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Originally Posted by Morris
Bruce
Have you considered adding 1” length to both UCA & LCA & increase the back spacing on the wheels.....
Also when you say stand up the tire .....do you mean reduce the castor.....on my Nat Champ Corvette we ran 0 castor with the motor as a integral part of the chassis.....but we still used a lot of camber.....
Just some thoughts....
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Morris,
I extended lower arm length about 4" 18 years ago when I first did this design. I also shortened the upper arm to get proper camber gain and re-positioned it to reduce anti dive, and get the front roll center where I wanted it. My outer rim is 1.5 " with a 9" inner so big back space to achieve a zero scrub radius. I run 5 D. of caster and camber is 2.8 negative instead of 3.2. This geometry has worked well for me since 2001 but it did not exhibit the stiffness that the new Kirkham parts do. I have run as low as 3 degrees of caster but found the car was happiest at 4.5 to 5.5. Camber is tire construction dependent, we have run as high as -5 on Falken's to get best results.
Tony, the frame and Body are original with the exception of frame upgrades, all the other stuff is bolt on so going back would be easy. I would never want to but the buyer from my widow will have that option.