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Old 04-24-2012, 08:21 AM
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So I know if you through roll center adjusters on the car it lowers the control arm and therefor the shock essentially mounts lower. If you did this on totally stock suspension what would happen? Say I just want a little lowering but nothing else? Or if I wanted to combine them with a lowering spring so that I wasn't on totally bottomed out stock shocks. Is it possible?
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Roll center adjusters would lower a stock car keeping the same usable travel at the damper as it would be without roll centers.
You might have issues with wheel clearance in the front, the rear shouldn't have any issues.

You'd also gain a slight bit more dynamic camber, I don't think static camber gain would be measurable though.
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I may be thinking this incorrectly but if you lower the car you throw your roll center off and increase body roll, but if add the roll centers without dropping the car with springs you will move your roll center up and throw off the cars balance? not sure if that makes sense
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But roll center adjusters also lower the car because of the way they move the lower control arm down. If you through them on a totally stock s2000 it would sit lower than stock.
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only the front goes lower. So the car will slope.
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Rear RCAs should do the exact same thing. They just aren't as common because it's not a simple install and not nearly as many people running them.
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Originally Posted by JDM Junkyard
only the front goes lower. So the car will slope.
Assuming the front is done but if he does F&R RCA's then he'll lower both.
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I did this before on my street car. And my crew chief still has stock suspension running roll center to lower the car.
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