Older pic from about 4 years ago, I prefer to keep the tires pretty much tucked under the truck and not sticking way out.
Then again, we drive this truck 250 miles each way to the show while most guys trailer theirs in.
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The Carolina Squat
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Older pic from about 4 years ago, I prefer to keep the tires pretty much tucked under the truck and not sticking way out.
Then again, we drive this truck 250 miles each way to the show while most guys trailer theirs in.
That's a great pic! Do I see Beavis and Butthead?
I don't know about american cars but with lots of them back them, camber and caster were not even adjustable so not often thought of.
The biggest affect that caster has is that it forces the car to track straight. It also will dictate how quickly the steering returns to center from a turn. The down side with a lot of caster is that it really increases the steering effort, how heavy the steering feels. I have an old car that I am playing with right now. I want it to handle better. It is currently manual steering. If I add more caster, it probably will need to be changed to power steering.
Pardon my French but that's ******* awesome
That's more like the modern cars. Can't tell you how many we'd get and camber & caster aren't adjustable from the factory. Even the rears of many modern cars have no adjustment unless you use an aftermarket kit.
The old rear wheel drive GM, Mopar and F**d's had shims, eccentric bolts or slots in the frame where you could adjust camber & caster.
Excessive caster can lead to tire wear as well, the amount that camber changes as you turn the steering wheel increases with the higher caster number.
Look at a modern Dodge Charger...... why they need 8 degrees of caster on the RWD version is anyone's guess. 3 degrees for your average grocery getter is more than sufficient, imo & ime.
I was 25 years old when I screwed that truck together in a one car garage.
Rolled out on a set of 40" Gumbo Mudders, tossed the engine/trans/transfer case in and three or four days later drove to Bloomsburg for the 4x4 Jamboree..... truck was primer gray with black doors and about zero run time before making that trip.
Returned the next year on 44" Ground Hawgs and a yellow paint job that we did three days before the event.
Fast forward a whole bunch of years (and different tires) later and we're now riding on 44" Super Swamper TSL's.
1992 pic, just before leaving for the Jamboree.
Still had the corporate 10 bolt up front, the Dana 60 would be there by 1995.
Not as offensive as the squat...
Why ask why? Maybe for the same reason folks wear their jeans hangin down off their ass. I'm sure that signals something while they're in prison, but what could be the thought process on the outside?
"Paging Dr Freud. Paging Dr Sigmund Freud".
"Paging Dr Freud. Paging Dr Sigmund Freud".
My theory is, there is a "look at me" aspect for people who aren't musical, artistic, athletic, etc.
I've known a few athletes and musicians who put effort into making their vehicles individual but nothing like the squat guys or the angley wheel guys.
Just a theory tho.
I’m a strangle axel kinda guy myself
A couple of u guys will get that ljoke
A couple of u guys will get that ljoke
Thats what we say about the guys with the giant cigar boats on the lake when we go fishing. I always figured they had little..... uhhh hands and that's why they needed the giant boats.
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." - attributed to Sigmund Freud, but presumed to have originated elsewhere
