It depends which tyres you run. If you run Hoosier Street TDs, then about
0.5 - 1 degree of neg camber is optimal with a lowered stiffer sprite.
If you run A008RS then 5 is close to optimal.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Williams <redfish@premier.net>
To: Haynes, Mark <mhaynes@ball.com>
Cc: 'spridgets@autox.team.net' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 1999 5:22
Subject: Re: offset bushings
>Mark,
>I run the offset top bushings on my car with the 520 lb. springs and it
handles
>great. I was advised against the lower offset bushings by Rob at Winners
Circle.
>He said you can get "real messed up" with the lower offset bushings. I
guess it
>must be hard to get them all in the same alignment. With the top offset
bushings
>and the car lowered 2" with the springs I get about 3 deg. of neg. camber.
I
>think you can get 5 to 6 deg. with the lower offset bushings. I also
replaced
>the lower bushings with the nylon bushings; it was not too hard since I had
the
>whole suspension apart anyway to put the springs in.
>Rick Williams
>66 Sprite
>
>
>Haynes, Mark wrote:
>
>> Do any of you racers have any experience with offset upper (trunnion),
lower
>> (A-Arm), or both bushings- My MKII will be running against 1275's, and
I'll
>> need all of the handling help I can get . will use of both give too much
>> negative camber??-replacing the lowers is a time consuming chore, so
putting
>> them in & taking them out just to find out if it works is kind of out of
the
>> question. (O.K. I'm lazy) but my vintage race group doesn't allow(and
>> rightly so) body mods.I"ll be running 520# front springs, and racing
rears,
>> so suspension travel should be minimal.-any advice before I get it
together
>> would be helpful-thanks
>> Mark Haynes
>> '62 MKII in Many pieces
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