I would be careful, altering the pickup point will not only change the camber gain. You will move the front roll centre and may induce bump steer. On the B suspension camber can be altered by elongating the outer bottom wishbone pickup and welding or braising washers on at the desired place, is that possible with your setup?

Hi Mel.

Yes, care is needed.

There are two issues involved here, as far as I understand - one is simply coping with the reduced weight of the kit as opposed to the donor (easy - shorter or softer springs so that the car is returned to 'level' settings!), but the other depends on whether the Henley actually needs to have its suspension LOWERED further than the Cortina donor (as it does in at least some Marlin Berlinettas).

If you 'fix' the springs by removing MORE than is required for restoring 'normal' suspension height, so that the suspension is actually lowered further than it was in the Cortina, then I understand Negative camber will ensue (I udertstand this happens in the Cortina under 'dive' conditions.)

The simplest way around this is to fit a replacement - adjustable - upper wishbone arm: see here -

http://www.marlinownersclub.com/forum.php?read=6356&cat=1


I was pointing out 'DamperTech' as a possible way of restoring the SAME suspension height as the donor - ie: getting softer, and height-adjustable, front suspension by replacing both the spring and damper with a single coil-over-shock which should be able to be fitted in the current shock location.

I don't see why this shouldn't work if what you require is to simply restore the original Cortina suspension height for the lighter Henley. If you want to LOWER it further, however, then something more serious is required.


What I don't understand, tho', is why Gavin's front suspension doesn't restore normal camber to his wheels when he jacks up the front of his car - I'd have thought it would. Any ideas?