DIY anti dive kit - mk2

After talking to a wheel alignment specialist and reading a lot on this forum I am on the hunt for more castor.
 
The way I would like to achieve this is to build an anti-dive kit which would mount to the sway bar bracket holes but also move the sway bar forward. I have a kmac adjustable sway bar now so minute adjustments can be made if my workmanship isnt perfect.
 
The idea of my anti-dive kit is only to move the bar further forwards and perhaps use a clamp in the centre to stop flex. I will use standard width brackets on the outsides but I will drill holes to accomodate double width brackets if I choose to in the future.
 
Here is a design I found which I will pretty much copy and Ive drawn another to the right of how I will go about mounting it further forward. I will weld a steel bar to each side of the kit (maybe 4mm? -Shown in red) and drill holes to attatch it to the car.
 
Please let me know your opinions! Do you think this design will work and how much should I aim to move the bar forward?
 

 
Cheers,
Ryan

I think you might find the front apron will prevent the anti-dive from moving much in the forward direction.
I made mine to be pushed as far forward as possible and the apron was in the way, then I biased the bracket bolt holes as far forward as possible too.
You can just see what Im talking about here.

You could make a standard anti dive ans modify the bracket mount positions using 4-5mm steel. Will be heavy though.
 
JP

Due to the heat here in Adelaide I havnt started making up the anti dive kit yet, but I have had a closer look at the car.
 
The front apron is approx 1.5 inches below the mounting points for the sway bar. This means providing I make it shallow enough I can push it forward over the front apron. the photo is shocking but you might be able to see. hopefully this week Ill get cracking and Ill keep this updated. Please keep your ideas coming, im open to any constructive criticism also!
 
Ryan

That is a good idea, thanks martymexico. Im going to have a look/get some parts off an escort at upullit tomorrow morning so Ill grab the sway bar mounts from that, then Ill be able to change it without mucking up the ones ive got.
 
That means I can use long bolts for the outside sway bar brackets and connect the anti dive kit directly through those holes just like most other kits around. Will have a play tomorrow.
 
Cheers
Ryan

Good work Ryan, keep the pics coming, nice to see home engineering at it's best.....

Thanks Drewdog, not sure about enginnering at its best but its definitely some form of it haha.
 
More pics coming later on, about to go and have another crack.
 
Well as for upullit, the story goes like this. There was a 75 mk2 listed at elizabeth. I went there on monday, walked around for 20 mins then asked about it and aparently there was a mix up with the listing and they are going to try to sell the whole car. Not sure why it was listed as it wasnt even out for sale yet. So sorry about that JP.
 
Thats why I had to hunt down some mounts from another car. Wasnt very happy about driving all the way out there for nothing but at east they gave me a toyota badge for free...couldnt leave without anything.
 
Ryan

Yea it is a lot of fun.
 
So I went out and built this bracket. I thought I did a pretty good job for a first try but because I rushed it, for some unknown reason, I used the exact measurements from the original one to drill the holes in the new one. That means the piece I welded on is in the wrong spot so I cant even drill new holes, got to start from scratch. Im pretty disappointed in myself but I can only smile and do it right tomorrow.
 
This is what I did anyway
 
Chopped up the bracket

 
Lined up a new piece of steel

 
Welded in place

 
Finished the welding and cleaned up all my mess

 
View from the inside. Pardon my messy welds

 
Nuts on

 
Finished Product. Or so I thought haha


 
I did end up with a really strong bracket though which is a good sign
 
Cheers
Ryan

I should put some photos up of the finished product. I had forgotten about this post.
 

 
Dont judge the welds. They dont look too good but do the job. These coupled with the Kmac swaybar gives me a touch over 4 deg castor