Increase G-body track width/decrease scrub?

[Norm Peterson]

I was right - it wasn't here. Wouldn't count for much as a 'Project Updates' build thread anyway, so maybe it should be called a 'build post' instead?

Chassis
Original F41 car with the braces
Extra nonstandard front crossmember
88A poly body bushings in most locations
Springs - Moog #5660 front (~640 lb/in), #5413 rear (~165 lb/in), not trimmed
Shocks - Bilstein HD, S10 front, G-body rear (IIRC)
Sta-bar, front - 32mm front, poly chassis bracket bushings, poly endlinks (the poly endlink bushings have been modified)
Sta-bar, rear - 22 mm
Control arm bushings, front lower - poly with the LCA bushings trimmed back just shorter than inner sleeve length
Control arm bushings, front upper - poly, unmodified, and they have squeaked since day 1
Control arm bushings, rear lower - poly, modified similar to the front lowers (and then some more)
Control arm bushings, rear upper - OE
Wheels - 15 x 8.5 x -13mm offset on all four corners, some trimming and other clearancing was required

Tires - currently mismatched SZ50 and g-Force Sports in 225/60-15. Nobody makes a street 245/50-15 any more. I cut down one of the SZ50's shortly after they went out of production and had to settle for the BFG's as being the best of the bad lot that remained (if this sounds a little like a rant, that's probably what it is )

Alignment - my own specs
. . . . . Street -0.7° camber, +3° caster
. . . . Auto-X -2.5° camber, +3° caster
If I was going to use just one of those settings for everything, I would set toe at 1/32" in for street and start at 1/8" or so out and experiment if I was going to completely dedicate the car for auto-X and trailer it to events.

Powertrain
355 w/Accel SuperRam, headers, own-design exhaust system, Tremec 3550, 3.73's, Auburn Pro Series diff, still 26 spline axles.

Body
Tunnel mods to suit the Tremec
A few patches - sills, lower rear quarters, floor, etc.

Paint
Mostly the original color scheme with the sills and pinchwelds blacked out and the original redline striping is all I'm going to say about it.

Other
Trunk-mounted battery
Cloth bucket seats from 1987 Nissan Maxima
Lightweight carpeting
Aftermarket tach and electronic speedometer installed in original locations


There really isn't a whole lot that isn't bolt-on at this point.

Norm

[monteboy84]

Thanks, sounds like a fun car.