[DeTomaso] Camber locks? degrees of camber per rotation
Larry Stock
larrys at panteraparts.com
Mon Mar 5 16:16:28 EST 2018
No Re-pops here at Pantera Pats Connection. We got a pallet full of ball
joints and Tie Rod ends from the original OEM manufacture in Italy a few
months ago, just 85 bucks each for the Ball Joints $37.50 for an original
tie rod end. Larry
On 3/5/18, 12:40 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> Tiny changes in camber like tenths of a degree will get lost in the
> noise and depends on you pulling the stud further into the tapered
> hole. Not all cars will likely get the same amount of change. But if
> you convert to '68-'83 Chrysler-type screw-in upper ball joints from
> Howe or Coleman Racing (both dirt track specialists), their take-apart
> ball joints can be had with optional stud lengths. Sprint cars
> routinely tune their suspensions with different ball joint stud
> lengths- not for camber changes but to alter the front moment centers
> for improved cornering. They are also infinitely rebuildable, can be
> changed at the track because they screw into a receptical so are not
> pressed in, and are low friction.
> All the info on converting a Pantera suspension to use those ball
> joints is in a POCA Newsletter article April 2008. Mine have been in
> our '72's suspension front & rear, upper & lower since then with no
> trouble. I used all upper Chrysler-type aftermarket ball joints -NOT
> made by MOPAR.
> The article was originally written due to the extreme cost of OEM
> Pantera ball joints at the time, but it turns out these popular
> Chrysler-type racing ball joints are also tune-able for pro racing.
> Nowadays, thanks to Steve Wilkinson repopping the stockers, the price
> for OEMs has dropped markedly and per the article, the Chrysler
> conversion requires some precision machining to install in a Pantera.
> J DeRyke
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph F. Byrd, Jr. <byrdjf at embarqmail.com>
> To: 'Ken Green' <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
> Cc: 'List DeTomaso Forum' <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2018 11:03 am
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks? degrees of camber per rotation
> Most times people could care less when I get out the slide rule, But
> since you ASKED.
> I don't know the thread so for example I chose a 0.1" change
> To my eye, it seems the amount of change for each camber or castor
> would result in their same change of angle.
> Given I am not "automotive" experienced and my comprehension is waning,
> if I am in error, PLEASE critique. It won't hurt my feelings
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [[1]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
> Behalf Of Ken Green via DeTomaso
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 11:50 AM
> To: Chuck and Linda Huber; 'Larry Stock'; [2]jderyke at aol.com;
> [3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks? degrees of camber per rotation
> Probably easy to figure out based on the separation of the ball joints
> and threads per inch, but has anyone already done the math as a sanity
> check?
> Ken
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