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On 13 Mar 2004 at 19:34, Patrick wrote: > > Well... 32 Splines on the outer, so 360 degrees divided by 32 is 11.25 > > degrees per notch. > > I don't think this works when applied to the arm. Sound in theory, but > lacking in application somehow. > The degrees at the torsion bar do not equal the degrees at the ball joint I > don't think. I'm not an engineer, so I can't really explain why. I just know > what I've done and that it does work. I'm afraid there's no way around this. It's still actually 11.61 degrees at the ball joint. > Also for front tires I ran 165's for 1 notch, 145's for 2 notches and 135's > or 195/50's for 3+ notches. Running smaller tires is a pretty straightforward way of lowering, which does not have any of the other problems that come with changes in suspension geometry, about the same as lowered spindles. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org