I'm finally suspended!! Whatdy' think?? Upper bones are bought (Joe's Racing, USA) and we fabricated the lowers. Upper bones
are adjustable for camber, caster and anti-dive. Tomorrow we tackle the steering rack mounts - they'll be adjustable for Ackerman angle, as
well.
Rescued attachment suspended at last.jpg
- more new photos uploaded to archive, as well!
Looking good
dont wanna sound like an idiot, but whats ackerman angle?
ps. looking nice and shiney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry
I didn't know about Ackerman angle myself until just recently - ever driven a car that squealed its front tires at low speeds when turning a tight circle (and may be a handfull to drive in tight circles)? It's because the inside and outside front tires are turning slightly different sized circles, but the steering doesn't account for this, usually because the steering rack and tie rods are all in a straight line when going straight ahead, but they shouldn't be (something to do with kingpin inclination). If you move the steering rack back (in our case about 1" this problem disappears, because it corrects for the differing radii that the front wheels turn at low speeds, and keeps everything true at higher speeds. Cool, huh?
By placing it to the rear you will have to re-check you bump-steer!
I think Ackerman isn't anything to worry about use soft tires and let them sqeese a little bit. Most will be compensated by the tire-wall. And
most turns we be less then 5 degr.