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Re: [T3] more on lowering (+ a short story...or 2)


Well, this IS the trick to getting some Caster back, and it was in the very
EARLY cars that they used thicker rubber bushings to adjust caster, ive
never seen or heard of anything different avail for the late cars.  I have
the dimensions and such on the Front end FAQ but there is a limit as to how
much you can push the lower part of the suspension out to gain Caster, Im
not sure just how much.

Keith

PS.. I had a huge slab of lead in the front of my Square for years to make
the front end heavier, I later decided a lighter car was preferable to the
slight improvement in handling there was.


. Now I
> will admit on our regular cars we just changed to the later style rubber
> pieces for the beam to get the caster a little closer to normal, but for
the
> "track car" we had aluminum bushings cnc'ed for all of our rubber
suspension
> mounts front and rear.


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