hello

i would like to know

i saw on D1 and so on some corolla's an 86's in incredible angles and you see they've got some insane caster

ive checked it in autodata and its says that i can't adjust the caster

anyone know how do they do it?

thank you

Hey,

Yes you can adjust the castor, just wind your castor rods all the way in.

But the standard rods only give like 4 degree's so no where near as much as the D1 guys! Unless you have access to a lathe or buy after market ones.

The castor rod is the one that goes from you lower control arm (LCA) to the front of the car.

 

Cheers

Edited February 1, 200917 yr by toyota_ae71

and winding them in also f@$ks with other shit, like pulling all the bushes in LCA etc.

not sure if they do anything to fix this for the dorifto (read: unlikely they do anything of the sort) but it may be something you would want to do if you were trying to modify it properly

Hey,

Yes you can adjust the castor, just wind your castor rods all the way in.

But the standard rods only give like 4 degree's so no where near as much as the D1 guys! Unless you have access to a lathe or buy after market ones.

The castor rod is the one that goes from you lower control arm (LCA) to the front of the car.

 

Cheers

 

thank you mate you helped me alot

my next question was were are they located on the car but you answered that

thank you again1

and winding them in also f@$ks with other shit, like pulling all the bushes in LCA etc.

not sure if they do anything to fix this for the dorifto (read: unlikely they do anything of the sort) but it may be something you would want to do if you were trying to modify it properly

 

if i did want more caster, and i did want to do it properly how would i go about it?

 

havent looked into it as of yet but might take this thread as a sign to do it now

 

cheers

 

Travis

2nd the above post i was going to wind mine right in too till i read that :cool:

Edited February 2, 200917 yr by Ella

if i did want more caster, and i did want to do it properly how would i go about it?

 

havent looked into it as of yet but might take this thread as a sign to do it now

 

cheers

 

Travis

 

run rose jointed lower control arms, this allows the arm to piviot around the mounting point and doesnt put stress on bushes because there isnt any

overgrown may be right, i honestly don't know, i just know that if youve ever taken LCA's out and tried to put them back in without winding the castor out, its a prick...

rose jointed? quick explanation? ive got some sigma arms sitting in my shed right now

 

cheers

 

Travis

 

edit: no i havent taken them out yet

Edited February 2, 200917 yr by trav_555

in the D1 or any drifting they also run rose-jointed caster arms because the rubber bushes deflet quite abit at speed, you don't need a lath to put more thread on the standard arms you can just run a M16x1.5 tap down them, its what i used to run on mine. (also ran double nuts on each side)

 

most of the ae86/ke70 in the drifting don't run massive caster like the nissans, i.e 7degrees. most will run around the 4 mark, i used to run 5.5 but backed it down to ~3.8 now, steering way to heavy in ke70 chassis

 

other way to gain caster is longer lower arms, and camber tops that sit the top further back

 

and how to find them... they havve 22mm nuts sorta under the rad, the rod then runs back to the lower control arm

hello

i would like to know

i saw on D1 and so on some corolla's an 86's in incredible angles and you see they've got some insane caster

ive checked it in autodata and its says that i can't adjust the caster

anyone know how do they do it?

thank you

 

Making a caster adjustment so your car looks like a d1 car is a bad reason to do it. Looks have nothing to do with correct wheel alignment. If you put a bit too much caster in then it probably high speed oversteers which is what they are doing it for afaik, but honestly, the setup in those cars is not really going to translate onto a street car. Have you seen what the lower control arms, tie rod ends and caster bars look like on those vehicles? They are usually crazy aftermarket setups from trd or cusco.

rose jointed? quick explanation?

 

add rose joint to a control arm

 

note: you'll find this modification isn't legal in a road car - not sure whether you could get it engineered though...

 

cheers,

Slapper

cheers

 

i think i know what it does now

 

cheers

 

Travis