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Old 03-25-2010, 06:24 PM
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Re: STi brakes, the brute force way!

Just a minor update... if anyone was planning on building an adapter based on the posted plans... hold off a bit. I'm pretty sure the current position of the ball-joint will result in way too much negative camber due to a difference in length of the strut mounting arms on the two knuckles.

The good news is that it appears that the ball-joint taper is a standard 2in/ft taper (or 9.56 degrees) and I can get a reamer tool for it... they're just around $100 ... but that's still cheaper than an hour of labor at the machine shop and then I'll be able to make several adapters if I end up with an issue (like too much negative camber as described above).
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