Aftermarket Steering Knuckles
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Aftermarket Steering Knuckles
I know its somewhat over the top but we have light weight control arms, has anyone ever seen or had made a light weight steering knuckle? Obviously it would have to be very structurally sound to survive the stresses of everyday driving not to mention any kind of racing but a lighter one (possibly tubular welded together) could remove a good bit of unsprung weight. I'm specifically talking about 3rd gen integras but if someone has them on a different car I'd be interested to see.
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Just saw this posted in another recent thread, no idea of the weight difference, but supposedly they lower the car (drop spindles) and can possibly cause interference between the CV axle shaft and the bottom of the shock casing.
http://www.nitrodriveline.com
http://www.nitrodriveline.com
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Re: (PatrickGSR94)
those are pretty nice looking.......wonder if the top that mounts to the UCA is lower....if so i'd be interested in a set so i dont keep bottoming the UCA to the sturt towers....
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Re: (PatrickGSR94)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just saw this posted in another recent thread, no idea of the weight difference, but supposedly they lower the car (drop spindles) and can possibly cause interference between the CV axle shaft and the bottom of the shock casing.
http://www.nitrodriveline.com
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they make 2 differant versions(that i know of) OEM spec & 2" lowered from oem. they also make a few differant spindles for differant chassis
http://www.nitrodriveline.com
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they make 2 differant versions(that i know of) OEM spec & 2" lowered from oem. they also make a few differant spindles for differant chassis
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by non-VTEC »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">those are pretty nice looking.......wonder if the top that mounts to the UCA is lower....if so i'd be interested in a set so i dont keep bottoming the UCA to the sturt towers....</TD></TR></TABLE>
The overall height should be the same as stock. If it were shorter, it would cause nasty camber problems when used with stock UCA's.
A drop spindle is made by moving the hub location higher on the knuckle, while keeping the overall height of the knuckle the same as stock. This moves the wheels higher up into the fenders, which drops the car closer to the ground.
Theoretical suspension travel remains the same, but there could be other problems like the UCA hitting the shock tower, or as was mentioned in the thread where I first saw that spindle pic, the CV axle hitting the bottom of the shock body.
The overall height should be the same as stock. If it were shorter, it would cause nasty camber problems when used with stock UCA's.
A drop spindle is made by moving the hub location higher on the knuckle, while keeping the overall height of the knuckle the same as stock. This moves the wheels higher up into the fenders, which drops the car closer to the ground.
Theoretical suspension travel remains the same, but there could be other problems like the UCA hitting the shock tower, or as was mentioned in the thread where I first saw that spindle pic, the CV axle hitting the bottom of the shock body.
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