Fitting 275 Hoosiers on an NB with offset upper bushings
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What are your concerns about the V8R arms? How would you modify the stock ones? Just lengthen them by some fixed amount and lose the extra adjustment or would you put the eccentric bolt in as well?
I have the RB 1.25" sway bar and even the 225s crash into it at full lock, so yeah I don't expect to get the 275s that far over. Fortunately I don't have to parallel park the car at an autox.
--Ian
I have the RB 1.25" sway bar and even the 225s crash into it at full lock, so yeah I don't expect to get the 275s that far over. Fortunately I don't have to parallel park the car at an autox.
--Ian
My original thought on the stock ones was to just move the holes. But after having the V8R ones I come to realize the benefit of having the outer adjustment if you ever want to do any self-alignment with primitive tools so I might would try and get the cam bolt features incorporated.
That outer cam bolt and the other bolt both need to be tight as hell because with that much grip they tend to slip. Probably a good Idea to use higher strength steel like 4130 for the hole slots to keep from yielding it under the washer with repeated use.
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Hitting the tire on the sway bar at full lock isn’t a concern. just nice to have it go away completly. Having the A-arm machine away the rim lip within a few revolutions at full lock I think is an issue and should be addressed with some steering stops if you have that situation. 10’s with no spacer will just kiss the rim lip on stock A-arms at full lock. 11’s would have about ½” of interference.
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Hitting the tire on the sway bar at full lock isn’t a concern. just nice to have it go away completly. Having the A-arm machine away the rim lip within a few revolutions at full lock I think is an issue and should be addressed with some steering stops if you have that situation. 10’s with no spacer will just kiss the rim lip on stock A-arms at full lock. 11’s would have about ½” of interference.
I've done it a few times when maneuvering the car onto the trailer, and it's not that big a deal. It does scar up the painted edge of the rim, but it's not going to destroy anything as long as you don't hold it there.
From a conversation I had elsewhere, it sounds like most CSP Miatas have offset bushings and 15x10s with a spacer, so maybe there's hope there yet. I guess I just need to find some more wheels.
--Ian
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Still having a strugglefest here myself. I finally have some sticker hoosiers, wow theres a lot more rubber here than the scrubs I've been buying. I added packers until it didnt rub at the stock height xida bump stops. That resulted me being on the bump stop before even hitting static ride height. Took the 1/4 of a bump stop I had left over from making the rears match emilio's installation instructions and put that in with a spacer. I'm at ~5/8" of bump travel now with it setup to not destroy the tire on shock tower, AND also a 6mm spacer making my total offset +13. Any more than +13 and it will rub significantly on course on the back of the wheel well. If I went to like +6 offset then it would clear the shock tower and I'd be able to run over 1.5" of bump travel. I'm beginning to think my car is more bent that originally thought, lol.
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Mine are rubbing on my swaybar. Anyway it is a really easy fix. I think there is a thread about it somewhere around here. I might be wrong on the PVC diameter, but essentially you just cut the pipe to the length you need for the bump stop, cut out about 1/4-1/3 of its circumference so it is c-shaped, pull off the inside end of the tie rod boot, clip the pipe onto the rack, put the boot back, done. The pipe hits the inner tie rod on one end and the rack housing on the other, shortening the rack travel. Add the spacers on both sides obviously. Works great. Only disassembly required is pulling back the boot, which is easy.
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Offset bushings allow you to effectively shorten (or lengthen, but there's little reason to do that) the upper A-arm, by moving the pivot point closer to the upper ball joint. There are some useful photos in the ISC installation instructions.
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