...so I did a long search on several sub-forums here

I want to get the RCAs from J's for Rear and Front.
However the Fronts, called camber links by J's have another effect /functionality ->increased camber.
There are 2 versions in fact: L1 (2

 

[QUOTE=McHeizer,May 10 2008, 04:41 AM]...so I did a long search on several sub-forums here

 

thanks, but I'm afraid you didn't get my question.
currently I have 1.5

 

[QUOTE=McHeizer,May 10 2008, 04:02 PM] thanks, but I'm afraid you didn't get my question.
currently I have 1.5

 

hehe.
ok, I'm after the same amount of camber as right now (1.5 that is)
with the addition of the adjusted roll center!
i.e. a larger distance of the knuckle mounting point to the lower a-arm (basically the RCA function istself)
Got it?

On a lowered car the roll-center changes from original spec. To get that back to the original spec J's made these RCAs for rear and front.
However the front-ones automatically give you more camber in addition.
Reason for that is b/c most people installing RCAs track their car. Thus the need for increased camber.

 

Hey deutchlander! I'm not positive since I have an AP2, but you just crank the stock spec to maximum positive camber, reversing the negative camber effect of the part. (But frankly I'm not sure a drop will benefit the handling unless you are just tracking the car-even with your roads.)

 

Thanks for your input!
That were my thoughts too:
turn the camber settings into positive >in combination witht the J's part I should get 1.5 degree out of it.

oh btw:
The OEM ride is pretty well balanced, true.
However the lower CG still helps the handling. I've had it lowered for 4 years now. At first only springs, later with coil-overs.
And the back-country roads aren't good at all, neither is the Nuerburgring!

 

Pretty much the same as me; We lowered the car in '05, with just springs, thinking that we'd have much to do to get a lowered car to handle properly; Turned out to be much easier than expected, and the lowered CG does help grip, while the stiffer springs apparently offset the additional roll couple (due to the lowered roll center). I've been very surprised and pleased with the ease of tweaking this car's handling.

 

basically I agree with you. >quite surprising how well the lowering works on that car, without sacrificing much (with little to no other mods)

However I still like to test new things, especially on suspension techniques.
And that is currently adjusting the roll-center...let's see!

 

I'm so obsessive about measuring things that I should probably list T&M as one of my hobbies.

I also get a lot of pleasure from the process of analyzing and selecting mods for the car, and trying to guesstimate what kind of changes we'll see in the measurements afterwards. LOL, I *always* under estimate the benefits of a mod, and almost always over estimate the downsides.

Raising the roll center should be a pretty sweet mod, and I'm eager to see how it works out for you; It's something I thought we would be forced to do to the car to get it to handle decently after the drop, and I'm still interested, even though the car handles so well right now that I'm reluctant to change *anything*.

What kind of measurements will you be making?
Keep us posted.