ridetechbret: Sorry I misspoke by saying "wont" I only was trying to say that your spindles are part of your designed system and would not be a match with a stock or in my case, a somewhat stock configuration including a rack and pinion set up and adjustable upper A arms. Is that correct?

We appreciate your due dilligance with your system and thank you for taking the time to build C3 stuff as most companies wont waste their time with such a small market share.
Will I trash my current set up when I see your products performance?.......I dont know, I have been known to do more silly things.
As I said before, I have taken the time to repalce all of my front end parts except the spindles.Mine are within spec and work fine. no problem, except their ugly and 40 years old.
Like alot of us car nuts, I just cant leave anything alone. So I would like to install a brand new cool looking spindle to go with all the other unnessasary stuff I have hemoriged money on this car.
These are nice and a fine example of what would be cool for our cars, but these are for custom application use.

 

I will look into that, im sure they will be in the same lines as ride techs.

 

In a manner of speaking, yes. The Chevy Power static Z height moves the front suspension to a better point on the camber curve from which to operate than had with typical stock Z height specs. So, from a performance perspective it isn't necessarily an advantage to lower with drops rather than by shortening loaded spring heights, at least until one reaches Chevy Power Z height. Besides, that Z height is already lower than is practical for many a road going shark. That said, there's more to it than this one single consideration...

 

Well, let's keep the tech going.

I can see an advantage in the drop spindles for someone who wants to run relatively "soft" springs and shocks, whilst having a car 1" lower than stock. You would get a lot of suspension travel, and it would make for a comfortable and good-looking cruiser.

 

What else would you say is a major consideration for not running a 1" drop spindle? This is all assuming that the part is well made and such...

 

Two more... If one isn't going any lower than Chevy Power Z, 1) unnecessary cost, and 2) increased scrub radius.

In any event, I'm not suggesting that drops have no place here. Much depends on the priorities at hand, as well one's approach to doing things. For those wishing to slam their shark below Chevy Power Z - assuming they know what other issues they're getting themselves into - I would actually urge considering drops to help maintain decent geometry. (Yes, for those who haven't already guessed, that Z height is a big deal.)

Where to draw the line? Sorry, I can't offer up a one-size-fits-all answer. But, IMCO the nearer to the AX/RR corner of the envelope one presses, the less he or she ought to rely on the homework of others. However well designed might be a particular set of kit, generalizations are commonly made for the broader consumer market. And, bear in mind that not every important chassis tuning tweak comes pre-packaged in a box.

 

Of course not, but what you have done is help get people onto the right page, instead of starting off completely wrong.

 

Thanks. I do hope I've done that more often than I've added to anyone's confusion.

 

I notice no one has picked up on the part about the replacement pats being " CAST! " not " FORGED! " like our OEM C3 spindles are.....I think many are pretty clueless about the job being performed by the vital suspension part. The RideTech stuff is from their Camaro suspension program.....the bearings are a step backwards in load carrying capability over the 1969 and later C3 Corvette even Chevy decided the C3 needed improvement when it went from a 7" wide wheel on the 68 to the 8" wide wheel on the 69 and later C3 Vettes. Someone should really step up to the problem of using a 40+ year old bearing size on a modern Pro Touring car with way greater wheel loads than the engineers ever envisioned when these platforms ( C2/3 Fbody, Abody, Xbody ) were created in the 60's. Even the modern unit bearings used in the C4/5/6 Vette have a tough time lasting under track days conditions. Most of us wont subject our cars to these harsh abuses but, over time the fatigue life of a marginal set up will rear its ugly head if maintenance neglect is the SOP of the Pro Touring owner. Fabricated welded spindles look " sexy " but, fatigue life on those pieces is far less than a properly done forging. One of my old jobs on the race team I worked on was to dissemble the front suspension between races and magnaflux the spindles/Aarms and inspect them for cracks, this was back in the 80's....how often are you going to want to tear down your Vette and have parts inspected?