. Another thing that that you see is the tyres are too
narrow for the rims, how many times do you see cars with the wheel rim actually wider than the tyre! No wonder they get damaged.
Im using my donors rear axle but when i mount it im a bit worried the back of the car may be too low.
Can i just increase the length of the shocks to adjust the ride height?
would this not wear out the drive shaft joints? having to flex so much, usually you would try to keep them as level as possible.
no pictures of the set up? how about moving the mounts lower on the chassis.
[Edited on 13/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
Sorry no pics im at work. The mounts are on the diff so i cant lower it or the diff will be too low to the ground. It is about 2 inches higher than the book
Really you have only three options
1) Relocate the suspension assembly in the chassis, more welding?
or
2) Jack up the coilovers, but increase the joint wear
or
3) Smaller diameter wheels
Option 3 looks good but not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean 15" fron and 16" back or smaller all round?
Any idea's how much extra wear would occur with option 2?
Are the driveshafts level when the car is on the ground? In theory this is your ideal ride height and if you need to go lower then you might have to go for smaller wheels or lower profile tyres.
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
Option 3 looks good but not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean 15" fron and 16" back or smaller all round?
Any idea's how much extra wear would occur with option 2?
Ive read somewhere that the typical car CV joint will live quite happily as long as you keep under 10 degrees deflection at ride height
Cheers
Fred W B
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
Option 3 looks good but not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean 15" fron and 16" back or smaller all round?
Any idea's how much extra wear would occur with option 2?
it's a bigger car than normal anyway and small rims will look mega small on it. With that torque your poor like joints will wear out in no time, rather like doing city driving in a FWD car blasts through joints.
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Originally posted by Fred W B
Ive read somewhere that the typical car CV joint will live quite happily as long as you keep under 10 degrees deflection at ride height
Yeah you could change the profile, that's what I'm doing with my bluebird due to the noise and harshness of the ride. The low profiles suck
anyway on normal bad roads; keep expecting the wheels to shatter either that or my bones . Another thing that that you see is the tyres are too
narrow for the rims, how many times do you see cars with the wheel rim actually wider than the tyre! No wonder they get damaged.
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Originally posted by RazMan
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Originally posted by Fred W B
Ive read somewhere that the typical car CV joint will live quite happily as long as you keep under 10 degrees deflection at ride height
Sounds about right Fred, but watch the CV boots as they can distort and burst at extreme (15 degrees max) angles. I lost a few CV boots until I discovered the high speed ones from GKN.