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Z Bar versus Camber Compensator

FM Former Member

I just finished up the (hopefully) last of the chassis and suspension mods and up grades that I wanted.

Maybe it's silly, but I really wanted to keep the car as a swing axle, for the charm and nostalgia and as an homage to the original, but still set it up for decent driving and handling. If this is possible.

I know that the hill climb cars and auto crossers run either Z-bars or camber compensators on their cars. I have a camber compensator already, and finished fabricating limiter straps this past weekend.

I'm wondering if I should stick with the compensator, or pick up a Z-bar and run with that instead. I'm still new to swing axles and how much you can do to improve the handling. What would be the ABSOLUTE best way to set up a swing axle rear suspension for the best handling characteristics possible?

I apologize if this has been asked before, if it has . . . please tell me where to go. Thanks !

TC
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FM Former Member

I just finished up the (hopefully) last of the chassis and suspension mods and up grades that I wanted.

Maybe it's silly, but I really wanted to keep the car as a swing axle, for the charm and nostalgia and as an homage to the original, but still set it up for decent driving and handling. If this is possible.

I know that the hill climb cars and auto crossers run either Z-bars or camber compensators on their cars. I have a camber compensator already, and finished fabricating limiter straps this past weekend.

I'm wondering if I should stick with the compensator, or pick up a Z-bar and run with that instead. I'm still new to swing axles and how much you can do to improve the handling. What would be the ABSOLUTE best way to set up a swing axle rear suspension for the best handling characteristics possible?

I apologize if this has been asked before, if it has . . . please tell me where to go. Thanks !

TC
FM Former Member
Gordon,

Read it, Loved it! I'm going with aftermarket short axles and tubes, Camber Compensator, limiter straps, urethane snubs, and KYB GR2's for the rear end. I've already got all of the bits and pieces somewhere around, and it seems like the perfect set-up.

No need to buy anything else/different. Thanks !

TC
Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member
Sounds similar to the set-up I ran on an autocross dune buggy years back, except we had 285X16's on 11" wide rims (we were running swing axle, too).
We could also adjust each side of the camber compensator separately to "pre-load" one side if the course had more turns in one direction. Later, we went with a driving brake and didn't need to pre-load anymore (and then they "outlawed" the driving brake as too much of an advantage).

gn
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