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 Post subject: Re: Hello everybody!
PostPosted:Wed May 04, 2011 8:26 am 
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Car Details:79' camaro road & track day toy. 383 stroker, 5 speed TKO trans, lots of suspension stuff, 13" Vette brakes, 18" wheels.
Location:Luton
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Remember, if you get 6" rods you gotta get pistons to match :thumbup:

Stu, what sort of camber did you manage to get with yours??

Cheers...Nige
I've got about 2.5 degrees neg camber on my front.. quite extreme for the road but doesn't tramline, and works much better for serious cornering.
Only got there cos of the SPC upper arms though, never got anywhere near with stock arms.

Yours looks like a similar measurement, and with stock arms..... :clap: (Gulstrand mod?)

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 Post subject: Re: Hello everybody!
PostPosted:Wed May 04, 2011 9:17 am 
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I've got about 2.5 degrees neg camber on my front.. quite extreme for the road but doesn't tramline, and works much better for serious cornering.
Only got there cos of the SPC upper arms though, never got anywhere near with stock arms.

Yours looks like a similar measurement, and with stock arms..... :clap: (Gulstrand mod?)
I'm running stock arms & no Gulstrand mod but have 3 deg negative camber :thumbup: The car doesn't follow ruts in the road & doesn't suffer adverse tyre wear, but goes around corners as if it's on rails. So far the only limitations I can find with the set up in this car is me. The more you push it, the more it likes it :lol:

cheers...Nige

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 Post subject: Re: Hello everybody!
PostPosted:Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:07 pm 
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Car Details:1968 Camaro Racing Car "Butch"
1968 Camaro Convertible 327"Camilla"
1979 AMC CJ7 Jeep 360V8
1980 BMW E21 Alpina B6 2.8
1991 BMW E30 HartgeH26
1958 as yet unrevealed sportsracer with chevV8
Location:Isle of Man and Inverness
some suspension settings

Martin Thomas is a well known Camaro racer- most famous for that amazing race at Crystal Palace in his white 67 Camaro v.s Gerry Marshall's Escort and HB Viva see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5zdnGvT0c

GW is Global West the Californian outfit that knows a lot how to make a Camaro handle!

Suspension settings non Global West negative Roll for full race
TCB Martin Thomas notes
Camber degrees -3 -3 as much neg as possible
Caster degrees 3 3 no more than 4.5
toe in 15 mins in 20 mins in
toe total 30 mins
Frt Spring Rate 650 lbs 800lbs
rear spring rate 150 lbs CF Bedford van springs
01767 651484
Type caster caster camber camber toe total
GW Settings L R L R
Street Performance 2 2 1/2 - 1/2 - 1/2 3/32
Hard street 2 2 1/2 -1 -1 3/32
Road racing 3 3 -1 3/4 -1 3/4 1/16
Drag Racing 3 3 0 0 1/32
All measurements taken with driver weight added
If vehicle has a lot of rack get as much caster available as long as camber is zero.
caster and camber are measured in degrees toe in minutes

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 Post subject: Re: Hello everybody!
PostPosted:Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:31 am 
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Car Details:1979 Z/28 / 408 CID/ M-22 / 3:73 Eaton Posi, yada, yada, yada
Take a look a global-west (DSE is WAY overrated--and over-priced). I run all GW stuff on my Gen-II Z/28. The geometry is updated and you don't have to worry about the alignment problems the stock, 1960's technology suspension presents. I cost about $1,400 (US) to replace the upper and lower control arms with the GW arms. No amount of adjustments, shims or alignment tricks could have made the difference these bolt-on parts made (see my thread in GEN-II "Free beer & hookers") I went with the coil-over arms, so I could adjust the srpring rate and ride height. It was more expensive but worth the cost, in my opinion.

Dana


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