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06-20-2005, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Georgetown,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A&C- 351w 5spd
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A&C Excessive Camber
Did anyone find excessive camber in their front end during the build? I noticed the camber during the "rolling chassis" phase of the build and thought it might be corrected when the motor and trans went in and the chassis settled a bit. But that really didn't happen. I measured and found that I would have to shim each upper arm approx. 1 inch (rough measurement) to get to "0" camber. Is that normal for the A&C car? I may have to spring for new adjustable arms, hope not!!!
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06-20-2005, 07:11 AM
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Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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You are correct. I have a 1/2" spacer in and on top of that I have like 5 shims in the rear and two in the front. Adjustable arms are on my short list. Check out http://www.polepositionrp.com/select.htm
Roscoe
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06-20-2005, 10:40 AM
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Yup. I had to use slightly longer grade 8's and had to do what Roscoe did with a shim. That changed when I ordered Pole Position uppers and had more control over the Camber/Caster. I am running .75 negative camber in front with Racing tires for track events and .50 for the street. If you are going to do any performance driving with the car I would change out your rear 250lb stock coils for for 350lb units. The car handles far better with the heavier springs and the ride is just as good.
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06-20-2005, 10:58 AM
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Mike,
Which Pole Position uppers did you get. It looks like the triangle shaped ones may be too tight around the springs.
Got any pics?
Roscoe
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06-20-2005, 11:07 AM
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Thanks guys, looks like I'll be fabricating some type of spacer until I get the adjustable uppers.
Jerry
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06-20-2005, 11:12 AM
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Jerry,
I just took some bar stock, 1/2" thick by about 1 1/2", cut it and notched out two "U's" so I could just drop it in.
Roscoe
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06-20-2005, 11:34 AM
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Here is a large pic of the passenger side. You can see the spacer I made and the shims the alignment guy put in. This is setup with a 1.1 - 1.0 Camber, 2.2 - 2.1 Caster and a .10" toe.
http://www.priveye.com/dls/carm.jpg
Roscoe
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06-20-2005, 05:24 PM
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Hi Roscoe,
Sorry for the late reply. The triangles won't fit. I used the ones that are bent like the stock arms. They really are a great product and are easy to work with. I didn't think the price was too bad either. I don't have any pics at the moment, but I'll try to get some for you.
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06-21-2005, 05:35 AM
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Thanks Mike....I thought the triangles would be a bit tight.
Roscoe
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