highlandwrx

Has anyone done this before?: chamfered out the top shocker bolt hole slightly to allow the top of the wheels to sit in slightly. ive been told that this will improve the handiling and stop the wheels rubbing asm the car is decked.

any ideas lads?

CrisPDuk

Chamfering the bolt holes will have **** all effect, slotting them however will indeed permit the variation you are after

Increasing the camber by a moderate amount will improve the grip available at the rear end under extreme cornering. Whether it would improve the handling is a matter open to debate, unless you increase the grip available at the front of the car by a commensurate amount, all you will do is create a situation whereby the front of the car breaks traction before the rear, thus increasing it's tendency to understeer.
This technique was in fact employed back in the '80s by the builders of GpA RS500s (which had terrible rear suspension from a racing perspective), to give the cars a fighting chance of getting round corners under power without losing all traction at the rear

It will give you more clearance between tyre and arch under compression (or when stupidly low springs are fited), but there will only be a finite amount of movement available before the inside of the tyre rubs on the strut.

Be aware too that altering the car's geometry in this way will also increase it's tendency to wear the inside edges of the rear tyres

highlandwrx

good bit of info there, thanks mate.

T5OLF

iTrader: (4)

Jesus! if your going do it do it right! buy a set of 4 camber bolts(50 quid) do a search on here for the correct settings for road use or whatever you use the car for and get it set up at a garage with the right gear.

911

Dead right.