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Old 02-01-2022, 11:55 AM
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The AFX spindle is a full blown ground up design, and addresses all the inherent issues of any previous designs.

"ATS Tall Spindles aren’t just another visual makeover of a C4 Corvette spindle, they’re a completely new design meant to maximize geometry and performance handling. Manufactured from light weight and super strong forged 7075 T73 aluminum, the upper ball joint mount is raised 2″ to optimize camber curve, making a much greater improvement than merely adding a slightly taller ball joint to stock spindles. The redesigned steering arm and relocated arm mount position greatly improves Ackerman and brings bump steer numbers down to nearly zero."

There is no bind with the spindle and/or control arms/joints. Period. It is not just some 'tall' joint setup. This I believe is the 3rd gen of the AFX, and has taken it multiple steps beyond. It is not some cobbled together solution.

There is an initial cost burden, but, deal with it. Once you get past that, there's no looking back. And even if you missed the boat at one point, you are still way better off taking the bite with some minor loss.

To give you an idea how cost effect these are, originally, they were about $2500 bare for the pair. You still needed control arms, steering arms, etc. Now, most have tubular arms, so in general the cost is less than half of what it originally was, and is better.

I was in contact with Tyler at ATS during the development of the originals, Doug at GW was also involved. Tyler's focus was on 1st gen F cars, and I was the driving force behind bringing these to market for 64-72 a bodies. Search it here and on pro-touring.

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