folks w/lowered cars, please comment...

[scirocco-al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-al)]

Watch how you heat treat your spacer.  Do not heat treat it all the way
through as it will be brittle and break.  Try to get it case hardened it
instead  Hardened on the outside but still malleable internally.  Heating
and quenching with an induction coil would be ideal for a part like this.

FYI, I have seen these for sale on someone's website, but I don't remember
who.  Any one else seen these?


"What is *very* expensive is the spacer to relocate the a-arms downwards.
Such a spacer would have to withstand some extreme stressloads. Of course, a
failure could be catastrophic. So, the design would have to be carefully
engineered to eliminate stress points, etc. The ideal alloy would have to be
used and then heat treated."





Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: folks w/lowered cars, please comment...


> > That shouldn't be so difficult, except that you have to deal with
> > that tapered hole in the arm.
>
> You're on the right track, Ron. The hole in the arm would be enlarged to
> accept a tapered bushing which would be pressed in from underneath.
> Essentially, the stock taper would be recreated to accept the stock
> tie-rods. The whole conversion would require removing the hub assembly,
> getting the holes machined, and having the bushings installed. You'd then
> flip the tie-rod upside down and bolt it back together. That's it. These
> bushings should be very inexpensive to make, and the arm drilling should
be
> cheap as well.
>
> What is *very* expensive is the spacer to relocate the a-arms downwards.
> Such a spacer would have to withstand some extreme stressloads. Of course,
a
> failure could be catastrophic. So, the design would have to be carefully
> engineered to eliminate stress points, etc. The ideal alloy would have to
be
> used and then heat treated.
>
> The good thing is that the part is already designed and tested on several

> autox cars. The horrible thing is that the regular price is $375! DOH!!! I
> know for sure that the price will come down substantially if we make a
bunch
> of them. I'm sure that it cost at least $200, though. This is a hardcore
mod
> that should deliver huge benefits in handling. The spacer installation is
a
> 20 minute bolt-on affair for both sides. However, the price tag is pretty
> scary. Then again... swaybars cost almost as much, so...
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
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