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kellysguy said:
I wonder if the front end is rising enough to change steering geometry to the point where it gets squirrelly.
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I'll take a video over the weekend and maybe you can see how much horizontal action I'm getting n the front end.
 
My car did that, but it was due to bad bushings which I know are good in your car. Might be a god idea to have the alignment checked just to see where you are at. Pep Boys checks it for free. Others do that as well. Just decline the alignment and it won't cost you anything. Let us know what they find.
 
Seeing the steering arm unbolts from the spindle, I wonder if the P.O of the parts car you got the disc set up off of somehow swapped sides with the spindles.

can the fulcrum pin be installed in such a way to alter camber?
 
kellysguy said:
My car did that, but it was due to bad bushings which I know are good in your car. Might be a god idea to have the alignment checked just to see where you are at. Pep Boys checks it for free. Others do that as well. Just decline the alignment and it won't cost you anything. Let us know what they find.
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I like that Idea, I will try to get in there tomorrow it right down the road!!!!!!!
 
kellysguy said:
Seeing the steering arm unbolts from the spindle, I wonder if the P.O of the parts car you got the disc set up off of somehow swapped sides with the spindles.

can the fulcrum pin be installed in such a way to alter camber?
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I believe I check the spindle orientation before I installed them because they were not marked when I got them. I will check again though. As for the Caster, I read somewhere that it was a function of how the front end piece are MFG and not adjustable.
 
I know it isn't adjustable, I was wondering if the fulcrum pin wasn't srewed in all the way or too far, when the pinch bolt was installed if it might throw of caster.

Then again, it might be something loose out back too.
 
I wouldn't mess with anything until you have those new shocks. I bet you real US currency they fix your problem.
 
Morris wins!!!!! I got the new shocks and man what a difference. Got her up to 85mph today and it was smooth and tight all the way. It did get a little loose when I ran up on an 18 wheeler, and I could read the odometer in the trailer axle I sit so low, 258,294 miles. Looked like I could drive right under the trailer, but I thought better of that!
 
Still have some lift at high speeds but I'm visiting a local vintage racer who has made some successful aero mods to his Bugeye track car. Also I melted the 20 gauge piping I used to fabricate my header, I was warned of this after I made it but figured it would be good enough to get her running.
 
Body lift is caused by the rounded shape of the top of the body, resembling the top of an aeroplane wing. In the old days with the 300SLR, they put louvered vents on top of the rounded sections, but that isn't practical in the case of the Frogeye. It seems that either rather large vortex generators mounted on top the body could be a help, or a rear wing (which causes more aerodynamic drag). Small vortex generators will just make the problem worse by causing better boundary layer adhesion.
 
I think a wing will look ghetto! I'm manufacturing a test spoiler now. I built a mock-up from a foam block that fits the boot surface and will used that to mold a fiberglass spoiler. I'm also making an air-dam/skirt for the bonnet from fiberglass as well. I kinda borrow a design for this. Anyways we will see what happens.
 
I'm not a big fan of the Harpoon like solid steering wheel shaft. Has anyone modified the existing to be collapsible, or used a different set-up with a collapsible shaft?
 
I feel the same way you do. I was wondering if a u-joint was install near the firewall if that may help. Or even two. One at the rack and another at the firewall.
 
I have seen a couple of times when folks have installed later model collapsible columns into earlier cars- lots of work but it worked
BillM
 
this from an Impala forum.

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