Hey D & M Pozzi

[David Pozzi]

Yes, we were first changing springs to raise the rear a bit. Then while the rear end was out I checked it over. I had added a bit of neg camber, but didn't have the setup bushings coming off the carrier bearing saddles to base measurements off of. I now have those made with an 1 1/4" bar that runs through them to check the housing for straightness. I had too much neg camber in the RH side, plus found I had forgotten to torque the ring gear bolts! A few were tight but not up to torque and some were just finger tight! It's amazing the car ran so many miles without damage!



What happened was when I'd tried to torque the ring gear bolts I found that my torque wrench didn't work in reverse, (left hand threads) - while looking for another torque wrench I got side tracked with something else, I guess I forgot about the whole thing when I got back to working on it, and just went ahead and assembled it thinking it was torqued.

We also found the plastic axle vent was getting cooked and coming loose which caused an oil leak. I tapped the hole for a hose barb fitting. I also tapped the aluminum cover for a temp sender.

On the tires, we run 285/17's on the street on the rear. The track tires are 275's because they didn't have the next size larger. Now they have a 295 for the rear, but we aren't sure they will fit, the taller rear springs should help. We also want to go from 245's to 275's on the front.
I'm pretty sure we will be out of balance front to rear. GW says we won't need a rear anti roll bar. We had one before, so there will be some tuning needed to balance oversteer/understeer, plus what the tire change will do.
David