Increase caster on E36 front suspension swaps

[jrdeamicis]

So I am thinking of making my own LCA Bracket, much like the Treehouse racing eyeball arms but with more caster to properly center the wheel using the E36 stuff. I have access to an CNC, so I can prototype a few different versions.

Anybody know what the eyeball arms are lined with?

[whiltebeitel]

Probably a delrin liner, but that's wild speculation on my part

[chameleonleather]

My man Todd at Dynotech Motorsports (www.dynotechonline.com) hooked me up with these and it more the fixed the caster and increased handling like a razer. I was running delren before I went 5 lug and it's night and day between the two.

[Aptyp]

that's interesting, what is it mounted too? or did you weld on extra bracket?

I always wanted a cross bar to tie both lollipops together and make them adjustable... It would stiffen chassis and allow another adjustment.

[Danny]

Todd is the man.

[chameleonleather]

that's interesting, what is it mounted too? or did you weld on extra bracket?

Todd custom fabricated a bracket using the original bolt hole locations.

[chameleonleather]

Todd is the man.

Yup! I travel 40 min just to get to his shop but well worth it.

[jrdeamicis]

Its going to a smaller than that, but yeah. Same idea.

I need to get my ride height set at the proper height and I will decide how much caster I need to get back to stock specs.

I am trying to get auto-cad re-installed soon so I can draft this thing up.

[diegom6]

I had about 7.3 or bi tless degrees of castor on front with e36 stuff and CAB's. I purchased the THR eyeball arms, machined the holes about 10mm to get more castor, now it's about 9.3 degrees or so of castor...it's pretty much the factory specs or "feel".

[bimmer630]

Mine with the E30 offset M3 CABs and M-roadster struts has 8 degrees of caster up front but my wheels still arent centered in the wheelwells.
how did you guys end up with such lower caster readings? I have lower CA's from an M roadster, too.. I was told the struts and CA's were the same as an M3 96-up, but maybe there are slight differences

Anybody else on the site use M-Z3 stuff in the front? I'd be interested in purchasing a set of those custom CAB's if dynotech is gonna make anymore of them. (that was a one-off custom made part, right?)