Studebaker steering kinda OT (Conestogaman)
Posted: 2005 Mar 30 Wed 1:14 pm
Conestogaman,
I didn't want to post anything about Bill (Bills 53 Studelac) steering setup on the other Stude site because most don't seem to realize the inner workings of front end geometry.
The small group here seems to be open to ideas other thAn their own.
The Stock Stude front end has major bump steer. While not as bad as the Chevy II's or the Falcon's, Mustang's, it is bad.
There is a good article in the April 05 Popular Hot Rodding magazine about bump steer and how to rid youself of it. Even that article states what I said weeks ago....it's extremly difficult if not impossible to achieve "no" bumpsteer on an OEM style front suspension.
So while I'll not take away anything from a guy that's trying new things, far from it. And while I don't like the outcome, the body work and the way he did it is very good. BUT....I can guarantee you, that work he did on the front suspension is NOT "correct". Driving down the street or not, it's not nearly as good as he thinks it is.
One major way I can tell....is the location and length of the R&P.
I think most all might agree after reading the Popular Hot Rodding article. I learned some of this stuff long ago, and I find nothing in the article to argue about.
Buy the way...thanks for those pictures. I've been wondering about what it looks like since we started going around and around about it.
I didn't want to post anything about Bill (Bills 53 Studelac) steering setup on the other Stude site because most don't seem to realize the inner workings of front end geometry.
The small group here seems to be open to ideas other thAn their own.
The Stock Stude front end has major bump steer. While not as bad as the Chevy II's or the Falcon's, Mustang's, it is bad.
There is a good article in the April 05 Popular Hot Rodding magazine about bump steer and how to rid youself of it. Even that article states what I said weeks ago....it's extremly difficult if not impossible to achieve "no" bumpsteer on an OEM style front suspension.
So while I'll not take away anything from a guy that's trying new things, far from it. And while I don't like the outcome, the body work and the way he did it is very good. BUT....I can guarantee you, that work he did on the front suspension is NOT "correct". Driving down the street or not, it's not nearly as good as he thinks it is.
One major way I can tell....is the location and length of the R&P.
I think most all might agree after reading the Popular Hot Rodding article. I learned some of this stuff long ago, and I find nothing in the article to argue about.
Buy the way...thanks for those pictures. I've been wondering about what it looks like since we started going around and around about it.