Camber On R30 Rear End

[Gareth87]

Hi,

I drive a 910 bluebird with a standard solid axle rear end in it but use s13 coilovers and strut braces etc. It handles well but could be better. A common mod is converting to a R30 independant rear end. Im keen to do this but i heard the camber is fixed.

Is there any way to give the rear end some camber? a few degrees negative.

Thanks,

G

[Packy]

Hi,

I drive a 910 bluebird with a standard solid axle rear end in it but use s13 coilovers and strut braces etc. It handles well but could be better. A common mod is converting to a R30 independant rear end. Im keen to do this but i heard the camber is fixed.

Is there any way to give the rear end some camber? a few degrees negative.

Thanks,

G

Your right, just looked at my R30 skyline. There is the arm from the body to wheel hub and it solid, as in no adjustment what so ever. So you'll have to put up with 0negative camber. Unless you could find someone silly enough to cut the arm and weld it back on an angle. Here is a pic i took a few years ago when i forst got my R30..

[Gareth87]

Your right, just looked at my R30 skyline. There is the arm from the body to wheel hub and it solid, as in no adjustment what so ever. So you'll have to put up with 0negative camber. Unless you could find someone silly enough to cut the arm and weld it back on an angle. Here is a pic i took a few years ago when i forst got my R30..

What if, however, you made up an extention plate from where the A arm bolts on?

There must be some way to make something to allow for a camber adjustment.

(Thanks for the pic mate!)

G

[blind_elk]

Might I suggest that you don't need to have any static -ve camber. Unlike the solid rear axle, where the camber is fixed, the swinging A-arm has dynamic camber. As you load up the suspension and compress the spring, the suspension goes into -ve camber.

So one way to get some added -ve camber would be to lower the suspension. The only problem then is that the suspension goes toe-out.

[hrd-hr30]

What if, however, you made up an extention plate from where the A arm bolts on?

There must be some way to make something to allow for a camber adjustment.

(Thanks for the pic mate!)

G

essentially the same semi-trailing arm setup as Datsun 1600s - they have been doing that since the 70s. Check out Datsport to see what they do with their crossmembers, or you can slot the standard mounts for a little adjustment. You'll find plenty of stuff out there if you google...

1600s used to do it to reduce -ve camber on a lowered car and get the toe back to reasonble levels. R30 geometry is alot better if not excessively lowered, but who knows where it will all sit when its in a Bluebird... but yes, you can make them adjustable