[V8Vairs] Builders of late models

[Rick Norris]

I have just uploaded the photos to my Webshots albums of my monoball install 
on my race car .
Click here:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/564101039GXjFoo

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com

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>
> If you are in the throes of building a 65-up Corvair into a mid-engined
> conversion, you may be trying to address what to do with the front ends of 
> the
> semi-trailing arm rear suspension. Stock has a rubber bushing, controlled 
> by a
> inner pivoting control rod. The inner pivot point determines what kind of 
> toe
> change you will get during suspension travel (up or down) and therefore 
> what
> additional toe you get during hard cornering. Stock usually pulls and 
> pushes
> the  stock arms into turning into the direction of the turn. This is 
> certainly
> better than the other option, turning out. But another easy option is now
> available. Dave Clemens is selling a kit to replace the rubber bushing in 
> the
> front of the arm with a captured spherical ball bearing. You press the
> complete  bushing and the shell out and press in the new housing. The 
> actual bearing
> is  replacable with the housing remaining in the arm. The housing is tack
> welded in  place to restrain it from left and right movement. His kit 
> includes the
> tapered  spacers to locate the bearing in the right position. This
> installation removes  the need for any other control rods for the trailing 
> arm. (and any
> type of inner  pivot) It definitely tightens up control of the suspension.
> Removal of the  rubber also adds jarring to the ride, since there is no 
> rubber
> for compliance. I  installed the 2nd prototype for this kit in my 
> "Stinger" and
> drove it at Willow  Springs and Ventura. The car handled great with 
> seemingly
> no ill effects -  counting the stiffer ride as a handling accessory! I 
> have
> three of these kits  (each kit installs a pair of arms). I displayed them 
> at
> the V8 Corvair meet at  the convention. The kits are $90 plus a little 
> shipping.
> If you want more, or a  photo, just drop me a note. - Seth Emerson  -
> sethracer at aol.com