Diy Neg Camber On Front?

[Sandy 191]

If you've got a relentless sense of adventure and you can fabricate/design suspension (or more precisely in my case, get Colin Satchell to turn your hare-brain scheme into a useable reality), you can use 306 wishbones to widen the track and move the mounting points to increase wheelbase and re-dress the front roll centre all at the same time. Easily cocked up if you don't know what you're doing though!

 

Completed subframe:

 

Notched chassis leg:

 

Worked very well overall, but the bump steer needed a little refinement (as with any lowered 205/309 actually). Traction in particular was spectacular out of corners.

Edited March 27, 2008 by sandy309

[welshpug 1,657]

I just noticed in This Months Torque, Hilgie thanks Jeram for the tip of shifting the wishbones forward in the V6 (half an inch)

[tom_m 0]

If you've got a relentless sense of adventure and you can fabricate/design suspension (or more precisely in my case, get Colin Satchell to turn your hare-brain scheme into a useable reality)...

 

good grief, that must be a monumental increase in track width!

Edited March 28, 2008 by tom_m

[Batfink 201]

that was for his 309 so you would probably need arches on a 205

[Sandy 191]

good grief, that must be a monumental increase in track width!

From 1407 to 1490mm! It *just about* fits under standard arches on a 309, but it does look comically wide parked next to a regular 309.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

From 1407 to 1490mm! It *just about* fits under standard arches on a 309, but it does look comically wide parked next to a regular 309.

 

are you using 306 driveshafts with this then?

[Sandy 191]

Hybrid shafts, I could use 306 shafts if I had a Peugeot box, but this is my Honda powered one which has Honda inner and Peugeot outer CVs, with made up bar shafts. The wider track helped with the angle of the shafts, because the Honda inner CVs are further apart than Peugeot.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

Hybrid shafts, I could use 306 shafts if I had a Peugeot box, but this is my Honda powered one which has Honda inner and Peugeot outer CVs, with made up bar shafts. The wider track helped with the angle of the shafts, because the Honda inner CVs are further apart than Peugeot.

 

ahh, didn't realise it was on your 309 old boy

[Banjo 1]

Would redrilling the topmount holes not be easier if looking for camber rarther than extra track? If running coilovers of course.

[Sandy 191]

Yes, you can gain a small amount that way, but you need to hog out the large centre hole as well.

[205toby 0]

Would redrilling the topmount holes not be easier if looking for camber rarther than extra track? If running coilovers of course.

 

And it only makes a miniscule difference to the camber anyway. Done like this, the negative camber decreases as you increase steering angle too..

Toby