heidts drop spindles
 

ive been seeing a lot of positive reviews on the ATS tall spindles that supposodely correct camber angle by raising the upper ball joint by an inch or so... well apparantly these heidts spindles do the same, and are considerably cheaper. so whats the overall consensus? good or bad?

http://www.heidts.com/heip41.htm

Do a search for a 2 inch pin drop and find out why they are bad on Camaros.

Tyler

Spindle.
 

How much cheaper???

I saw SC&C's set up + ATS spindle for around 900$....Figuring a set of UCL are about 500$...it puts the spindle somewhere around 400$ (?Tyler) vs 300$ for the Heidts...


Guess i'd have to ask... ;)

Lead.

and you also have to take into consideration that you would need a different set of front brakes, which is a pretty good chunk of change.

I suggest you do as Tyler suggested and do a search. I doubt you'll find any knowledgable poster who has good things to say about 2" drop spindles. Also, most of us who are looking for better handling from the front suspension of our first generation Camaros are also looking for better braking, so the brake swap, for us, doesn't really represent a cost increase. If you're only after the lowered look, and don't care about the other issues presented by the dropped spindles, by all means go ahead.

So to answer your question, no the Heidt's 2" drop spindles are a bad substitute for the ATS spindles for a performance use.

I put a set of Fatman's G-force spindles on my Chevelle. They are also a taller drop spindle. They do drop down the steering arm to correct the bumpsteer. I have a set of 18 x 8.5's on the front and have not had any clearance problems. That is on a Chevelle though, the spindle is the same but the steering arm might be a bit different. Not sure.

Darren, do you know what backspacing those wheels have?

I think that's where the clearance concerns are.

Darren-
Shame on you. You should know that dropping the steering arm points on a front steer chassis such as an A body makes the bumpsteer curve even WORSE than factory does.
Read these 2 threads:

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140829

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142187

Tyler

I did a 5" backspacing on the front and a 6" on the rear. This is on a 70 Chevelle with our Street Challenge kit on it, so I have to make sure they would tuck. These are the first pics that I have taken of the car. (Took them about 3 minutes ago.) Just got it about a month ago and just finshed the wheels, air ride and disc brakes the other day!

Tyler,
Rodney, (our fab. guy) measured the bumpsteer and such so I will check with him to see what he got.

some of us already have money invested in larger brakes on the stock spindles, so having to pay another $X,000 doesent really make much financial or logical sense. so like i said. it does represent a cost increase.

i wish they made those ATS spindles compatible with the aftermarket brakes i have now.