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Caster/Camber Plates |
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All new 4-bolt
version: MMCC9994. We have improved on what was already the best
Caster/Camber plate available. Our 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
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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. |
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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.
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Application |
Main Plate
Option |
Part No. |
Price |
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1979-89
Mustang** |
Black Powdercoat |
MMCC7989 |
$199.95/kit |
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Chrome |
MMCC7989-C |
$249.95/kit |
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1990-93 Mustang |
Black Powdercoat |
MMCC9093 |
$199.95/kit |
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Chrome |
MMCC9093-C |
$249.95/kit |
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1994-03* Mustang
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Black Powdercoat |
MMCC9994 |
$199.95/kit |
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Chrome |
MMCC9994-C |
$249.95/kit |
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1983-88
Thunderbird |
Black Powdercoat |
MMCC8388 |
$199.95/kit |
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Chrome |
MMCC8388-C |
$269.95/kit |
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1984-88 Lincoln
Mark VII |
Black Powdercoat |
MMCC8388 |
$199.95/kit |
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Chrome |
MMCC8388-C |
$269.95/kit |
*These plates feature MM’s exclusive 4-bolt mounting design. This makes
them the only CC plates suitable for use with coil-over applications on
94 and newer Mustangs.
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