Monday, March 19, 2007

Camber Plates

To install the Shine Racing camber plates, the raised areas on top of the strut towers have to be cut off with a reciprocating saw. Here are before and after pictures.

After some grinding, drilling, and a little hammering to flatten the top of the strut tower, the bolt holes were drilled using the camber plates as a template, and the fore-aft position of the plate was set to be exactly the same on both sides, to try to get the caster consistent. The camber plates will be bolted in using grade 8 1/4-20 bolts. We'll then make sure the caster is the same on both both sides before welding the plates to the strut towers for extra strength.

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