Winter updates

[fastford]

Are you are talking the California victory circle? if so that is the part I'm talking about getting them in the wrong spot and changing the handling of the cars. Many converted the V/C cars back to front strut because the way they were mounted caused caster and anti dive lose on RF dive.

do you think they turned the strut back without correcting the cross member? i would think all that has to work together.

[billetbirdcage]

do you think they turned the strut back without correcting the cross member? i would think all that has to work together.

The strut location was in the wrong place on the V/C's, it was mounted to the main frame rail which is too far outboard compared to the lower control arm mount so it made the lower ball joint move backwards under compression and lost caster.

It's no different then mounting the upper arm not square with the frame, like many modified's are. Not being square makes the ball joint move front to back or vice versa on the car.

[racer2e]

The victory circle cars with the struts to the back were designed this way on purpose. The rear strut mount was outboard of the lower control arm mount. Think of a Chevelle clip, but not that much. He wanted the castor loss/ pro dive in roll. Lots of guys did not like it. The later front end was more popular, but it was more than the just the strut rods, it had taller spindles.