Reply With Quotelol no i mean instead of the adjustable part of the lca being where it is, that should be kept standard, then the lca's should be lengthened after the where the castor rod mounts to it which will give you more clearance
why should i adjust the the castor rod before i adjust the lca? i know when you adjust the lca first with out lengthening the castor rod, it will start to give you negative castor. But then you fix it by adjusting the castor rod out to give you positive castor. btw im running 2.5" toe out and 2.5"of camber and pretty high castor.
Last edited by Sprinter Freak; 13th October 2012 at 09:35 PM.
lol no i mean instead of the adjustable part of the lca being where it is, that should be kept standard, then the lca's should be lengthened after the where the castor rod mounts to it which will give you more clearance
It doesn't look like you are running much castor because you haven't even trimmed the front of your guard. I think from memory anything over 5 degrees was hitting my old guards
stroked 2L ca18-ae86 in the build...eta xmas 2012?
What extra lcok modifications have you done?
Mine had AE86 powersteering arms and 185/60 14x8 -0 with 10mm longer lca's, +4 castor and no rubbing issues.
Is it rubbing on the chassis or suspension components? What size tyre are you running?
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
ah k i think i get what you mean, as the lca is adjusted out the angle of the caster rod changes and gives you less clearance.
its sort of eye aligned at the moment, its just clearing the guard at the front when turning. Probs need to trim the guard and extend it out more.
i've got cut and shut jdi knuckles, an ajps lock spacer on the passenger side and 5mm slip on spacer on the drivers side. ive also had more teeth cut into the steering rack for more rack travel. i run a 195/50/15 on a 15X7 -1. At the moment its only scrubbing the caster rod on full lock, but i think if i run some spacers it should clear it for now.
I'm pretty sure a 14X8 -18 should clear fine but am also thinking about whether it will fit inside the guard. the wheels i'm looking at are O disk () so negative 18 offset could be more like -24 offset in A disk (most wheels). so it could look pretty mexican :/
Anybody tried a 14X8-18 on the front of a ke before?
closer to 0 the beter,but its not the end of the world unless you plan to do serious laptimes,just dickin round and drifting would be fine,ive run a -27 on my 86 before my current mk3's which are neg 8 and car drives alot better and still with tuff look,just pull gaurds futher,its a good size wheel for e7's and 86's most run that or similar
Last edited by s13 james; 16th October 2012 at 06:33 PM.
the more neg offset on the front generally will make it handle worse and feel shitter to drive. I personally think that amount of lock is too much as like you are experienceing you run into all sorts of problems and have to compromise in other areas of the setup when you never really use max lock in practice.
To cure your problems go the -18 and run a 185/55 tyre, should be fine.
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
thats some serious lock your trying to achive there.
i suggest lots more lca length and castor.
all you gotta do is look where its hitting and find a way to increase the gap as much as possable
Slightly off topic here but which manufacturers still make decent 14" tyres? I've only come across the Toyo R888's and the Bridgestone RE001's.
re001's are discontinued now. unless they've started makeing them again?
i use 185/55/14 595's. i rate them fairly well.
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