Hi all,long time since my last post and was busy spending time with my beautiful partner after a brain operation and more chemo.
Sadly my life was shattered in mid July after she passed away.
I wouldn't wish it upon anyone and hope you spend precious time with your family.
I have occasionally been out in the shed in the past few months trying to keep my mind occupied.....it doesn't last long.
The last month I have pulled my finger out to try and get the VT ready for next year when the clubs are out again on track days.
Continuing on from my last post in March,the rear shocks/springs are in and have set them at a reasonable ride height...track time will tell where I am
Next up was purchasing semi slicks to go on the 17" SS wheels.
I was after 2nd handies but they seemed to fetch a few bucks all the time and was on the verge of just giving up looking and bite the bullet and shell out for new semi slicks.
Then as luck would have it,whilst I was spending time with my partner in the hospital,these BMW M3 18x8 with Bridgstone RE55s and Toyo semi slicks came up on Ebay starting at $500.
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I was interested in the tyres but knew that certain BMW wheels had the same PCD as the Commodores except for a slightly bigger hub diameter.
The other good thing was the BM has 5mm more negative offset than the VT rim.
I was after this as I couldn't get more negative camber out of the front due to the edge of the SS rim making contact with the spring collars on the coil overs.
With the BM rim it would sit 5mm further out which would let me tilt the stub inward more before the rim would make contact.....long story short,no one bid on them except me
and at $500 for all that and being 15mins from the hospital for the pick up,sometimes things go your way.
Next up...research!!!! I needed more neg camber
A few ways the commodore racing boys were chasing more neg camber was:
Expensive adjustable caster/camber strut mounts -
Adjustable lower control arms (cut and threaded original arms) -
The K-frame lower control arm mount holes drilled approx 20mm further out - this sounded do-able at home.
This k- frame mod had a draw back.....the tie rods only hang by a couple of threads because the knuckes now sit further out
More
told me that using the rack ends and tie rods from the EF falcon fixes this problem
Sooooo.....k-frame mod done and a trip to the wreckers for the rack ends and tie rods, Job done!
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I comfortably get -3.5 camber and room to spare on the coil over collars.
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