tubular upper control arms???????
When I rebuilt the front end of my 69 Dart that had sat outside for 27 years, I discovered the upper control arms were rusted beyond use. Since it is to be a race car only, I purchased a set of tubular units from Mancini. I've bought stuff from them since the 70's and have been treated well BUT...the directions were limited. Directions say to place 4 flat washers in front and 4 in the rear of each heim end to take up space and to make them equal. Problem is that the space is different from the front to the back so I put the same on the left front as on the right front and the rear ones as well.
But that's not my biggest problem! The arms are supposed to achieve 5-7 degrees of positive caster by using a combination of turns on each heim end and the cam bolts. Where should I start turn-wise on each end to get my desired specs? If I guess wrong, that means multiple trips to the alignment rack and maybe even having to yank the torsion bars (again) to get the arms out easily.
I run 6 degrees of positive caster and 0 degrees of camber with an 1/8 inch toe-in. With this setting and the stock arms I could take my hands off the wheel @ 120 and it was on rails, both on and off the gas.
Can I get a lil Mopar help please?