

I def. think its possible to do it. Two things: 1) I'd weld a gusset plate where the arm was cut to add strength, 2) Better make sure you trust whoever is welding them be it yourself or a fab shop. That would be one **** of an expensive accident if that weld broke..

 

[Silvapain]

Sounds possible. Of course, there would be a slight compromise to the - camber and track width. Perhaps you could compensate by adding some length to the rear of the arm... A full custom fabricated LCA is somthing I've always been curious about.

The camber and track width shouldn't be affected by shifting the lower ball joint mounting point forward.

Paul, rather than massacre an existing LCA, it would be safer to have a new LCA fabricated. I would think that something could be fabbed up with tubing and plate steel, or even better, 4130 or 4340 Chromoly.

 

[Porkchop]

front adjustable control arms, same idea as the GTP arms but A LOT beefier

 

[3.8Lwagon]

i like the idea of a tubeler control arm with sealed ball bearing for the rear mount and a helms joint for the front. having them made would alow you to specify any caster you wanted and would totaly elemanite toe chanes.
of course street driving would suck....but would be sweet at the track.

 

[SHOZ123]

Are you listing SHObros and NESHO???

 

[3.8Lwagon]

humm you could even offer the option of gen2 to gen 3 subframe conversions. so the v6s could use the new control arms. ooo i wounder of a tubler subframe could be made....

 

[nik97]

The camber and track width shouldn't be affected by shifting the lower ball joint mounting point forward.

Paul, rather than massacre an existing LCA, it would be safer to have a new LCA fabricated. I would think that something could be fabbed up with tubing and plate steel, or even better, 4130 or 4340 Chromoly.

I sort of assumed Paul was talking about taking some material out of the front of the arm rather than the ball joint boss area. Shortening the front of the arm would pull the ball joint boss foreward and in reducing camber and track width.
I agree with the custom fabricated LCA method too.

 

[HotRodKid]

if you want to modify your suspension, download "performance trends suspension analyzer v2.0" and get to work measuring out all the needed suspension points, then run an analysis of the stock system

make changes in the program, then build new adjustable LCA's that match the LCA's in the program

 

[Porkchop]

and where can one find this program?

 

[HotRodKid]

http://www.performancetrends.com/SuspAnzr.htm

its a fully functional demo version, good for 30 days or something like that, which for me was long enough to figure out the front suspension for my 240