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Originally Posted by Hocrest
Am I understanding this correctly? Are you trying to increase the distance between the hub assembly and the contol arm?? Or are you trying to get the ball itself further from the hub assembly??
Why not just mount the ball joint on top of the control arm, rather than under? Without measuring, I guess that would drop the arm about 1/2" to 3/4".
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The ball joint need to be located closer to the ground. It has to be the ball joint because this is the lower-outer pivot point of the suspension. Lowering the ball joint changes the slope of the line between the ball joint and the inner control arm mount which in turn raises the roll center and reduces the roll couple. This is apparently a very common mod on MacPherson strut cars used for racing. If you get a chance, pick up the Aug, 2005 issue of Sport Compact Car. Lots of good pictures.
It seems to me that this mod will also allow for more camber compensation when the car leans.
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Last edited by mbtoloczko; 06-24-2005 at 04:01 PM.
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