Posted By: jbc426
Body rake at the expense of positive caster - 08/05/08 03:11 PM
I don't know about most people, but I like my muscle cars ride height set high enough in the air front and rear to survive the mangled roads out there, with the rear end about an inch to an inch-and-a-half higher than the front.
I don't like them slammed to the ground so much that you can't drive over a speed bump unless your doing 2 mph, pull into a driveway without almost stopping and being hit from behind, or not being able to drive down a gravel road. I also don't like the rear end too far up in the air and the nose down too low either. There is a balance between functionality and a positve body rake with the rear an inch or so higher than the front that just looks right.
The problem is that I can barely get any positive caster even with those tubular upper control arms that supposedly add in three or so degrees. Installing them has helped some, but I can't get anywhere near the 2, 3 or 4 degrees positive caster I want.
This has been an issue since back in the old days with my cars, which aren't famous for having a lot of positive caster adjustment available anyway. This has been something that's been largely untreatable until these upper control arms became available, but they are not the complete solution. What have you guys done about this issue?
I don't like them slammed to the ground so much that you can't drive over a speed bump unless your doing 2 mph, pull into a driveway without almost stopping and being hit from behind, or not being able to drive down a gravel road. I also don't like the rear end too far up in the air and the nose down too low either. There is a balance between functionality and a positve body rake with the rear an inch or so higher than the front that just looks right.
The problem is that I can barely get any positive caster even with those tubular upper control arms that supposedly add in three or so degrees. Installing them has helped some, but I can't get anywhere near the 2, 3 or 4 degrees positive caster I want.
This has been an issue since back in the old days with my cars, which aren't famous for having a lot of positive caster adjustment available anyway. This has been something that's been largely untreatable until these upper control arms became available, but they are not the complete solution. What have you guys done about this issue?