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Re: [Fot] Mods for camber

To: Greg Lunker Hilyer <Lunkercars@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Mods for camber
From: Scott janzen <s.janzen@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:38:14 -0400
I thought the fix to pass scrutiny back in the day was to shorten the  
brace that runs through the engine compartment in order to pull the  
tops of the spring towers closer together, changing the camber?

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On Sep 10, 2010, at 11:00 AM, "Greg \"Lunker\" Hilyer" 
<Lunkercars@earthlink.net 
 > wrote:

>> that would violate the no-hole prescription--is that some religious  
>> thing?
> Well... I guess it kinda' is for me
>
>
>> You can do a couple of very nice things for your handling by moving  
>> the pivot arm inwards
> Not that I'm going to do it, but I am curious - Were those type of  
> suspension mods allowed back in the day - say 1962 GCR?
>
> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> TR4 #314
> Albuquerque NM
>>
>>>>> If an overinflated tire makes your car handle better it's  
>>>>> because your camber is wrong.
>>>
>>>>>
>>> While I basically agree, please define "wrong".
>>> My car has .5 degrees of hard gotten negative camber. It could  
>>> also be put in full street trim in about 5 hours - cracked  
>>> windshield, ratty interior, stock ride height, skinny wheels and  
>>> all. Nothing has ever been bent, cut, drilled, or otherwise  
>>> molested to prevent it from going back to the two owner, 75.000  
>>> mile street car that it is.
>>>
>>> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
>>> TR4 #314
>>> Albuquerque NM
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