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95R - Did Ford just over look this? - Bumpsteer
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<blockquote data-quote="GJMCAR98" data-source="post: 12045015" data-attributes="member: 54776"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />op:In that one picture you are showing the 6 worst parts of a stock Cobra R front suspension ( which just about covers all of it ) Those front springs aren't close to being stiff enough, That strut should be chunked in the garbage, Sway bar is to small and when you get the springs and the bar right those stock sway bar bushings and end link bushings won't last a weekend. The lower control arm bushings need to be changed and when you get your springs/ride heigth correct your going to need to off set the rack bushings with a better bushing. Of course the Ford guys:beer: knew all of this but the car HAD to meet certain standards to be sold/shipped out to the dealers.....They also knew the racers would know what to do when they got there hands on them...The only way you will ever know if the bump is correct is to check it with a bump steer gauge which can get down to the thousandths which you just can't see with the naked eye ( but I do agree that one dose look close ) Setting bump steer on a racecar is the most time consuming pain in the a$$ :read:you can do to one but taking one from bad to really good makes a big difference ( means more at some tracks than others ). I've driven some people's cars that would just about jerk the wheel out of your hands because it was off so much or worst case is someone installs a kit and for whatever reason has one side off worse than the other side.:rockon:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GJMCAR98, post: 12045015, member: 54776"] :pop:In that one picture you are showing the 6 worst parts of a stock Cobra R front suspension ( which just about covers all of it ) Those front springs aren't close to being stiff enough, That strut should be chunked in the garbage, Sway bar is to small and when you get the springs and the bar right those stock sway bar bushings and end link bushings won't last a weekend. The lower control arm bushings need to be changed and when you get your springs/ride heigth correct your going to need to off set the rack bushings with a better bushing. Of course the Ford guys:beer: knew all of this but the car HAD to meet certain standards to be sold/shipped out to the dealers.....They also knew the racers would know what to do when they got there hands on them...The only way you will ever know if the bump is correct is to check it with a bump steer gauge which can get down to the thousandths which you just can't see with the naked eye ( but I do agree that one dose look close ) Setting bump steer on a racecar is the most time consuming pain in the a$$ :read:you can do to one but taking one from bad to really good makes a big difference ( means more at some tracks than others ). I've driven some people's cars that would just about jerk the wheel out of your hands because it was off so much or worst case is someone installs a kit and for whatever reason has one side off worse than the other side.:rockon: [/QUOTE]
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