Ptoneill wrote:Ok, I love the engineering that went into these,,,,they look great, but what makes them different than the bolt on style I used? I can see that they are adjustable but I have no race/suspension design experience. Thanks

Well, it's kinda just bling as the adjustibility is only useful when you have height adjustible coil-overs. In that case you adjust the coilover height for corner balance, then you use the sway bar ned links to take out all preload on the bar. In this case you can still use it to adjust for no preload, so that's a bonus. They do look cool as well

ScotcH, and many more, know much more about the dynamics of setting up a race suspension than I do. That said, I have found that within the travel of the front suspension the angle at the end of the sway bar changes drastically to that of the lower A arm and therefore the hard mounted bushing wears accordingly. I have seen an end link set up, similar to this, on a spider in the past and it just made sense, provided an interesting challenge and yes, I love mechanical bling!!
I'm am doing it more for the fun of it than anything else. I really enjoy the challenge and the seat of my pants engineering.

So, one thing crossed my mind today... What about the rim clearance?
So





I thought it best to get one on and see where I screwed up. Everything seemed fine until the suspension is fulling loaded in a hard corner. Then

I have decided that, before I take it all apart again, I will swap my other cross member with the steering rack in and see if I am turning it further than it will actually go.

The other direction, no problem.



Either way, it sure is great to see a wheel on the front of this car after 18 months!!!

Also picked this up today,



Freshly bored for these



Rings from total seal are still about a week out, but I have paint!!!

Best get that block painted quickly.....

Andy's stock in VHT is plummeting as we speak!!! Sell it now Andy and I'll let you know moments before... To buy it back!!

Ok Andy, BUY BUY BUY...
I'm on my way to get more paint!!
What color should I paint the block?
Opinions?

i actually prefer the light grey that fiat paints the blocks. it shows any signs of leakage. plus all the other parts contrast against that real well

Like this gray?



Imitation is the best form of flattery!! Special, that's one nice looking engine!! Ok if I copy?

Sky Blue.... Everything stands out then!

Seriously Andy?
I know, your humor is as seriously twisted as mine! Sky blue is not my preferred engine block color so...NO

I did start prepping for paint



And then these showed up in the post



So I dropped everything and slapped a bracket on to see how they work



Nice fit, easy install, fast shipping, Greg at Mark's place is a pleasure to deal with, and they look HOT!!
I'm all smiles at the moment!!

blue, geesh lol ishy

toplessexpat wrote:Sky Blue.... Everything stands out then!

Oh, I dunno. A nice shade of Chevy shortblock blue? With all the red and white, Alan could be his own color guard. 'Course, we'd all have to salute every time he opened the hood.....

Neil

Yeap... I think it looks good!

toplessexpat wrote:Yeap... I think it looks good!

Yes it does for a truck

Go with the gray. That way you can say at least one thing on the car is original!