Gee - now we're getting friendly, you'll be asking me if I prefer chocolates or flower's soon! I am not about to tell all my secrets - they cost me a small fortune - but here is the basics of what we did.
Basically we used eccentric bushes in both mounting points of each swing arm. By changing the position of the bushes, we can quickly and easily adjust camber and toe - plus it doesn't slip. The bushes are very similar to those used in VT commodores rear end to reduce the neg camber they get when lowered or towing. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: Set-ups!!!! To mark and all > Interesting set-up, How did you get the rear > adjustable? > > AND whats everyone elses set up? > > > Mine:180B Rally car,Sedan > > Front: Adjustable front Konis revalved with Peter > Davis > settings. > Adjustable radius rods and control arms. > 5 Degrees castor, 2.5 camber standard toe-in. > > Rear: 600lb King springs, Koni's again adjustables > with Peter Davis settings, Modified and strengthened > suspension member. > > cheers nat > > --- Mark Alford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Leighton, > > > > Keep in mind my car is used only on the track, and > > the set-up I use would be > > awful on the street. Of course some things I need to > > keep to myself, but > > here is a basic outline. > > > > Front: > > Adjustable strut tops (Camber and Castor) > > Coil over height adjustable springs (375 pounds) > > Custom made/valved koni strut inserts - externally > > adjustable. > > Adjustable castor rods > > Running approx 4 degrees neg camber, 5.5 degrees > > positive castor and zero > > toe > > > > Rear: > > Kings 800 pound lowered springs > > Custom made/valved koni externally adjustable shocks > > Adjustable rear end. > > Running 1 degree neg camber and 1mm toe out. > > > > I am still developing this package, and believe I > > can get the car much > > faster yet. I also plan to add adjustable sway bars > > (front and rear)19-24mm > > front and 15-19mm rear (if possible). Also I will be > > adding a strut brace in > > the next few weeks. > > > > As I said before, this package handles very well, > > and has the potential to > > get even better. > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Leighton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:08 AM > > Subject: Re: Thought I would start the evening off > > with a question > > > > > > > so mark can i ask what you have done to make your > > handling good??? > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > is it trade secrets??? > > > > > > thanx > > > > > > Leighton > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:11 AM > > > Subject: Re: Thought I would start the evening off > > with a question > > > > > > > > > > I agree with Terry, you can certainly get your > > FJ to handle well. > > > > > > > > I run an FJ in my race car (improved > > production). Due to being a near > > > stock > > > > engine, I don't have the horsepower of some > > other cars - including > > worked > > > up > > > > L20's. Having said this, I'm still two seconds a > > lap quicker (Eastern > > > Creek) > > > > than the above mentioned L20 powered 1600. > > > > > > > > I have been told by numerous people that the > > weight difference is about > > > > 15kg, this is something that can easily be > > worked around. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:35 PM > > > > Subject: RE: Thought I would start the evening > > off with a question > > > > > > > > > > > > > What poor handling with a FJ20 engine - it's > > crap as in urban myth. > > > > > > > > > > If you do stupid things like lowering it by a > > crazy amount, sure it > > wont > > > > > handle well but that goes for an L engine or > > any other of them too. If > > > you > > > > > follow the guidelines in the Whiteline > > article, especially in regards > > to > > > > > front/rear ride height variance (i.e. max > > front lower by 25mm) and get > > > as > > > > > much of everything as adjustable as you can > > afford, wide low profile > > > tyres > > > > > etc, your FJ powered 1600 will still out > > handle the majority of sports > > > > cars > > > > > on the road and you wont build muscles like > > Arny in the process. > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Leighton > > > > > Sent: Monday, 29 April 2002 5:34 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Thought i would start the evening off > > with a question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK i have been talking to steve newing tonight > > - good bloke - any way > > we > > > > > were discussing the poor handling that is > > inherant with transplanting > > an > > > > > Fj20det in to a datto 1600 - i thought that > > they werent crazily > > heavy - > > > > yes > > > > > i know they are heavy however i am doing this > > conversion cos of the > > > > > achievable cheap power???now i dont wanna > > start anything cos i want to > > > > have > > > > > lots to do with SR's and Ca's alsoin the > > future but the FJ is my cheap > > > > > reliable power house for the moment > > > > > > > > > > any way i was wondering whether those of you > > who had Fj 20dets in ther > > > > 1600 > > > > > what you have done to cater for the poor > > handling - and even if you > > have > > > > > been successfull in aachieving good handling > > with these engines in a > > > 1600? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > how heavy are these engines??? i mean i dont > > think i have ever got a > > > > figure > > > > > that every one has agreed on??? > > > > > > > > > > any way any opinions / stories etc would be > > great - cos i wanna use my > > > car > > > > > on the track a little so im not really > > stressed about it but i would > > > like > > > > to > > > > > im porve it any way > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Leighton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > === message truncated === > > http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! 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