[DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Castor

[Julian Kift]

I did the mod as practiced by Johnny Woods, separating the two halves, using a press to straighten one half and welding back together. Then fabricating a spacer of 3/4", so the ball joint moves back that amount. Not to take anything away from Johnny's skills but I found it a fairly easy task. I also incorporated a fixed camber lock into the design as Johnny had done.

 

See his post and photo's here at the PI forum...

 

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums?a=displayalbum&topic_oid=9830021654&f=1510042044&x_view=slideshow&x_startwith=1

 

This guy did something similar with a new piece of channel as opposed to straightening the existing one.

 

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1510042044/m/2320074385?r=2320074385#2320074385

 

I have not physically measured caster, but I estimated on paper 5.5 degrees from the arc the 3/4" ball joint shift made about the spindle, then probably another degree from offset bushings.

 

Julian



Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:22:51 -0800
From: kenn_green at yahoo.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Castor
To: wdemelo at cogeco.ca; detomaso at realbig.com; julian_kift at hotmail.com






Julian,
 
   Which a-arm mod did you do?
 
   How much total caster total did you get?
 
Ken

--- On Tue, 3/9/10, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Castor
To: wdemelo at cogeco.ca, kenn_green at yahoo.com, "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 2:04 PM




I did the a-arm modification and offset bushings on my GT5 and it was like night and day to drive. I did both together so cannot confrim the incremental impact of each one.
 
Julian
 
> From: wdemelo at cogeco.ca
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:57:40 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Castor
> 
> Not enough castor for a widebody from what many have told me.
> I currently have my A-arms out to Johnny Woods for the modification.
> Will
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:25 PM
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings 
> toIncrease Castor
> 
> > He says they add 1 1/2 to 2 deg.
> >
> > Ken
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