Talked to John who owns Opentracker about what to look for and some tips for preparing the control arms for their bearing install.
He was very helpful.
We also talked about the one inch drop as it pertains to drag racing.
He pretty much said what I was thinking about it.
No the car doesn't turn corners, but, if your car pulls the wheels off, you are in full droop. When you touch back down you are scrubbing a bit (which equals slower time). Ok maybe not much but still not optimum.
He also talked about the rear end being out of shape on launch and not having optimum control with the front end on an out of shape touch down. Again, arguable.
Upshot is I'm doing it and being the ginny pig for all.
I figure as long as I'm doing it all, I may as well make it as perfect as possible. At least I won't have any what if's.
So today I got to preparing the arms for their bearing install.
For the uppers.
Tacked a 1/4x 1 1/4" fender washer in the existing bushing holes in order to use it as a guide for the hole saw.
Took the bit out of the saw and replaced with a 1/4" dowel to extend through the holes in the washers.
Came out bitchin. Now to find someone that can TIG weld.
The lowers are a real pain.
Their are two sizes of holes for the bushing in the lowers.
Opentracker makes the smaller size.
If you have the larger size (as I do) (and I assume Fairlanes do) then you have to take the bushing apart and use the outside cover of the bushing to fill the hole. Pain in the butt, but doable.
