Gerst/QA1 susp install with the motor in the car

[dvw]

And speaking of your car would like to know how your engine is coming? Curious minds (or nosey) needs to know.

Took the body over to my friend Ted and had him fix a issue in the left 1/4 panel, the roof where I scratched it with the hood. Also blocked and painted the carbon fiber hood. rubbed the entire car. As always his work is impeccable. We trade back and forth. So I repaired a cam follower issue in his sons 3.6 Journey and repaired oil leaks on his truck. Block is ready. All the parts are in hand. The pistons are being gas ported by my friend Paul. He is also tig welding the holes in the aluminum oil pan where the rod came thru. The heads are welded and valve jobbed. Need a little clean up and surfacing. Been busy repairing water leaks in the trailer. Roof resealed. New ceiling panels installed. New quiet generator installed, Installing a winch so I won't have to crawl thru the window. Even got about 2/3s of it rubbed and waxed. Looking forward to spring.
Doug

 

[waltschallenger]

DVW I have the gerst suspension on my Challenger bought back in 2019 and I am wondering what you might have found out about the bump steer adjustment and the spacers you needed to use to get alignment with the lower control arms. Did you find and get the results you wanted as far as bump steer. I have seen other posts that sent the spindels back to Carl and he welded a spacer to the spindel to eliminate the use of spacers. As far as I can see QA1 is still using the original spindels without a spacer welded on and are relying on the spacers in the kit. I am still using the original spacer supplied with the kit which is like the pic you posted before you added another one. I seem to be getting a small ammount of bump steer on certain roads. In short did you get the allignment you wanted and eliminate any bump steer. I would be grateful if you could share your results and the fix. Thank you...Walt

 

[Bird 426]

This is interesting. I have Carl's front suspension in one of my Darts, everything fit as expected, the exhaust or headers bolted right up, same as it was when I took it apart. Same suspension for my Road Runner, I don't have the engine in yet. Will be interesting to see if the engine is in the correct location.