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Good discussion guys...

On the Aluminum uprights I seem to recall there were some issues raised previously with Hall units, outer bearing race spinning in the hub or something of the like. There was a guy at POCA Fun Rally 2 years ago supposedly coming up with a new hub system to include CV axles, I hear a bit of chatter infrequently on the e-mail list but I think its still in the wings.

Ron as you know I played around with the adjustable Mustang control arms from SPC. I dropped it for now, but SPC sell all the components separately. The challenge is finding ball joints wit the correct taper. First I came to the conclusion that using a Pantera rear ball joint may be the way to go with the bolt in SPC control arm and a fabbed mounting.

For now I have done the 'Johnny Woods' mod to the existing front upper a-arms to add caster, easy to do and you don't really need more than caster/camber change ability. On the rear I have had some GT5 style adjustable uppers made. For serious track I'd likely go to a full heim jointed system if anything, but in terms of doing it for the weight savings to be gained its probably minimal for the effort.

Instead of moving the shock mounts why not move to a shorter shock? For the QA1's the usual Pantera one is the DR5855B (17" extended & 11.6" collapsed), but you can go shorter to the DR4855B (14" extended & 10.1" collapsed), which would allow you to sit lower.

Julian