Half Shaft angles??
Racer
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 254
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From: Owensboro Kentucky
I too have been working to get the half shaft angles correct. I have installed the VBP dual spring mount as well as Van Steel offset trailing arms. This, is the car before I started, note the level drive shafts. Please also note that I have 17" wheels and 28" tall tires.
After installing the new rear components my ride height look like this.
For the life of me, I do not know how anyone gets their car lower without the drive shafts angle being correct. I have the larger back tires that fill the wheel well, but I would like to have smaller tires and pull it down lower too!
After installing the new rear components my ride height look like this.
For the life of me, I do not know how anyone gets their car lower without the drive shafts angle being correct. I have the larger back tires that fill the wheel well, but I would like to have smaller tires and pull it down lower too!
Last edited by Hofs01; Mar 18, 2015 at 03:11 PM.
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Instructor
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Tx
Well I guess I will have to raise the diff!!! Unless I want a 4x4 vette. I get a nose bleed when sitting in it! If you do a search of 18s on C3s littered with cars lower than mine and some of those see track duty! i have Pm a couple of people on the site and a few just drive it that way and the others have raised the diff 3/4 of an inch which gets rid of a bushing I think. So I guess it will vibrate?
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
While those for whom aesthetics are a higher priority than optimizing their C3's handling/cornering may view rear toe-steer as relatively unimportant, it would be a mistake to assume that vehicle dynamics only apply when one chooses to take them into account. Admittedly not everyone has hardcore purposes in mind, but the nearer to any particular performance related corner of the envelope is the intended target, the more highly one had best be focused on the technical aspects in play. YMMV.
As for measuring ride heights, given that tire diameters vary it is preferable to go by Z and D suspension heights rather than those relative to the body itself.
ddawson, it might be an optical illusion, but your rear half-shaft orientation looks pretty good in the SharkBite pic. Gorgeous car.
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As for measuring ride heights, given that tire diameters vary it is preferable to go by Z and D suspension heights rather than those relative to the body itself.
ddawson, it might be an optical illusion, but your rear half-shaft orientation looks pretty good in the SharkBite pic. Gorgeous car.
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Last edited by TheSkunkWorks; Mar 18, 2015 at 09:00 PM.
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