Greenmacs Other Ke!!

[Raven]

Under is easy to remove.

 

Add Camber!

[SLW42]

I know i might be coming into something i haven't really caught up onto or anything, but i read the previous page and sorta caught onto your latest drama's of understeer, i would recommend maybe a wider tire or wider rim, if your diff is locked, delete it for a lsd or open centre diff, add a wee bit more camber to it, take a little pressure out of your tires while hill running, just things to look at mate, if that all fails maybe a little less right foot :P

[greenmac80]

yeah all good ideas... camber will be one i can change once i go coilovers. i do have neg .5 ATM. i really want neg 2-3 and the touch of a few bolts. it'll happen just time.

it not really an issue but its just something i would like to work on. the car still goes around corners like a champ. oversteer is a bit easier to deal with.

 

less right foot aye? i could try that lol.... but its only a k motor so the qucker you can go around corners the better cos on the straights ya got nothing!! hehe.

 

ah diff is an opne wheeler. bugger lockers they just feel shit.

Edited July 14, 2010 by greenmac80

[Felix]

Put some decent tyres on it. What type of tyres (and size) are you currently running?

[SLW42]

Add some longer lower control arms onto the car bud, that will give you suprisingly more amounts of camber with just a simple mod

[greenmac80]

i've got sigma LCA's in already. the struts are mx62 cressida hence the camber problem and the sigma LCA's only giving me -.5

 

the tyres are brand new maxxis MA P1 VIP's a mid range tyre. corona wheels with 185 60 r 14 tyres.

 

i have some 16 x 7 inch rims but they are 5 stud...

holden VE steelies brand new. i've designed a wheel spacer/adaptor but i have yet to take the idea to a machinist.

they will help with a nice thin tyre.

[e70van]

Dude, you rolla builds are so tits! i wish you were in VIC so you can paint my car.haha

 

keep the progress coming :P

[Evan G]

i've got sigma LCA's in already. the struts are mx62 cressida hence the camber problem and the sigma LCA's only giving me -.5

 

the tyres are brand new maxxis MA P1 VIP's a mid range tyre. corona wheels with 185 60 r 14 tyres.

 

i have some 16 x 7 inch rims but they are 5 stud...

holden VE steelies brand new. i've designed a wheel spacer/adaptor but i have yet to take the idea to a machinist.

they will help with a nice thin tyre.

 

have you looked for hub adapters? 4X114.3 to what ever holden is?

[SLW42]

check evilbay type in wheel spacers and you can get a set of adapters for 4x114.3 adapted to 5x114.3 which is falcon, silvia, skyline, hilux and so on

[greenmac80]

yes but they are really only a track only thing.

2 of the studs end up mega clost to each other and theres jst not enough strength in em of everyday driving. i've seen reports of the studs shearing out.

so what i've designed is a 2 piece thing.

[SLW42]

Fair enough, i would like to see your designs for them bud

[greenmac80]

well i have to organise time to see the machinist a mate knows and yeah... so in a couple of months i may have pics of a finished product.

[greenmac80]

so jst been out and wasted half a tank in the hills. learning the limit of my setup and feeling what can be done to make it better.

on the upside i was with mates. a zze123 corolla sportivo. and a proton GTI. i was chasing and the little old 30 with its whole 50hp (if i'm lucky) kept up.

i didn't have to slow down as much for the corners making it possible to keep up on the striaghts.

very happy.

 

i feel that the main thing to change will be the wheels and rubber. bigger wider wheels with less sidewall.

more camber. an adjustable swaybar may help.. the car stays relatively flat but could be better... perhaps a rear swaybar?

and lastly the strut brace i'm making i feel should leave a pretty dramatic effect on the car.

 

handles great but could be better.. lol. i don't think cars ever finish!

[greenmac80]

so new alternator is installed. fingers crossed it'll work... will find out tomorrow.

i went from a early ke30 externally regulated one to a near Brand new KE70 internally regulated one.

 

also fixed my fuel pump oil leak. turns out it eas the plastic spacer that was the problem. had 4 cracks in it. so i got a new one with 2 new gaskets.

$17 freaking dollars.!

 

and to add to last nights post... on one of the corners i got a bit loose and ended up tagging the barrier....

2 big scrape marks down my passenger door but no dents. also the front fender is a bit scratched,,

 

the scrape marks should buff out.. but if they don't then it'll be a good excuse to paint it again. except this time i'll do the body work properly.

[wagn]

so jst been out and wasted half a tank in the hills. learning the limit of my setup and feeling what can be done to make it better.

on the upside i was with mates. a zze123 corolla sportivo. and a proton GTI. i was chasing and the little old 30 with its whole 50hp (if i'm lucky) kept up.

i didn't have to slow down as much for the corners making it possible to keep up on the striaghts.

very happy.

 

i feel that the main thing to change will be the wheels and rubber. bigger wider wheels with less sidewall.

more camber. an adjustable swaybar may help.. the car stays relatively flat but could be better... perhaps a rear swaybar?

and lastly the strut brace i'm making i feel should leave a pretty dramatic effect on the car.

 

handles great but could be better.. lol. i don't think cars ever finish!

did you go up thru corkscrew we were up there on huffy sliders and saw a couple of fwders and a rolla couldn't really see well it was too dark