<VV> Suspension upgrade and maintenance

[Stephen Upham]

I'm thinking about updating and doing maintenance work on  my  
suspension just for the general improvement in the funability of  
driving and because I'll be participating in my first true autocross  
in October.  I read the improvements that John Fitch made to the Fitch  
Corvairs in the March Communique  which seemed like a good place to  
start.  The article mentioned that he shortened the control arms to  
15:1 (Clarks C5118 ? and C8235, 36, or C11735 [seems better as it has  
both rubber and nylon], Progressive rate auxiliary rubber bumpers (?)  
[could not locate these, nor do I know exactly what they are], a  
steering damper (C1460), adjustable shocks (C2840,41), and "tinkering"  
with the front caster setting (ideas where to start ?), adjusting the  
camber front and rear (again, no starting specs provided), aluminum  
wheels (would like some "coke bottle" retros that will not set me back  
too much $$$ and allow me to go to 15" in a wider track tires while  
not making the speedometer useless as I do a lot of street driving.  I  
purchased a set of the short steering control arms - Clarks (maybe  
Lon's) - bought at the annual NTCA auction.  All of this looks like  
about $1500 + to do, but hey, if I can go "yeah" that's the ticket  
while I'm getting the most skidpad g's the car will allow, perhaps it  
will be money well spent.

Stephen Upham
'65 Monza hardtop 110 PG