by MonzaRacer » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:09 pm
The biggest issue with S10 spindles is hat the steering arms are longer and this pushes the outer tie rod forward of the plane of the center link and causes some issues with toe out on turns and bump steer. you cant cut/weld or heat and bend the spindles as they are cast. If you found an aftermarket stock type hat was forged it possibly could be bent with cold or heated and moved. I am working on adapter plates to move the steering box and idler arm forward to see if that is a viable fix. I did call Lee Mfg. about rebuilding it with a faster ratio, they will run just under $500 with suitable core box. Been wanting to check out and see if the Jeep box might work. The other possibility is swapping the inner tie rods too the front of the center link. I was thinking of also talking to Ridetech about helping set up a Tru Turn type kit for H body, but the prototype costs and then production might not be within what we want to spend.
BUT you can do the Bob Gumm adapters and better pads like Hawk, Perf. Friction, etc. I have a set of Raybestos Brute Stop, but they are no longer made.
As for me I am looking for later model Extreme ZQ spindles. and I have an upper control arm going out to SC&C and Marcus is gonna build me an SPC upper arm with adjusters.
I am also working out if I could make a set of lower spacers too push the lower arm out as much as possible to allow a wider, deeper dish wheel too be used and to decrease scrub radius.
Time and money is my hold up,,,and not having a garage built yet.
But you can drive it with S10 spindles and you dont need any different master cyl I used stock master and prop valve. The ones that are on Monza are only different for manual vs power brakes and rear wheel cylinders are different on manual vs power brakes(I am using an S10 rearend and ran manual S10 wheel cyl and had no issues in brake performance.
As for the front brakes on H bodys, the calipers from 76 up are same piston size as S10, and the Extreme/ZQ spindle dual piston caliper keeps the square in in same ratio as older calipers, this is why they are backwards compatible.
I have a spare center link Ill drag out this week end and see what it would take to flip the inner tie rods forward to alleviate the issue with longer steering arms if that wont work the n Ill try to move steering box and idler arm forward and adjust bump steer also.