Track width alignment

[Salt Racer]

Actually, I'll be using JP IFS for my Nova and I didn't do any development on the car so to speak, so I can't comment much on the stock-based suspension.



But I punched in pickup point locations of G-mod'ed 1st gen suspension provided by David in WinGeo a while ago, and it actually looks pretty good save for bumpsteer curve. But I'm guessing you'll need some kind of drop spindles if you want to lower the car. I know mine was f'ed up, with subframe at 4" off the ground.

IIRC, the front outside sidewall-to-sidewall on my Nova measured about 69ish, while rear measured 70ish. 245s BFG Comp T/As (do they still make these tires?) measured 9-11/16", and 275s measured 11-3/16". So front track was like 0.5" wider than rear. I'm sure yours will end up about the same.

IF I were to modify stock IFS, I'd get a pair of custom drop spindles from SCP (since now I know they can make spindles with LBJ much lower than spindle pin), and build longer arms and use rims with more BS. Longer arms, better. Less scrub radius, better. The only down side is decrease in installation ratio.

But this obviously is not an option if you're set on VWW wheels. You could make something like Wilwood hubs (hub face is 3/8~1/2" closer to king pin axis), and make 1/2" longer arms, but that wouldn't be worth the effort.

Can you get 8.5" rims instead of 8", possibly with slightly more positive offset? (like 5.25" BS). That will helps reduce scrub radius, and wider rims make the tires work better.