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Car Forum / MINI / May 2004

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Mark Stannard - 19 May 2004 17:32 GMT
Hello
 anyone know if I have to replace the bottom suspension arms when putting a
metro set up on a mini.The wheels seem a bit to slanted and the tracking is
way out.If so what kind.Many thanks
Mark S
Graham W - 19 May 2004 18:23 GMT
> Hello
>   anyone know if I have to replace the bottom suspension arms when putting a
> metro set up on a mini.The wheels seem a bit to slanted and the tracking is
> way out.If so what kind.Many thanks

You can't use the metro hub in the Mini, it's far too tall, so as you've
discovered, the front end geometry is horrid. You need to find a pair of
Mini disk brake hubs.
me - 20 May 2004 02:54 GMT
>> Hello
>>   anyone know if I have to replace the bottom suspension arms when
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> discovered, the front end geometry is horrid. You need to find a pair of
> Mini disk brake hubs.

or should that be uprights?
Graham W - 20 May 2004 08:34 GMT
>>> Hello
>>>   anyone know if I have to replace the bottom suspension arms when
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>
> or should that be uprights?

The piece which the ball joints both attach to.
Steve - 20 May 2004 17:40 GMT
> > Hello
> >   anyone know if I have to replace the bottom suspension arms when putting a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> discovered, the front end geometry is horrid. You need to find a pair of
> Mini disk brake hubs.

Just to expand a little on what Graham says, some people suggest you fit
longer lower arms to get the wheels back to something like correct camber.
However, this changes the steering axis inclination to more than the
original Mini setup. The effect of this is to significantly increase camber
as the wheels are steered. As a rather simplistic rule, this means you have
less tyre contact area in corners reducing grip and causing increased
understeer. If you are using tall profile tyres, this effect is not so
obvious because the tyre can deflect more than lower profile versions.

There are other factors in the equation, of course, but this is basically
what happens.

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Steve
steve@dsnclassics.co.uk
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