280ZX Rear Camber/Toe adjusters
Posted: 07 Jan 2013 00:03
My latest side track project;
I have been asked by a good friend for the past year if I could make the rear PL510 camber toe brackets work on the 79-82 280ZX. In principal, the suspension systems are nearly identical and so is the correction method: see my PL510 application here;
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6946
Over the Christmas holidays I finally got under a ZX for a good look. And it wasn't all that good. 510 guys better be happy with all that room under your suspension, the ZX guys don't have 1/2 the room to play with.
Adapting the PL510 brackets is out the window for sure, there is no way that my design will come anywhere close to fitting.
But I'm not throwing in the towel, I'm going to make it work. Not only will it be a total redesign for the 280ZX application, but I'll need to make new tooling to form up the parts as well adding to time and cost.
Today I spent another day finishing V2 of the design (already!), and I'm only a week into the project. I hope to have a CAD drawing and a sample cut and formed to mount on a cross member soon.
When I have something to to feast your eyes upon, I'll be sure to post it. But for now we can expect to see a solution soon for the 280ZX guys shortly. I'll likely do only a short run of these, if you are interested, let me know.
Byron
I have been asked by a good friend for the past year if I could make the rear PL510 camber toe brackets work on the 79-82 280ZX. In principal, the suspension systems are nearly identical and so is the correction method: see my PL510 application here;
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6946
Over the Christmas holidays I finally got under a ZX for a good look. And it wasn't all that good. 510 guys better be happy with all that room under your suspension, the ZX guys don't have 1/2 the room to play with.
Adapting the PL510 brackets is out the window for sure, there is no way that my design will come anywhere close to fitting.
But I'm not throwing in the towel, I'm going to make it work. Not only will it be a total redesign for the 280ZX application, but I'll need to make new tooling to form up the parts as well adding to time and cost.
Today I spent another day finishing V2 of the design (already!), and I'm only a week into the project. I hope to have a CAD drawing and a sample cut and formed to mount on a cross member soon.
When I have something to to feast your eyes upon, I'll be sure to post it. But for now we can expect to see a solution soon for the 280ZX guys shortly. I'll likely do only a short run of these, if you are interested, let me know.
Byron