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Post by bluevo210 on May 3, 2012 15:47:24 GMT -6
...reasonable suspension setup (for starts no positive camber) brakes. Indeed...My 1980 Datsun 210 has positive camber in the front, it's not adjustable, and I want to adjust it. Does anyone have an idea how to do that? There's no place for a camber bolt in the front struts. There's no camber plate available for it. Could a camber plate be adapted to it? Would that automatically replace my rubber strut mount with a pillow-ball mount (metal ball-and-socket)? |
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Post by DAN on May 3, 2012 16:44:56 GMT -6
if it has factory + camber you would probably need to do a pretty major mod to get any meaningful - camber. could be done easy enough, but what class would that put you in. don't get me wrong any - camber is good. a lot is better
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Post by jessew on May 3, 2012 17:12:19 GMT -6
depending on how the strut attaches to the knuckle/spindle you could drill a new hole behind the old one. carefully measured of course. or you could slot it, but it may slip. will also remove you from stock class.
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Post by bluevo210 on May 3, 2012 18:02:13 GMT -6
if it has factory + camber you would probably need to do a pretty major mod to get any meaningful - camber. could be done easy enough, but what class would that put you in. don't get me wrong any - camber is good. a lot is better Yes, I'm looking at major mods. The car is already Street Prepared or Street Touring because of the rear swaybar. Doesn't matter which...there's no class slow enough for it. If I take it to an autocross, I'm just there for fun. EDIT: Actually, it's Street Prepared because of the Mustang rear end. I was wearing out stock rear ends (3.70 ratio), and the Nissan dealer said new ring & pinion sets were no longer available for my car. I thought using a Ford 7.5" rear w/ 3.73 ratio fit the spirit of the Street Prepared update/backdate allowances. This happened back when I was racing with the SCCA in El Paso. I think they agreed with what I was doing, and when I showed up in FSP with that rear end one day, nobody protested. I'd go for Street Touring (STC), but that category doesn't have the same update/backdate allowances. |
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Post by DAN on May 3, 2012 19:35:52 GMT -6
easy answer is to redrill a new hole up top for the strut, then take some plate steel and reinforce it. might as well graft an adjustable camber plate in while your at it. it could be done on the cheap maybe 20 bucks in steel. on another note just got the miata realigned today and the numbers are zero toe front and rear. (LF -2.6 CAMBER 7.0 CASTER) (RF -2.2 CAMBER 6.0 CASTER) (LR -3.5 CAMBER) (RR -3.8 CAMBER) and that is as far to the max as I can get it Mna you gotta love miatas. I know it should be even side to side, but i think i will just have more grip turning one way. thats fine with me......
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Post by bluevo210 on May 15, 2012 20:35:54 GMT -6
I'm more interested in whether I could install a camber plate without cutting up my car.
For example, Ground Control has camber plates for different Datsuns, including the Datsun 510. What are the chances a camber plate for a 510 will bolt into a 210?
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