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12-18-2003 01:38 PM #19
I have the same set up on my 27 T except I'm using a vega cross-steer. I wanted to point out that my steering dampener ( that thing that looks like a screen door regulator) is mounted on the drag link and connects to the lower bar on my radious rods on the passenger side. The idea is to connect the drag link to the axle. Unfortunatly, you can't do that because of the drag link set up you have. I don't think mounting the dampener to the tie-rod and axle helps prevent the kick-back you feel at the steering wheel. Also.. a big priority should be installing shocks on the front. I'm using the friction shocks mentioned before. They're mounted at the front corners of the frame(under the headlites) and bolted to the top bolts of my 4-bar radious rods. You might not be able to connect them there because of the type of "bat-wings" you have, so you'll probable have to weld brackets on the axle. Also...You definitly need more positive caster! You'll have to loosen the adj. nuts on the radious rods, remove the bolts, and either shorten the top rods or lenghten the bottom ones to tilt the axle back. Then you get into the routine of "trial and error". I would take it back at least 5 degrees and test drive the car. Repeat the proccess till it starts to feel right. Hot Rods, being what they are, are all different and there's no universal formula for setting up the handling...just starting points. Good luck.





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