I'm pretty sure they custom made it, but I figured I'd ask anyway... Has anyone ever seen a lower control arm like this on an FD?? If so, where do you get one.



This is from the RE-Amemiya D1 FD3S from 2004 I think.

 

I've never seen it but it looks good. Probably pretty tough unit. I'd buy it.

 

maybe an ikeya formula part but you have to seriously drop your car to even be able to use that I think it's over a 2 in drop

 

i had seen pics of this... i want this.. would make it easier for clearance

 

Aren't they the company that make needle bearing front control arms for FCs???

 

Its just a fabbed control arm, nothing special really to build. Maybe I should set up a jig and pop a few out.

 

The **** you say bout fc control arms?

Show me to it!

 

I think the Ikeya arms for the FD are discontinued... they are listed as out of stock on Ikeya's site, and no longer on RHD.

 

you are correct sir also ikeya formula only made parts for the FD nothing for the FC. Ikeya Formula parts are used on many D1GP cars also. I believe moonface makes a modified stock lowercontrol arm.

 

Someone NEEDS to make full custom tubular jawns for the fc......

Camber, roll center and bump steer correction plus extra steering clearance with spherical arm to body bearings and a pillow ball knuckle bearing.

Something very similar to these....but for the fc and for the front....




FD3s seems to get all the good stuff. Not that fc's dont suck complete dicks being lowered to the max on what we've got but it would help having something like that. Its, auto x'ers and scca guys have been schooling me on all that good ****.

 

Question is what would a set be worth to you?

 

I agree. I'll see if I can come up with something might be awhile though. Also its Border not boarder. Unless of couse your old school and living with people that paid you. Or you paid them LOL. Sorry couldn't resist.

 

Think about it. People build circle track and dirt track cars all the time and make all their own suspension components in their garage. What's stopping us? Laziness?

It's worth investing in some tooling, something i SHOULD have done last winter but didn't b/c i wanted to gain some ground on my car i left sitting for 8 months.

 

Most circle track guys I know buy thier A-Arms from AFCO, Coleman, etc. and I honestly know very few "garage" guys who build thier own. Even in the Formula Ford-Atlantic-Continental-etc crowd there are very few out there that build thier own control arms. Mostly because if it fails, its bad- real bad. Like wheel in the grandstands bad. They also have to be somewhat precise, and few people have the required jigs needed, or care to own them.

Were I do do it, I would build a left and right jig, on the chassis side use spherical bearings and spacers for a "track" version and polyurethane bushings for the "street" version. At the hub use a race-quality LBJ on the street version, and a forged rod end and "pin" on the race version, which would also need an insert in the a-arm so that you can adjust camber without having to remove the "pin" from the uptight. It "could" also be taken further, using an adjusting link frnt and rr of the control arm to allow for more control over track, castor, etc.

anywho, just thining out loud...