All new 4-bolt version: MMCC9994. Maximum Motorsports have improved on what was already
the best Caster/Camber plate available. Maximum Motorsports latest patented design is even
tougher than before and now has a lifetime warranty against bearing
failure and plate bending. That's right--if you can bend it, break it, or
otherwise wear it out, we will repair or replace that component for free. This
warranty applies to the original retail purchaser of our 4-bolt Caster/Camber
plates.
The Maximum Motorsports
Caster/Camber Plates address the issues of obtaining proper alignment, both
static and dynamic, and achieving high performance handling.
Obtaining proper
static alignment in your Mustang can be a challenge even on a stock car, as
some Mustangs have too much negative camber at stock ride height (see
illustration below). Excessive negative camber causes increased wear on the
inside edges of your front tires. When you lower your Mustang, the camber
becomes more negative. Once the car is lowered, the factory camber adjustment
slots may not provide enough range of motion for reducing negative camber to a
point where your tires will wear evenly. The MM Caster/Camber plates will
provide the ability to set the camber to stock specifications regardless of ride
height. They also provide a means of adjusting caster in order to accommodate
individual vehicle irregularities.
US
Patent 6485223
Dynamic
alignment accuracy is the ability of your Mustang to maintain its static
alignment settings during hard cornering. This accuracy is not possible with the
stock rubber strut mounts because they deflect, allowing the camber and caster
settings to fluctuate, which changes the effective toe setting. Any time the
effective toe setting changes it creates a steering input which is not coming
from the driver. When engineering our Caster/Camber plates, we discovered that
the only design which allows the necessary strut top movement is a spherical
bearing. The desired movement is a strut top which swivels without moving side
to side, while the strut bottom is allowed to move in an arc.
Achieving high
performance handling requires alignment settings different from the factory
specifications. High performance settings would be more negative camber and more
positive caster. More negative camber and more positive caster will help keep
the tire more upright during cornering, thereby maximizing the size of the tire
footprint on the ground. When cornering, body roll causes an increase in
positive camber, which pulls up the inside edge of the front outside tire,
reducing the effective size of the tire's footprint. More static negative camber
counters this effect. For example, if you have 1 degree of static negative
camber, and the camber moves 3 degrees due to body roll, you end up with 2
degrees of dynamic positive camber. If you have 3 degrees of static negative
camber, you'll end up with 0 degrees of dynamic camber resulting in a larger
tire footprint. Due to the steering geometry in the front of the Mustang, just
turning the steering wheel will cause the camber of the outside front tire to
change, becoming more positive. This effect can be countered by increasing the
amount of caster. Enough positive caster (around 4 degrees in a Mustang) will
cause the camber of the outside front tire to become more negative while
cornering.
MM's Caster/Camber plates
are unique:
- MM's plates are double
adjustable. They have separate adjusting slots to change caster and camber
independent of one another.
- Our plates double the
range of motion available for camber adjustment compared to stock.
- The range of motion
available for caster adjustment is not limited by the design of the MM plate,
but rather by the physical limitations of the strut tower.
- The MM plates use a
spherical bearing instead of a urethane bushing. A spherical bearing
accommodates the required motion without binding. Urethane binds and puts a
bending load on the top of the strut shaft, which may cause your strut top to
break.
- The steel construction and
spherical bearing in MM's plates provide a non-deflecting strut mount. With the
absence of deflection, you will get better performance because of a quicker and
more direct steering response.
- MM's plates include
progressive rate urethane bump stops which softens the impact when the
suspension bottoms out.
- Our plates allow the use
of the factory dust cover.
- Finished with durable
powdercoating or triple-plated chrome for great looks and long lasting
protection.
- MM's plates provide the
greatest increase in suspension travel possible for lowered cars.
- All MM Caster/Camber
plates are TIG welded.
- All MM Caster/Camber
plates are suitable for use with coil-over conversion kits.
Fits 1990-1993 Mustangs
These plates are a 4 bolt design. Does require some drilling.
This although is the best design, and are the only plates recommended for the MM
coil-over kit.
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