Tuesday, December 22, 2015

65° of Steering Angle Achieved

Its been quite a lot of work achieving 65° of steering angle, there was quite a bit of fabrication involved. The way my front suspension and steering is set up has no interference, rubbing, or clearance issues.


Achieving huge angle is all about creating clearance for the wheel and the suspension components associated with the hub and steering knuckles. Creating this clearance is all about designing a good lower control arm and moving the wheel away from the frame. This means you must create a much longer LCA and move the shock mount point farther from the center-line of the car. Moving the shock mounting point for this kind of clearance means cutting out a portion of your frame. You also need longer outer tie rods.
 




The knuckles were shortened to the extreme, basically as much as they could be. I also reinstalled the rack spacers, however I shaved each of them down to .080" thick, from their original .145" to create the perfect stopping point.



I took the car out for testing shortly after, everything worked great!