Adustable Suspension Arms.

[skylinecouple]

Hey All,

I have had my R33 GTST for 10years now and 300,000k's. I guess you could say I know my car intimately. (no, not that intimately). So after all these years of replacing any new parts with something better I recently changed the rear traction and camber arms with the Neotech arms. Well, I have to tell you, what a transformation. I have had axle trmp (hop ?) ever since I put the bilstiens & king springs in. There is now urethane bushes everywhere including the subframe but nothing has helped till now.

But there is more, the car is just so much better behaved in the rear than before. It just hugs the road if you know what I mean. You can feel the suspension is more compliant, softer. Not harder, which is amazing really. I always believed solid joints would be louder and more harsh but no, quiet, at least while they are new anyway. Oh yeah, there is less body roll than before. Can anyone explain how this whole transformation works ?

The way I see it is that the suspension isn't binding against the bushes, even though they were urethane before. As the suspension goes through it's arc the traction arms would want to twist and to a lesser degree the camber arms would to as they are pulled forward since the traction arms get shorter through the arc.

Anyone had the same experience ? Or has anyone got a drawing of the Skyline rear end going through it's arc and the stresses in which ares. Can I expect even more from roll centre adjustment lower control arms ?