New flca to hit the market soon

[kewilso3]

Originally Posted by N8 of S-Empire

I will have to agree. the factory had no intentions of people putting adjustable tension rods there and as you adjust your caster in this way with the stock FLCA it WILL begin to bind.

there is a small amount of room in the holes to acount for some misalignment but that will only take you so far. i beilve that is what your talking about.

hope that helps explain some stuff.

whether or not Nissan intended it, there is a range of adjustment there, and that is what allows adjustable tension rods to work. All LCAs I've seen that use oem style tension rods have this play built in. Yes you will bind eventually, but you can bind any setup eventually. There is plenty of adjustment for most people, and if you want more/less caster than you can get at the LCA, you should probably be adjusting it at the top hat anyway.

I'm not saying oem style is end all solution, or any better than other styles, I'm just saying that there is room there for adjustment without binding, which is true.

[Bink Industries]

Originally Posted by kewilso3

whether or not Nissan intended it, there is a range of adjustment there, and that is what allows adjustable tension rods to work. All LCAs I've seen that use oem style tension rods have this play built in.
I'm not saying oem style is end all solution, or any better than other styles, I'm just saying that there is room there for adjustment without binding, which is true.

the stock tension rods have a pretty good fit into the holes leaving almost no room for "adjustment" to that every car has the same caster (ie location of the tensioni to the FLCA, and again there was no intention for it and it was never built into it to adjust it.

what makes aftermarket adjustble tension rods work is that instead of using the the right size bolt in the two holes on the FLCA they use undersized bolts to give you more "wiggle room" that is the built in "play" that your talking about in the aftermarket units. that is not a good design from an engineering stand point

that being said. i had some on my car for YEARS and they worked fine and they do have some adjustment you are absolutely right.

[Bink Industries]

240sx flca Prototype - YouTube

here is the video you guys asked for. its not much but its something to look at.