1968 Camaro "Badmotorfinger" v2.2

[Payton King]

Hey Tim

Dave asked me to put more random stuff on his thread, but since this is car related, I may have to find pictures of kittens.

Jake had the arms milled. He now builds them out of DOM. For the most part they are the same location as the C5 as to retain the same Akerman. They are moved down because the rack is moved down for packaging on that subframe and to keep the bump at zero. They bolt to 2 of the holes on the hub and one on the upright itself.

Blue Mustang Ron (Good Ron) has the same subframe in his AMX, but moved the motor back far enough as to run the rack in the stock Corvette location and is running the uprights as cast from GM. Same concept you are using from your build photos, not sure why you are having bump problems unless the pivot points on your rack are different than on your LCA.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Payton King

Dave asked me to put more random stuff on his thread, but since this is car related, I may have to find pictures of kittens.

...or kill 2 birds with one pic.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by byndbad914

Making some good progress!

Having a hard time getting a good angle on this tie rod relocation but on the surface I am digging how that pick up point has been moved down inline with the lower A and appears to be moved in a bit to align with the lower ball joint. Assuming the rack gets put in the right spot relative to the lower A that should seriously fix the bumpsteer mess I am finding with the stock Vette spindles. Do those arms bolt on inline with the three hub bolts? If so, do they clock to the counterbores in some way to ensure the bolts stay centered on the threads? Not a big deal, just for personal info, as I have been considering making my own bolt on arm using those three bolts and just getting longer fasteners, tho' I would need to bore out the centers so my CVs could fit thru on the rear...

sorry, also, who makes that bolt on piece?

By bolt on piece if you mean the brake spindle duct plates, those are from LG Motorsports.

Payton knows the long arm JRS setup inside and out (for better or worse) and much more than I do. I do have him beat in the kitten department I am certain.

Your car is coming together nicely Tim. Payton and I will load up and meet you in the middle of USA one day.

Originally Posted by Payton King

Hey Tim

Dave asked me to put more random stuff on his thread, but since this is car related, I may have to find pictures of kittens.

Jake had the arms milled. He now builds them out of DOM. For the most part they are the same location as the C5 as to retain the same Akerman. They are moved down because the rack is moved down for packaging on that subframe and to keep the bump at zero. They bolt to 2 of the holes on the hub and one on the upright itself.

Blue Mustang Ron (Good Ron) has the same subframe in his AMX, but moved the motor back far enough as to run the rack in the stock Corvette location and is running the uprights as cast from GM. Same concept you are using from your build photos, not sure why you are having bump problems unless the pivot points on your rack are different than on your LCA.

Originally Posted by Al Moreno

That's BAD A$$ right there!

Hopefully the most Bad A$$ on my street anyway.

[Nick.V70]

DAMN!!! I have missed alot of updates on this car...




I remember when it was said the other one got out of control and this one was to be a car you can beat on..... I guess you are going with going out of control and beatable at the same time.

[Al Moreno]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Hopefully the most Bad A$$ on my street anyway.

Don't short change your project.......... I'd say at least "The Most Bad A$$ In The Sub Division"

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Al Moreno

Don't short change your project.......... I'd say at least "The Most Bad A$$ In The Sub Division"

Al! Hysterical!! FTW

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by Payton King

... not sure why you are having bump problems unless the pivot points on your rack are different than on your LCA.

Vettes have bad bump much beyond 1" to 1.5" of travel. On a race car you really never get there as it tends to be so stiff so I will likely not have a real issue. It is a notorious problem on lowered Vettes as guys will drop the cars by backing off the ride height screws - nothing gets relocated and essentially the car is now riding around at say 1" of bump as nominal. Now when they hit a bump and have 1" of motion, it is more like 2" of motion on a stock height Vette and the tires steer quite a bit.

It just drives me a little nuts to have bumpsteer in the car even if I will likely never experience it I moved the pivot point around a lot with adjustable bars I fabbed up as I was measuring the bump (starting with the pivot point exactly in line with the LCA inner pivot) and where it is now I have up to around 1.5" of bump looking pretty good now, but I know I could cut that arm off of the spindle and relo it and essentially get zero bump over 3" of motion. Is what is as they say.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Your car is coming together nicely Tim. Payton and I will load up and meet you in the middle of USA one day.

Sounds like a great idea... of course that means all three of us have to actually finish

[89 RS]

Good progress Dave.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Nor-Cal Nick

DAMN!!! I have missed alot of updates on this car...


I remember when it was said the other one got out of control and this one was to be a car you can beat on..... I guess you are going with going out of control and beatable at the same time.

I did beat on it. Then it beat on me back. And then this all happened. And it's everyone else's fault.

Good to see you on here Nick. Hope all is well.

Originally Posted by byndbad914

Sounds like a great idea... of course that means all three of us have to actually finish

Yeah that seems to be an awfully common problem 'round these parts.

Originally Posted by 89 RS

Good progress Dave.

Corey

[Flash68]

So I'm trying to get my boy Doug over here to Lat-G but he has this killer Winston Cup framed Chevelle he just got moving under its own power for the first time. These maiden voyage videos are always cool and this car is just killer in my book.