For minimizing the bind in the rear I really like Currie`s CurrecTrac arms. They gave polygraphite in one end (yeah I know boooo hiss!) but a Johnny joint on the other. The Johnny joint is like a big weather sealed,spherical bearing in a housing with a polymer race and if fully greasable. They were originally developed for high flex off road suspensions but they work really nice in this application.In theory a Johnny joint on both ends would be the best way to go but both their testing and mine has shown that in the very limited amounts of flex we`re dealing with on a high performance street car the joint on one end does a very nice job of reducing bind while keeping the prices reasonable. We became a Currie dealer just for these arms. They`re still not on the website but we can get them any time.
So do you like the handling better with more - camber?
With the spring rates you`re running I`d start with the fronts at 6 and the rears at 5. If you like it more firm try 7 and 6. Mark SC&C
Marcus, I had previously bookmarked the johnny joints. I have a good set of tubular control arms, so I was thinking of just buying the joints and having them pressed in.
On the camber question, best money I never spent! a local shop did the quickie adjustment for me, no charge. It made a noticeable difference. Hence my desire to acquire your Stage 2 kit and further improve my front end geometry.
I did start my fronts at 6, wow is all I can say to the improvement. i am definitely thinking of going to 7 tho. Thanks for a recommended starting point on the rears.
Lastly, I was on your site the other day. Have you stopped offering the firewall/fender brace? I was very interested in that as I have a T-Top car.
Bill`s right,we no longer make the underhood braces. Honestly they just weren`t great sellers. It`s a darn shame because they worked really well on T top cars! If you go to the vendor section of montecarloss.com forums there may still be some pics from a few years ago. Feel free to copy them. Or gve me a call at the shop and I`ll tell you how. They`re not all that hard to make. Kirban`s underhood braces are better than nothing but they`re really small and only brace the femders to the rad support. Ours triangulated the whole front end and firewall. We still offer our HD lower braces on a limited basis. Mark SC&C
I have installed the Hotckis sway bars and the rear QA1 shocks! Took the car for a little bolt this morning...WOW! This is a different animal now, it's a little bumpy on the not so perfect roads, but handles corners incredibly.
Thanks to everyone for your input.
Marcus, thanks for your recommendations on the shock settings and camber adjustment. I will keep these the same for now and experiment with different settings in the future. Right now, I just want to enjoy the ride!
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