Maybe if would be best if you were just banned, save everyone the hassle of scrolling past... Mods..... Over here please, remove the man from the forum....
Sorry? I did start another topic about scrub radius etc but everyone likes this post. All this stuff is very interesting. Thanks dudes! Oh yea, I can go into corners with more speed and the car is more steady but understeers on power but not off power. Eccentric top mounts with more negative camber & castor would slove this methinks. Peeps that race say it would help. Stiffer springs and anti-roll bars wil also keep the car flatter. Due to the height I run the car, I am going to extend the ball joint fixing to keep the wishbones flat. This should solve my handling issues. I will be testing different combinations of alignment. I know its not calculated to exact specs but will see how it goes. Edited by: vw_singh
Hi Good this. Your 2nd para - I dont agree I'm afraid, either eccentric or the type showed will allow the positioning of the strut top to (maybe) get the strut angle back - but neither in this setup will allow castor gains to be made over stock. Your 3rd para - yes I do answer my own question - just confirming what you have already said but going through the steps more I guess. Cheers Rob
So RSD building a replica F2 Ibiza eh? Hmmmmm. Same track as Mk3 Golf Kit car? Parts? Hmmm. off to vwmotorsport.com to look see.
I'm not sure on spec or what parts they're using right now. But they have some pics up of a semi-prepped copper Ibiza. Apparently being built for track days so you would think the handling is one thing they want to get right at least. TBH I have no idea whether they are simply plonking on the same kit used to create the motorshow car or using the wide arches and re-engineering, in a loose term, the suspension. Hey, it could be none of those but be good to see how the finished articles goes.
I already mentioned this, you could get the strut angle back but not without loosing control of the castor. This was what I was looking for when I originally replied to Prof,
I've never understood the point of those eccentric top mounts, seemsed daft to not be able to move the castor and camber seperately.....
could just remanufacture the top of the front turrets to put the top swivels wherever you like Bill have you seen Trendy tramp/awtracksports adjustable spherical jointed wishbones, might be just what you are looking for
Thats more like it - this will work so long as not trying to go wider than perhaps 10-20mm People use eccentric ones as their cheap, certainly less than 100 - the ones shown are pretty expensive I would think, nice though Of course another issue with trying to increase castor is that the strut itself needs to be longer - and many 'street' performance kits are too short as it is Cheers Rob
