Need help from SoCal FD!!
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From: St. Louis
Need help from SoCal FD!!
Hello, my name is Darren and am in need of an FD for a few days.. I live in St. Louis, Missouri and work with Adrenaline Motorsports in drifting.. Im sure most of you have heard of Parts Shop Max poweredbymax.net. Well, I have sent them my spindels to my FD to modify for more steering angle. The problem is that they need a car there now to just make sure what they are doing is going to be right.. they dont need to modify anything, they just need something to look at in reference. Dan is boss over there and is very easy to get a hold of..
If you have any questions please call, this would really really help and only take a little bit of your time.. 314-369-5185 Darren, pls help
If you have any questions please call, this would really really help and only take a little bit of your time.. 314-369-5185 Darren, pls help
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From: San Diego
We've finished the first Parts Shop MAX Super Steering Angle Knuckle Kit for FD!
First, I'd like to say thanks to Darren for being brave enough to sacrifice his knuckles, second I'd like to thank local member CAREDDEN for being nice enough to drop his car off for a day to help verify some measurements. Because of both of you guys we have made something truely unique, and we were also able to verify compatibility with readily available & inexpensive parts for Nissan 240sx S14.
Important notes:
> Uses S14 Inner tie rod and s14 tie rod angle spacer
> OEM FD inner is OK but you must clean and use loctite on the rack side threads if the OEM rod is used with a spacer. Outer threads may need to be cut for use with longer s14 outer tie rod end...
> Must have S14 Outer tie rod (oem or aftermarket style are OK)
> Sway bar clears (unlike FC)
> Overall angle is determined by how low the wheel offset is because limiting factor is the LCA (example 18x9+45 or some other wheel size where it already almost touches the LCA = there is no additional angle to be had)
> Geometry still needs to be verified on track by Darren to see if there is any further changes needed before we would be willing sell this to others however we are all jiged up to produce this mod if all is well.
First, I'd like to say thanks to Darren for being brave enough to sacrifice his knuckles, second I'd like to thank local member CAREDDEN for being nice enough to drop his car off for a day to help verify some measurements. Because of both of you guys we have made something truely unique, and we were also able to verify compatibility with readily available & inexpensive parts for Nissan 240sx S14.
Important notes:
> Uses S14 Inner tie rod and s14 tie rod angle spacer
> OEM FD inner is OK but you must clean and use loctite on the rack side threads if the OEM rod is used with a spacer. Outer threads may need to be cut for use with longer s14 outer tie rod end...
> Must have S14 Outer tie rod (oem or aftermarket style are OK)
> Sway bar clears (unlike FC)
> Overall angle is determined by how low the wheel offset is because limiting factor is the LCA (example 18x9+45 or some other wheel size where it already almost touches the LCA = there is no additional angle to be had)
> Geometry still needs to be verified on track by Darren to see if there is any further changes needed before we would be willing sell this to others however we are all jiged up to produce this mod if all is well.