Extra Caster for the 6

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    In an effort for searching for extra caster for the six, I stumbled across a TSB by mazda about cross-caster from subframe misalignment.

    In the TSB, Mazda outlines a couple of different procedures that can be repurposed for extra caster.

    Including, special arms that are caster compensating.
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    However, these arms are your standard arm with the bushings adjusted to bring the ball joint forward or back.

    I replicated this with Racecar's existing arms:
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    One last, easy trick is this:
    Loosen the LCA bolts and lower the car, then steer right, tighen left LCA,- steer left, tighten right side.
    The instant center between the two LCAs will force the arms forward, squeezing out the last bit of caster from bolt hole swap.
     

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