For those of you who have followed this link from facebook, I've got a bit of a summary of what I'm talking about below.
I've come up with an adaptor which will allow fitment of AU upper control arms to E-series stub axles, and trialed it on Gloria (my and *Shufflin*s Turbo EB) for a little while now - seems to be working beautifully.
The purpose of fitting AU upper control arms to your E-series is to gain castor. More caster is good for several reasons. Because caster gives dynamic camber, or 'camber gain' (when you turn the steering wheel you get more camber than you have at straight ahead) You can either choose to run less (or zero) static camber to try and reduce uneven tyre wear while retaining current cornering abilities, or run your current static camber for much much more dynamic camber on turns, giving more grip.
You also get better straight line stability (the car should feel more relaxed on the freeway) so even if you don't thrash your car it should 'feel' better to drive.
More caster is also great for drifting, as it gives the outside front wheel a better contact patch on the road. More contact = more grip, and the extra self centering effect that caster gives makes the car easier to control.
It also seems that AUs already have quite long bolts that go through the chassis so you shouldn't need a camber kit for the AU arms, whether you want to run spastic camber and caster or near stock levels.
Standard caster:
Standard camber gain on full lock:
AU upper arm caster:
AU upper arm camber gain:
Pic of what you're getting:
Pricing gets you 2 adaptors (ie, enough to do one car). You only get the adaptors, you have to source AU upper arms (cheap from the wreckers!) and fit them yourself.
Pricing as follows:
10 sets (ie, enough adaptors for 10 cars) = $100/set -This includes postage! or ($91 if you pick up in Brisbane)
25 sets = $80/set plus $9 postage (no postage for pick up in Brisbane)
50 sets = $70/set plus $9 postage (no postage for pick up in Brisbane)
Old threads regarding these adaptors can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=26466
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=569&start=2000
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=26367
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=26125
And the current group buy is here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&p=509600#p509600
I already have 6 people who want a set, hopefully we can get even 10, because the price for individual sets is quite a lot. I'd like to close the group buy on the 31st of September, so get in on it!
If you're interested, PM me on this forum or on facebook
