I'm not sure whether or not this has been mentioned, however cutting off the
existing shock arm and threading it for an adjustable heim joint is not the
kind of safety and security that I would be looking for my street car, much
less my race car. I would consider this modification to be an totaled car
waiting to happen. If you are looking to get more camber than the offset
bushings allow, the appropriate way is to shorten the shock arm and use the
offset bushings to do fine adjustments. There are also alloy trunnion arms
made that induce 1.5 degrees of negative camber, a cheaper way is to heat
and bend the existing arm to shorten it (this takes care and skill to ensure
that you don't weaken the arm, contact Jon Stamps Racing and they will do it
right). You could also machine a new arm from billet to be on the safe side
and get whatever camber you want. Another way is to stick a plate under the
shock itself which effectively reduces the arm arc, however it will also
raise roll center and slightly affect suspension geometry, if your car is
very stiff raising the roll center will not make much of a difference its
handling...
Jackson Zimmermann
jzimmerm@albemarle.org
'64 A-H Sprite
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