Project 'Grip'- 69 Camaro - Page 9 - Lateral-g Forums

Stovebolter · #81 10-23-2014, 05:49 PM

Well....I've been enjoying my car all week. Bought an inexpensive castor/camber gauge and aligned it myself last night. I just don't trust a shop that won't let me be involved with alignment process. And I don't give a hoot about their legal concerns. Went with Camber: -1.3 Castor: +6.0 Toe: 1/8". And I am absolutley tickled with this suspension. Wow! And plenty of clearance now in the wheel house.

Stovebolter · #82 10-23-2014, 05:52 PM

And it rides like a dream! These pictures are once again with it laid out. I'll get some good pictures this weekend.

**SlowProgress** · #83 10-23-2014, 06:58 PM

Very nice ! I like the way you knocked it out in a reasonable time and did everything yourself. The stance is killer !!

Stovebolter · #84 10-23-2014, 07:16 PM

Thank you. I'm doing this in three phases over the course of three years. This year was suspension brakes, next year engine and transmission, and the next body, cage, interior, paint. It's been fun so far.

**WSSix** · #85 10-23-2014, 07:52 PM

Looks great laid out! Glad the car rides well for you, too.

Richio1 · #86 10-23-2014, 09:09 PM

Looking good.

Decline · #87 10-23-2014, 09:27 PM

Excellent work on the designing and building your own rear set-up. Fab ninja status for sure, and in a very reasonable amount of time.
I'm gonna be running a similar torque arm/floater set up in my car and I think I've been collecting the bolt on parts for about as long as it took you to build yours from scratch..lol
The car looks great with the red paint gold rim combo. I had a red subaru SVX once and I always wanted to put the gold BBS STI wheels on it.
Nice build!

Stovebolter · #88 10-24-2014, 05:09 AM

Thanks everyone. As you all know, even in times of aggrevation......it's still a labor of love, or is it love of labor. Lol.

I think I'll pull the center section and check my clearances again. I fully expected the normal clicking and binding sounds out of the locker, but not the heat. Wow. Drive 20 miles and the housing is hot. I'm seeing conversation here and there on forums indication this is normal, but now after 150 miles it seems like my pinion backlash has changed, which could only mean wear. I'm a little nervous to find out the results.

Ron in SoCal · #89 10-24-2014, 10:54 AM

Car looks awesome! Even better that you have no rubbing and are happy with the performance. Plus you made it!

Looks like the caster is moving the front wheel back a bit in the wheel well or is it just the pic angle? In reality, it shouldn't matter if everything fits and you get the performance you're looking for.

Stovebolter · #90 10-24-2014, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Car looks awesome! Even better that you have no rubbing and are happy with the performance. Plus you made it!

Looks like the caster is moving the front wheel back a bit in the wheel well or is it just the pic angle? In reality, it shouldn't matter if everything fits and you get the performance you're looking for.

Thanks Ron. I hope it's the picture. No really I noticed this the other day. At one point the tire is touching the firewall. Barely. Just enough to mar the tar rubbish previous owner used all over the underside of car. Do you think 6 is too much? I was just going off of what Bret suggested. The other side matches. I really dislike wheels that aren't centered in their wheel openings. Lol.

I could go with the 3.7 built into the spindles and use the nice single flat shims to get my camber. At this time I have a stack of 3/4" of shims on the back bolts to get the 6 degrees.

I'll have think about this one.