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Old October 7th 2004, 20:45
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I've asked the designer about the anti-dive and more castor adjustment, but he says that for the travel we are working at, that it really won't be a factor. Apparently anti-dive is for cars that dive, which this one won't. Hot rods with big V8s over the front end and traditional big NA cars may need this, according to him, but this little bug with controlled limited travel won't need it.

I personally would like more castor adjustment built in, as the only castor adjustment now will be by the stock eccentric bushing, but this suspension is designed specifically for my car, so the castor is already dialed into the design. I have a small rake on my car though, so I do wonder if I'll need any more. This is prototype 1.0, so there will be some kinks to work out when it gets on the road I'm sure.

Everything is custom, except for the rack, tie rods and ends, spindles, and balljoints. Once all the kinks are out, I'll be looking into finding parts that might work that are off the shelf, perhaps at a slightly wider track etc.

Jason
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