I don't know all the details that Wayne did. I'm sure he just did'nt pull the hubs in and call it a day. That's why I had him do the job because he knew where to put things so everything would work correctly. Trust me after studying JPs pics he definately knows a thing or two about suspension geometry. I know we did have to raise the rack. We are going to set the engine back anyways so that shouldn't be a problem. I haven't mocked up the engine yet, when I do I'll post some pics.

Rack raising
 

sin, in raising the rack did this influence your moving the motor back to clear the rack or was it purely for better balance throughout? Since I am thinking seriously of having Wayne do a similar frame for me I need to know since this is probably not an option I want to do.

he probably had to raise the rack...sinco(doug)is moving the engine back to get wieght off the front end...in fact I think he has a couple more ideas for getting weight off the front end :_paranoid

Thinking Out Loud
 

Just revisiting an old thread.

I wasn't implying that WD was just pulling the hubs in and calling it a day. I was just stating that relative to each side of the front suspension, if the inner and outer pickup points for the control arms and inner and outer tie rod positions do not change relative to one another (in 3D space), characteristics like bumpsteer, camber gain, caster gain etc. would not change.

Looking at the whole front suspension - Ackerman would change because the radius by which the inner and outer wheel follow in a turn would change due to the distance between the wheels changing.

Narrowing the Vette suspension would require that the Corvette rack be modified or a different rack be used. I thought I read somewhere that WD was incorporating a Mustang R&P into his design.

Anyway, I'm far from a suspension expert. Both Wayne Due and John Parsons (as well as many other people) know more about suspension geometry than I ever will, so if I'm wrong, please correct me, but I think my statements are accurate.

Later,

Brandon