Spacing Crossmembers Effect on Steering

[PRIMRK]

Hey All,

For my engine conversion i may need to space down the cross member no more than an inch but just want to know if there is anything i will have to watch for when doing this?

[Sam-Q]

It's the oppersite of putting roll center adjusters in. What thickness adjusters and wheel diameter are you running now?

[Gunner]

can I ask why you feel the need to space it down?

[PRIMRK]

Im not sure that i will have to but it would make it sit a bit lower allowing ITB's or twin plenum depending what i fancy doing later on.

Ill have a look at the roll centers tomoz but the wheels are 15"

[Sam-Q]

if your running 15" then you can run something like 50 or 60mm roll center adjusters. I want to get some thicker ones myself.

Also if your running an OEM style outer tie rod ends then Dave from AJPS has some that don't have the bulky dust cover and grease nipple but instead a more slim line housing alowing for more room and hence a thicker spacer.

[fantapants]

dry sump it over dropping the crossmemebr....

if you have a "problem" allways try and find a solution that imrpoves other aspects of the car, rather than creating another set of problems that need adressing.

i realise cost to performance doesnt match here, but it provides benefits over and above what are looking for, and doesnt introduce aggressive geometry issues.

[PRIMRK]

but there is the cost that it introduces....

[fantapants]

hence the last line of my comment.... i know it costs a bomb, BUT its moving forward not sideways as lowering the crossmember and then fixing all the associated problems would be

[KurtHS]

Think the engine as two steps forward and the geometry changes one step back, you may as well have just gone one (cheaper) step forward in the overall scheme of things.

[Gunner]

Personally, I think you are better of modifying the bonnet. Yeah it may not be "correct" in alot of peoples eyes. But it is the one thing that will not hamper performance, of any component.