Front Castor Mounts

[Fen]

ORIGINAL: slim_boy_fat

Well thats the deed done, ARBs bushes, castor mounts, bolts, washers, nuts bought.

It dont half mount up!!!!!

Looking forward to fitting them over Christmas.

If you got them from Adrian then I'm afraid "Curry Couriers (we give a whole new meaning to 'hot-shot')" is closed for the holidays []

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: Fen

ORIGINAL: slim_boy_fat

Well thats the deed done, ARBs bushes, castor mounts, bolts, washers, nuts bought.

It dont half mount up!!!!!

Looking forward to fitting them over Christmas.

If you got them from Adrian then I'm afraid "Curry Couriers (we give a whole new meaning to 'hot-shot')" is closed for the holidays []

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Whats up with your email it broke?

He said it would come in on Thrusday and he might be able to get it up Friday, but its much more likely to be Wed the 29th.
Im am not in that much of a hurry, would be good to get them over the hols so i can try and get them fitted.

 

[Fen]

I have your mail - I'll try to reply this afternoon. Been just a little bit busy at work. 7am Monday to 05:45 Tuesday for example.

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: Fen

I have your mail - I'll try to reply this afternoon. Been just a little bit busy at work. 7am Monday to 05:45 Tuesday for example.

Ah but you have time to post on here, i get i know where the priorities lie. No problem you take you time, not like i hant anything else to do..... [8D]

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: lali

Mine go in at the begininning of the year, in time for Bedford in Feb!

What date in Bedford and who with Lali? ( how much also? [] )

 

[lali]

5th Feb open pit lane on the Gt circuit with Easytrack for the princly sum of £129

http://www.easytrack.co.uk/events/allevents.asp

 

[Andy Duncan]

Guys,
I'm still reading up on this stuff but do the OPC people actually call these parts castor mounts! The mounts are for the suspoension A Arm (wishbone), which happens to have an eccentric fixing.

I suggest fixing will affect Camber and Toe significant more than Castor (if any). For race applications, extreme adjustment of this fixing (along with a decrease in ride height) will give 3 - 3.5 deg of -ve camber.

The 944 gives a significant range of suspension geometry adjustment, the downside is that it is therefore prudent to have it checked frequently, preferably when the tyres are new, because 944 and 911's do go out of adjustment and a correctly set up car will run surprisingly well!!
andy

 

[944Turbo]

Yes I believe so, the camber is adjusted by the eccentric on the strut, the toe by the steering arms, and whilst the castor mount will affect the others it is the only place to adjust the castor.
Tony

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: racerhead

.......but do the OPC people actually call these parts castor mounts

Actually no [&:] my invoice lists them as 'rear mount', presumably because it is the rear mount for the A-Arm (wishbone). It's amazing how we have so many names for the same thing [8|]

 

[Andy Duncan]

I'll be fiddling with the suspension soon.

You get camber from both the strut and the rear mount. The strut gives fine adjustment, the rear mount gives significantly more.

In general like most suspension systems if you adjust one parameter it upsets/changes many others. So the set up process is iterative and thus time consuming.

I'll be happy to report on my experience in the next couple of months as I prepare my car to race in the PCGB club championships. Currently its a toss up between buying an existing racecar or preparing my existing 944S2, decision soon!!

Suspension spec and set up is currently under investigation.

andy