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Originally Posted by Cameano
Derek, now that I'm actively thinking about it, the upper arm really needs to be shortened to pull the top of the spindle in on the tall spindles, correct? This is what the aftermarket arms are doing for you, so you don't have to shim as much. I'm just thinking out loud, because I know of a certain street stocker that had widened stock arms back in the 90's that was a class champion on a certain dirt track. I saw all the parts involved when they were removed prior to sale of said car.  |
Yeah, narrowing stock uppers (or widening stock lowers would be even better) would do the trick for getting the alignment, but the surface that the balljoint mounts to is at a very steep angle also. With a good hard bump, there's a good chance the balljoint would reach its pivot limit before the lower hits the bumpstop.
Aftermarket uppers for tall spindles (or tall balljoints) have the balljoint mounted perpendicular to the arms with a flat plate.