[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

couple more ive been sent...

 

 

and my new screen background

 

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

yes lock limits.

 

 

 

greater the wheels can turn before hitting the steering locks, means the greater the angle, and less chance of spinning

 

I just spoke to Rich "he's as sharp as a pin isn't he!" conclusion is.....

 

1: ARB's = good

2: Geo = good

3: Coil ratio = pants

4: Lock angle = pants

5: Ackermann = ?

 

The only tools available i:e current suspension all i can work on is the lock angle, positive Ackermann is out of reach for the IS and the coil ratio is up to you.

 

Personally i would explore the lock angle then if unsussesful work the coil ratio?

 

coil ratio i can sort, just need to find, coil unsprung length, compressed length(what it is currently compressed at) coil I/D, coil O/D and Kg/mm

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

yes lock limits.

 

 

 

greater the wheels can turn before hitting the steering locks, means the greater the angle, and less chance of spinning

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

tony if you look at Phil Morrisons car here you can see it is much flatter on the transition

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

 

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

You need those C-One quick steering knuckle thingtmagigs..............

 

but they dont give more angle, do they?

 

they only change the amount of turns lock to lock

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

the issue with lock angle was brought to the fore, in that the car wanted to atain more angle, but lock was cut short by the stops, meaning at lock point the rear was trying to overtake the front, meaning, backing of on power to bring the car back within steering angle.

 

regards the front being to soft, this is the feedback from Rich, and his spotters in the crowd, i have a stiffer Cusco anti roll bar we can try on the front, before looking at upping the Kg/mm of the front springs

 

i will get Rich to do a detailed write up ....and his feedback

 

studying the pics.......

 

i see what your saying about saturation, the problem we have is it is a static image, the weight transfer is what was mostly commented on by Rich, and that is where he says the car feels soft on the front, maybe the progressive nature of the spring is fine, under constant load, but not on the transition and sudden load, unload.

 

a higher kg/mm progressive spring should solve the issue

[British Drift Championship and British Open Event]

23rd August @ Llandow was the final of the British Drift Championship

 

 

 

24th August @ Llandow was the British Drift Open

 

 

 

 

 

the car broke one of the diff output shafts on the sunday.....which made the car 1 wheel drive

[Horror of the week 22/08/08]

it looks a bit like a Volk CE-28n...and if it was i t is magnesium alloy

 

but it could just be a wheel very similar, ....the center bolt holes look slightly different

[Swapping front hub assemblies]

well on intial thought, it should work, however you have to consider that the design of the hub is not a mirror of itself, in that the bottom ball joint casting is not always totally central to the centre line of the hub, and the shock tube mounting, again isnt always central (King Pin Inclination)

 

so

 

assuming the bottom ball joint and shock tube mounts are central in the design of the hub assembly i recon you could do it

[spherical bearings and rod-ends]

boo...empty your Pm box

[Mat, your wheels are on.....]

i have another set...still boxed......

[Mat, your wheels are on.....]

ive not had TE37s on the car for a few years now, or do you mean the Rotas

[Mat, your wheels are on.....]

they are indeed rare....

 

ive seen more Hens teeth

[Mat, your wheels are on.....]

super dooper, they look nice wheels

 

ill just have to find a matching set for the front now...............asif thats going to be easy

[horror of the week 11/08/08]

im sorry, but i would be seriously considering getting a lawyer involved...that is utterly shocking

[Mat, your wheels are on.....]

wow, cheers, look quite a normal offset on there really, dont sit out as far as the other wheels

 

what size tyre is that? 225,40-18, or is the car sitting high at the back....seems alot of arch clearance there

 

maybe i should have run a 235,40-18

 

 

or look for a spacer

[Brands Time Attack images]

what was the problem Barry

[My Swap V8 into IS200]

will be interesting to see how you go with the box from the ls400

 

i was considering dropping the lexus v8 and autobox into the hilux....

[Team Green's Drift dressed and calibrated]

Thanks Tony......

[Alloy Wheel Straightening]

you have to remember aswell that TSW (yokohama) sell wheels all over the world, and some markets do not get every model

[spherical bearings and rod-ends]

those are the arms as developed and used on my car

[spherical bearings and rod-ends]

well im now in germany mate so can get the bits for you if you want, when i was in the UK i used several companies for the bearings and for rods aswell.

 

drop me a pm and i will sort something out for you

 

regards your test arm ....do you have enough wheel clearance

 

i have found a few places in japan that sell the arms i can look into getting those aswell, but there pretty expensive

[Mat, your wheels]

some truth, some brands are worse than others.....

[Mat, your wheels]

some tyres de-laminate quicker than others ,and its been found running the tyres backwards prevents de-lamination