- 1. Re: Camber Compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Ruffner <jpr9c@cs.virginia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:10:10 -0500 (EST)
- Joe's comments on body roll have prompted a question from me...I have a '79 - body now off of the frame - and I'm contemplating the suspension changes I'll be making. Body roll is my number one targe
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- 2. Re: Camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Mayer49@netscape.net
- Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 01:18:11 -0500
- Thanks for the advice. I already have the 7/8 anti-roll bar, and i want to install urethane bushuings at some point too. I will have to try out the Swing spring idea next season. Thanks again, Dave '
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- 3. Re: Camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:48:46 -0700
- Gary, If you are going to be autocrossing, the Swing spring is not as effective as the camber compensator. It offers up too much body roll compared to the fixed spring. I have also found that with th
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- 4. RE: Camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Mayer49@netscape.net
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 22:00:26 -0500
- So what you are saying is that if i want to do a little AutoX with my MKIII, a Camber Compensator is a definite must? I was thinking about getting one but i haven't really gotten that far yet. Dave C
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- 5. camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: david <engstrom@tstonramp.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:00:41 -0700
- How does this camber compensator I keep hearing about work? What does it consist of? Anyone have a picture of it or a schematic representation? How well does it work? Better in combination with a swi
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00950.html (7,617 bytes)
- 6. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:46:16 -0700
- There is a description on the URL: http://home1.gte.net/spitlist/cambercompensator.htm But in short, the function is to prevent (or restrict) the tendency of the inside rear wheel to tuck under in a
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00955.html (9,263 bytes)
- 7. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 07:32:31 -0600
- Joe- wouldn't the application of a rear anti-sway bar accomplish the same thing on a swing spring? We put an addco bar on the rear of our racer this winter, and it has greatly improved the balance of
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00974.html (10,624 bytes)
- 8. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 07:52:49 -0700 (PDT)
- i found this to be the case with my rear sway bar (it isn't an addco, however). i noticed that it is easier to slide the rear end out, and it's a lot more controllable (sp?) when it does. == nikolai
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- 9. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:03:57 -0500
- I don't have a rear sway bar. I noticed a post where someone had made their own. I sure would like to be able to do this, I have access to stainless and a bender but I don't know the dimensions. If a
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00981.html (12,167 bytes)
- 10. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:48:17 -0700
- I guess it depends on a number of things. I have not seen how the anti sway bar is mounted, so I don't know the dynamics of it. I spoke to someone who said he has one (don't know if it is addco) and
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00987.html (12,027 bytes)
- 11. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:23:57 -0600
- Joe- The Addco bar has a standar swaybar type u-bracket whichwraps around the lower bar of the vertical link (where the shock mounts). It's then bolted to the eye on the end of the bar (i.e. the eye
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00991.html (13,831 bytes)
- 12. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:29:12 -0400
- I don't know if stainless steel would be good for this as stainless is no where near as strong as plain old regular steel. I don't think it has the tensile strength. $.02 worth Patrick Bowen I don't
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- 13. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:05:53 -0700
- Independent suspension can give a smooth straight ahead ride. But swaybars make for better cornering. Sway bars also couple the two sides thus making it no longer independent. But that is the trade o
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- 14. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:19:05 -0700 (PDT)
- that's not really true. it can be to a certain extant, but there are different grades of stainless the same as there are different grades of plain carbon steel. there is a manufacturer of leaf spring
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00998.html (15,033 bytes)
- 15. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "wizardz" <wizardz@maxinter.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:41:27 -0400
- The sway bar has very little to do with the smoothnes of a ride in a straight Just like a Honda... (extremely smooth over bumps) the true smoothness to the ride it more reliant on the wieght of the v
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- 16. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:09:22 -0700
- Peter, Good point! I think with the way that the rear sway bar is attached, it not only makes for a bumpier ride but puts added stress on the suspension components. With no lower wishbone the axle it
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- 17. Re: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:19:57 -0700
- I disagree. On most cars that have dual wishbone suspension, perhaps but not on the Spitfire. Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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