Wanna get some adjustable tca's (MEF), just like to know where the best place to get em setup after i've fitted em???? I live nr Bath/Bristol so if anyone knows anywhere that's not too far from there that'd be ideal! Was thinkin about gettin some from Zoo motorsport as they could set em up but they're bloody expensive at £300!!!!

 

Any garage or tyre fitting bay with laser alignment tools should be able to sort it for you

Its not a big job - I check mine after every event.

 

whats involved with setting them up? hows it work?

and whats a rite setting?!?!

 

Impossible to say whats a definative right matey, every car is lowered to different degrees, has either good or badly worn out suspension, and different wheels and tyres etc, all of which makes it car specific.

The fitter should know what he's doing to get a good even tyre contact pattern on the road. Adjusting them is simple you dont even need to take them off the car. Just undo the lock nut, extend or shorten the tca to suit, then tighten the locknut up again.

Should pay for themselves with reduced tyre edge wear easily within 2 years, and increase the cars handling at the same time

 

got to admit when i boutgh my s2 it had a set fitted and the lad had sid he sat them up by eye , i never really botherd about checking them for ages and then when started soing more miles in the car , it seemd flighty , went down to my local tyre center and when i finally got the lads to stop looking at the car and powdercoated bits underneath they just alligned the teo and camber ect , they were well out ,

once done it was unbelivable , totally transformed the handling and car tracks better than ever even on full boot it just sits in a straight line

best thing on me car i reckon !!

 

Cool, cheers for the advice, i'll have to find the nearest tyre centre that's got someone who knows what they're doin....they do tend to be monkeys in them places lol!!

 

I agree most tyre places have the usual monkey see monkey do type employees.

NUTS RuS: something ive been meaning to ask you for some time, im just about to fit some adjustable TCA's (not yours sadly although i will be buying a set soon for another car ), is there no issues with how far u can bring the wheels in before u get problems with the driveshafts?

Just out of interest what do you set yours to? Obviously mines a road car though, im going to be fitting a series 1 rollbar so i can adjust the castor angles aswell as the toe and camber.

 

Iv'e never had any problems with driveshafts yet, but then again I never go more than -3º negative on the front or rear mate.

My settings change depending on where I go, I have different settings for twisty venues and venues with long straights, so it either turns in mint or is pretty stable at high speed. Again all this changes with the height of the car so its impossible to give you any permanent "settings" lol

But for info its currently set at -1.75º negative front and -2º negative rear
with front toe 0º,15' in and rear 0º 30' tow out. I run just under ½" longer wheelbase than a standard escort with the fronts pulled out, and the rears pulled back both by ¼".

I couldn't care less where you get your TCA's from mate, as long as they are fitted correct and have our minimum recommended spec of 5/8 x 5/8 rose joint then they should be fine.

 

Thats fantastic, thanks for the info

Thats fair enough, but i would like a set, mine differ slightly in that mine are a set of original ford items with the turnbuckle on them, but retain the standard inner joint. Thats why the next set i will be buying are yours, much more substantial with that rose joint on them

 

Think il buy a set off zoo soon seem a good investment

 

Theyre also about twice the price

Get the MEF ones Darren

 

My MEF ones are the dogs knackers!

 

Whoever then i need some

 

mef? how much and phone num pleezey!

 

Click the sig to buy online

 

Do i get a free set for promoting?

 

thanks for that mate

 

What..... and all this free advice too

 

I wasn't going to charge for the free advice but seeing as you so kindly offered

I just picked up a Series 1 Anti-roll bar yesterday and one of the arms has a very very slight bend in it, but i presume the whole arm twists when you adjust them?

 

What sort of bend ?

 

Hmmm, well, all i can assume is the car has had a knock, because the arm itself has a very very very slight curve on it, but you can see the where it steps down to go through the TCA it counter bends in the opposite direction, and the joint on the mounting plate also looks to have a very slight bend on it. I presume the whole arm spins round when adjusting the castor angles/length, so this will make the adjustment a nightmare, no doubt it will go on and not be noticeable but i know its not right and theres nothing worse than having to fight with things.

 

We still doing that group buy Cawood????

 

ive already got a set of adjustable tcas to fit when i put my series 1 back on the road do you set them up ?

 

Your local tyre bay should be able to do it S1 JOHN