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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 06:42 PM
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Why shouldnt a stick car run reloc brackets in the lowest hole. How does this affect 60' time both positive and negative. My suspension mods consists of Hals single adjustables up front (90/10) strange in the rears, rod ended panhardrod bar, rod end lca, sphon tranny mount tq arm with -2* in it, DD subframes, sphon 25mm sway bar and !front sway bar
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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I hope Madman will answer this one.

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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 02:24 AM
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I do.

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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 12:39 PM
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I'm also curious about this.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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I run mine in the bottom and seem to do pretty good in a 60'.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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When you run the lowest hole you are bringing the arm below level with the car. This provides better geometry offerring more leverage in weight transfer to the rear of the car. I do not see a downfall unless you have too good of weight transfer and are dragging your bumper in which case you can just change the pinion angle closer to zero or bring the arms up one hole.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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I want to know as well!!
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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I guess my word is ****.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BADSZ28
I guess my word is ****.
Unless your car is lower than stock the geometry has to be all to heck. A few years ago I installed relocation brackets on one of my stockers and anything but the top hole made the car really inconsistent. What you are doing must be putting a heavy load against the torque arm.


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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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hmm im really curious. i had the brackets in the lowest setting on my car w/ the 10 bolt but with the dana they wouldnt line up (holes were too far back) so i had to take them off. was going to get them welded in but not sure if i should now. wont this also change the pinion angle?
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If it hits the tires real hard then unloads i'd "GUESS" that you need your instant center farther forward which is what you are doing by puttin the lower control arms in the top hole instead of the bottom hole. Supposedly this won't hit the tires as hard but will keep the weight on the rear tires more consistantly while starting to move. Now, if it spins real bad off the line you may not be hitting the tires hard enough and may need to re-locate the lower control arms from the top hole to the bottom hole.
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The position of the hole horizontally will only affect rear position front and back. The Moser housing LCA brackets are pitched back slightly compared to stock and would make the LCA relocation brackets pitch back even more. So you need to set the LCAs in stock location (with LCA brackets loose) then put the car on the ground. Now one side at a time un bolt the LCA and lower it down and pull the bracket forward while bolted in the upper whole till you can bolt in the LCA to the bracket and then weld it in place and repeat for opposite side. This will insure the rear is centered under the car no matter what hole the LCA is in.
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Originally Posted by BADSZ28
The position of the hole horizontally will only affect rear position front and back. The Moser housing LCA brackets are pitched back slightly compared to stock and would make the LCA relocation brackets pitch back even more. So you need to set the LCAs in stock location (with LCA brackets loose) then put the car on the ground. Now one side at a time un bolt the LCA and lower it down and pull the bracket forward while bolted in the upper whole till you can bolt in the LCA to the bracket and then weld it in place and repeat for opposite side. This will insure the rear is centered under the car no matter what hole the LCA is in.
u lost me. the bolt in brackets still wont work on a starnge rear will they?
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Old Jun 14, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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No. You have to cut off the shock mounting part and they will though. You will need to weld them though. Well this is true for Moser at least. No experience with Strange here. But I am guessing the same would be true.
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