Deni's Miglia Build

[deni]

Anybody......?

Thanks.

[deni]

Nobody.....?

[Lucky@LeMans]

Hi Deni,
I don't visit the site very often and hardly ever post anything these days as I seemed to be talking to myself when I did !
However, in response to your question I would suggest the arms are near the limit of travel, especially the steering track rod end. An easy way to check is to note the current position, remove the coil over and see how much travel is left when you raise the assembly further by hand. Its not ideal at this angle but you might be ok if nothing goes tight, you'll still want a few inches of travel at the wheel from your starting point . You want to check the suspension arm bolts haven't been tightened at an earlier stage before your lowered coil overs were fitted otherwise the bushes will wear out really quickly as this position is your new neutral position .

[deni]

Hello Paul,

Thank you so much for your response, I have already given up. Sadly, it seems that the future of this forum doesn't look promising ...
Unfortunately things do change...It's a shame, but I'm grateful to have received advice and guidance from experienced car builders in the past, and got so far not having any experience at all.
Especially with Miglia builds, not many people are posting for some reason, and if it wasn't for a couple of old blogs it would be quite challenging, at least for me, to build this car.
Anyway, I have learned much building this car and I hope I will muddle through and reach the finish line soon.

Thank you again for your advice, it is much appreciated. Thanks for confirming what I already suspected, that the position of the steering rack rod and the arms is not really good.
I'm not sure I quite understand the last bit, where you mention the suspension arm bolts being tightened before the swap. I'm guessing that they were, as the old spring were fitted prior the swap.

I think that the only good solution would be to buy and fit longer springs? I hope doing that would result in more acceptable suspension setup.
Unless there is a possibility to adjust the ride height independently from the spring height, which I'm not aware of?
I'm not sure if this is possible with the GAZ shocks I bought...???

I hope you are still keeping busy building the cars.

Cheers, Deni

[1iTim]

deni those shocks look like they have adjustable perches, and looks like you are not at the limit of those. Have you adjusted those to your liking?
T

PS I'm looking for those photo instructions and will post some more of my pics when i find them. Photo bucket kind of died on me.

T

[deni]

Hi Tim,

Yes, they are adjustable,I just wasn't sure am I to wind the spring seats up all the way to raise the car. I tried to research but didn't find out if that is the correct way to lover the car, i.e.use short springs (which I did), but I don't know is it safe, or is it normal to wind the spring seats all the way up.
Or, if I have to raise them all the way up, is it necessary or better to use a bit longer springs?

The way they are adjusted now is not my adjustment yet,I only raised spring seats enough so that the springs didn't move or rattle when the wheels are off the ground.

Regarding the posting of the photos, there is an explanation in my blog on page 13.

Thank you for your comment Tim.

Cheers,D.