March 29-31 zMax Match Tour

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Challenger wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:49 am How did the suspension cam work?

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again ..not edited.. but it let me know things I needed to see..and some things I had no idea was happening.. You may notice it too. I wont say till after you watch it..

Run starts at about 3.20 and goes for 62.4 seconds..lol se if you notice anything weird.. Oh! and turn the sound down..its really loud under there.. :lol:

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That upper arm bushing looks pretty compliant...
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disneyd wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:42 pm That upper arm bushing looks pretty compliant...
YES! I cant remember what its made of.. but,its about to be delrin! its awful looking!
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John Brown wrote:
Challenger wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:49 am How did the suspension cam work?

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again ..not edited.. but it let me know things I needed to see..and some things I had no idea was happening.. You may notice it too. I wont say till after you watch it..

Run starts at about 3.20 and goes for 62.4 seconds..lol se if you notice anything weird.. Oh! and turn the sound down..its really loud under there.. [emoji38]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kysYFSEG6_Y
I'm surprised by how much lateral movement the upper control arm has. It's understandable now why the front edge of mine rubbed that metal lip.

On a separate note, what do you think of the responsiveness of our steering? Everyone who has jumped in my car has said how slow it is and I never noticed it till this weekend. What setting do you have your steering set at? I've always run it in sport but may try one of the others to see if that helps.

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John Brown wrote:
disneyd wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:42 pm That upper arm bushing looks pretty compliant...
YES! I cant remember what its made of.. but,its about to be delrin! its awful looking!
Let me know the bushings you replace it with. I can only imagine what mine looked like on the Hoosiers

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Its slow. I have not tried any other settings neither..

Main thing is to cut our Castor as much as we can.. Ill do that when I replace those soft bushings
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John Brown wrote:Its slow. I have not tried any other settings neither..

Main thing is to cut our Castor as much as we can.. Ill do that when I replace those soft bushings
Well then I really screwed mine up....lol. I put as much caster in as I could to get more camber in the corners. Didn't think about the trade off for steering response.

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Yea, I was aiming at the cones trying to hit them and that seemed to work pretty good.
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Looks like you might benefit from some upper shock mounts too.

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Those are pillow ball joints up top so it can rotate and not bind. Zero slack up top I'd think
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Here is my fastest run from the Charlotte Match Tour during the first round of the underdog challenge Saturday.

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Challenger wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:01 pm
John Brown wrote:
disneyd wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:42 pm That upper arm bushing looks pretty compliant...
YES! I cant remember what its made of.. but,its about to be delrin! its awful looking!
Let me know the bushings you replace it with. I can only imagine what mine looked like on the Hoosiers

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If you guys can get dimensions or even spare arms, I know a guy that does delrin bushings. Currently for lots of miatas, but he's done other chassis's too. He's helped me with my MR-S rear hub onto Miata project too - http://sadfab.com/
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Local?
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John Brown wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:08 amLocal?
Unfortunately, no.... he's in AZ :lol:
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John Brown wrote:Local?
Bushings in these arms probably aren't the same size as what's in the stock arm are they?

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