Anyone interested in some good suspension bits for their AE86 (or for adapting to another RWD Rolla) might want to check out www.japanesemotorsport.com.au. When you get there, go to their 'Parts in Stock' section, then click on 'Suspension'. They have a set of AE86 coilovers with KYB dampers available, as well as 30mm AE86 RCA's (whatever they are).

I'm pretty sure RCA's are Rear Control Arms.

 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRTTTT......wrong.

 

listen to jamie instead.....

 

lol

Edited April 17, 200521 yr by Xany

roll center adjusters

 

spacers between strut base and steering arm, used to return steering geometry back to normal after other modification of suspension, to prevent bump steer. does not change camber

http://www.battleversion.com/rca_blocks.htm

 

it wouldn't be very hard to get your own RCAs made up out of billet, just trace the bottom of a strut onto paper. or if you're really lazy, put the strut base on paper and spraypaint it

 

those negative camber RCAs are interesting. the biggest adjustment on them is about 35mm sideways. my struts are about 550mm long in the car at rest. the inverse tangent of 35mm/550mm is 0.63551 degrees extra negative camber. what a ripoff :S

hold on. that should be inverse cosine, which means it's about 1.5 degrees more negative camber. hmm, that's alright

 

edit: no, i was right the first time, it's inverse tangent. i don't believe 2 unit maths actually has a practical application in real life! i wonder if there was anything useful in the 18 months of calculus i slept through?

Edited April 17, 200521 yr by Super Jamie

dammit.....i knew it was something simple like that.....

 

rear control arms just popped into my head....*yeah that sounds right*

 

bwahahahaha....whoops my mistake.

 

now i'll know for next time....

Jamie: I have neg camber RCA's, and I pulled an extra 1.5 degrees neg camber...

geeks :S

I'm pretty sure RCA's are Rear Control Arms.

 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRTTTT......wrong.

 

listen to jamie instead.....

 

lol

I would have assumed that too had I not been looking at the picture. I didn't know what those things were meant to be. Thanks for the enlightenment Jamie.

 

geeks :D

 

Geeks with 1.5 degrees of negative camber :doublebird: :doublebird:

hehe my upto 2deg neg cost me $30 in bolts form toyota :D

I'm actually running -3 degrees now :D -1.5 from the RCA's, and -1.5 from a combination of Scorpion control arms and adjustable strut tops :doublebird:

how offset are your RCAs?

Umm. Dunno. I've got T3 ones.

AHA! maths skills spot on, i need to learn to drive the spreadsheet better :doublebird: wow, offset RCAs are cool :D