link didnt work but i saw the pic in the album,

yeah looks alright but i was hoping to get castor aswell, i have some cad pics that were sent to me of a setup similar to yours, ill post em too soon

problem with using castors rods is that all you end up doing is loading up the rest of the suspension by pulling it forward, and therefore the control arm sits awkward on its mount (rubber bush to crossmember) and in general the system is more likely to fail

i'll have to get more serious about this as people seem to be eagerly awaiting a result

My Bilstein tops are round alloy with slots for camber adjustment and 3 sets of 5 holes around the perimeter for castor adjustment.

I would prefer something designed specifically for the 1200 more like this strut top

The only thing is I don't know what you'd do for castor adjustment, maybe an eccentric for the bearing, maybe only have adjustment via castor rods (radius rods)

yeah ah, not much has happend as i spoke to feral and he told me the price of the bearings, and i've been holidaying

i'll still be looking at designs though, i've had someone tell me he could get somethings made up for free if i could draw them, so maybe i could get a trial set made up for free at least

The spherical bearings I use in the adjustable tops I sell are $120 each. Remember they will have to take a 3 - 4 G's axial load on road when you hit a bump so you need a good safety factor on top of that. I am now looking at making Urethane sandwich tops to cut costs.

How did you get on with this?

I have Bilstein Escort ones in my coupe but I would like to replace the alloy top plate with something specifically designed for the Datsun (allowing more adjustment).

any tips for the design then, i was just gonna have a crack at it with my mechanic, i am thinking they arnt gonna be tooo expensive at all but depends on cost of material of course which i have no clue how much that would be

ditto

The noltech ones are $500 and look lots better made than the Kmac I have seen many types between $300-$700 depending on name brand and adjustability. I would pay upto $400 for a top quality alloy set with camber and caster adjustability. So count me in if you can do a set for under that.
Cheers Andrew

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i used some of these for 2 years....personally i didnt like them.....there are much better ones out there, but they cost a few extra dollars

noltech make them to